• Aneek’s Angina Jure Bhor, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner, initially hostile, gradually starts narrating his story and the miraculous journey of a young Gomira dancer […]

  • Chetla Krishti Sansad’s Amar Gan, at Academy

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

    A blind and wheelchair-bound youth, highly intelligent, wants to know about light from his physicist father. Written and directed by Suman Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • Kalyani Kalamandalam’s Radha-Ramakrishna, at Madhusudan

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

    An original play written by Rakesh Ghosh and directed by Santanu Das, on Girish Ghosh’s historic production of Chaitanya Lila in which Nati Binodini stunned audiences with her male impersonation, […]

  • Dwitiya Satta’s Na Tor Janya, at Academy

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

    Written and directed by Suman Sengupta, a portrayal of the dilemma of an accomplished commercial artist who sells out to the ruthless and competitive contemporary ratrace.

  • Rangroop’s Manmayi Girls School, at Academy

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

    The highly popular Bengali play written by Rabindranath Maitra in 1932, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

  • Seconds Before Coming (Delhi), at Urban Theatre

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    Freshly kissed by a man, an eleven-year-old girl believed she had fallen in love. Now an adult, she is soaked in pain. As the body reveals itself to be a […]

  • Theatre Platform’s Gharer Madhye Bari, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Dramatist-director Debasish’s new play about an old building facing demolition, whose residents face eviction, and whose inhabitants include non-humans too. Highly recommended: ★★★★★. Read my review.

  • Seconds Before Coming (Delhi), at Urban Theatre

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    Freshly kissed by a man, an eleven-year-old girl believed she had fallen in love. Now an adult, she is soaked in pain. As the body reveals itself to be a […]

  • Mangalik’s Manush Bhut, at Academy

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

    Mangalik’s longest-running production, dramatized from Syed Mustafa Siraj and directed by Samir Biswas. A comedy about a “dead” man coming alive. Recommended: ★★★★

  • Sanglap Kolkata’s Hulusthul, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Dramatized from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s Ek Āshcharja Pheriwālā by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay and directed by Debasish. A mysterious hawker sells seemingly useless things, which evil people conspire to capture, while an eccentric […]