• Natya-anan’s Meghnad, at Madhusudan

    Madhusudan Mancha Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Based on the exceptional life, works, thoughts and times of renowned astrophysicist and nuclear scientist Meghnad Saha, one of the greatest figures who shaped modern India. He fought against caste-based […]

  • Shilpi Sangha’s Baghnakh, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Jayanta De’s story dramatized and directed by Suman Sengupta, about the ever-increasing irrational instigation in society without thinking of humanity. Problems and failure in life get vented in various ugly […]

  • Bhasha Centre’s Third Bell Weekend, at Urban Theatre

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    Playwrights, readers and anyone who enjoys listening to plays and conversations around them, join us for Third Bell Weekend. Third Bell is an initiative of Bhasha Centre in search of […]

  • Chetana’s Meghe Dhaka Ghatak, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Marking Ritwik Ghatak’s birth centenary, this biodrama by Jeet Satragni, unlike the usual portrayal of Ghatak as an unwavering and fearless rebel, delicately explores his early years as a romantic […]

  • Rangapat’s He Sindhusaras, at Academy

    Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play based on the making of Chekhov’s classic The Seagull, recreating the work of the Moscow Art Theatre, its director Stanislavski and lead actress Olga Knipper (Chekhov’s wife). […]

  • Japonchitro (Delhi)’s Pap, at Academy

    Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Inspired by Samaresh Basu's story Pap-punya, a play by Suman Tinku of Bangladesh directed by Suhan Basu of Delhi.

  • Ashokenagar Avijatri’s Rakta-karabi, at Rabindra Sadan

    Rabindra Sadan Cathedral Road, Kolkata

    Tagore's classic, a lighthouse in these dark times, directed by Kaushik Chattopadhyay for Ashokenagar Avijatri Sanskritic Sanastha. Set in a contemporary context where technology dominates the soul as power and wealth have […]

  • Japonchitro (Delhi)’s Shodh, at Academy

    Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Based on Taslima Nasrin’s novel that explores the plight of married women and feminism. A young woman's life has been a series of betrayals and silent sufferings, denied the chance […]

  • Anya Theatre’s Pratham Rajnaitik Hatya, at Academy

    Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Written and directed by Debashis. Based on the freedom fighters arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.