Sayak's Kundu-babu, at Academy
2026-05-03 15:00 - 20:40 (Asia/Kolkata) | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Premiere of Sayak’s new production, written by Arijit Biswas, directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya. An old party wholetimer in a village guards a ruined building that once was his local party office. Vested interests want him evicted to construct a community centre-cum-supermart. The story of thousands of grassroots workers who gave their all for an ideology and who continue to dream.
Duration 2 hours 10 minutes. Second performance at 6:30 pm.

Birbhum Blossom Theatre's Mitten Bahawak Daran, at KCC
2026-05-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata
The 20-year-old group based outside Santiniketan that has made a name in Santali theatre presents their interpretation of Tagore’s classic Dakghar, titled Mitten Bahawak Daran, directed by Partha Gupta.

Naye Natua’s Maimansingha Gitika, at Girish
2026-05-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
The folktale of Mahuya by Dwija Kanai, dramatized and directed by Goutam Halder.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review here.

Karunamoyee Saptarshi’s Bidaybaran, at Tapan
2026-05-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Chekhov’s classic Uncle Vanya adapted to an old, decaying estate in rural Bengal and directed by Somudranil Sarkar.

Anya Theatre’s Caretaker, at Academy
2026-05-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Harold Pinter’s early drama translated and transplanted into Bengali and directed by Arindam Mukherjee.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Natasena’s Gorur Garir Headlight, at Academy
2026-05-09 18:15 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
The record-breaking comedy that has had an uninterrupted run since 1972, with over 1200 performances. Written and directed by the late Saroj Ray for his own group Natasena.

Ichheymoto’s Ghum Nei, at Academy
2026-05-10 14:30 - 16:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Based on Utpal Dutt’s early play about lorry drivers, directed by Saurav Palodhi.
Highly recommended ★★★★★. Winner of META awards. Read my review.

Ichheymoto’s Je Janlagulor Akash Chhilo, at Academy
2026-05-10 18:15 - 21:00, 2026-05-17 10:15 - 12:40 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Four childhood friends from the 1990s grow up and go different ways, passing through youthful romances, heated arguments and political movements, testifying to changing times through the decades. Dramatized from Rahul Arunoday Banerjee’s stories and directed by Saurav Palodhi. The only production from Kolkata to reach the final round of META 2026, Delhi, where it won four awards.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Rangroop’s Bhalo Pahar, at Madhusudan
2026-05-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
British dramatist Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Winter Hill, translated and set in Bengal by Tirthankar Chanda, about a group of women discussing the construction of a luxury hotel in a remote rural location. Directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★

Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Birla Sabhagar
2026-05-10 18:30 - 21:00 | G D Birla Sabhagar, 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata, 700019
Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Read my review.

Belgharia Ruptapas’s Sanko, at Academy
2026-05-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Ritwik Ghatak’s long-forgotten but highly relevant drama that has a simplicity and warmth at a human level. The first half is set in Calcutta during a post-Partition riot and the second half in the milieu of a village family in East Bengal. Directed by Kaushik Ghosh. Read my review.

Natya-anan’s Meghnad, at Academy
2026-05-12 18:30 - 20:40 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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 discrimination, orthodox beliefs and divisive politics. His weapon was science. Bengali play written by Sudipta Bhawmik and directed by Chandan Sen.

Sansriti's Pratham Partha, at Academy
2026-05-13 17:40 - 19:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Director Debesh Chattopadhyay’s interpretation of Buddhadeva Bose’s verse drama on Karna.

Naihati Natya Samanway’s Pherāri Phauj, at Academy
2026-05-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
One of Utpal Dutt’s earliest original plays, directed by Debasish. Set in 1930s Bengal, it depicts a rural cell of freedom fighters plotting against the British.
Read my review.

Mukhomukhi's Pratarana, at Academy
2026-05-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Soumitra Chatterjee’ adaptation of Pinter’s Betrayal, a pathbreaking play that develops in reverse chronological sequence. Directed by Poulomi Chatterjee. Marking the 30th anniversary of Mukhomukhi.

Purba Paschim’s A-shakti, at Academy
2026-05-16 15:00 - 17:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
The poet Shakti Chattopadhyay’s life, thought and times dramatized by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay and directed by Debasish.

Beadon Street Subham's The Sniper, at Subham Blackbox
2026-05-16 17:30 - 20:00 | Beadon Street Subham Blackbox, 4/1/1, Umesh Dutta Lane, Kolkata, 700006, India
An English dramatization of Liam O’Flaherty’s short story, scripted and directed by Adhiraj Ghosh Dastidar. At a new intimate venue, the group’s rehearsal blackbox behind Minerva Theatre. Two performances, at 5:30 and 7 pm.

Chetana’s Marich Sambad, at Academy
2026-05-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Revival of Chetana’s classic production, written and directed by Arun Mukherjee.

Ganakrishti’s Mastuto Vice, at Madhusudan
2026-05-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Dario Fo’s comedy The Virtuous Burglar, adapted and directed by Amitabha Datta. A robber breaks into an apartment, but his plans are complicated when he discovers he’s not alone, has to face two sets of cheating partners, and is forced to act as a go-between and a peacemaker. The would-be criminal beomes the moral compass.

Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Academy
2026-05-17 14:30 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Aneek’s Angina Jure Bhor, at Tapan
2026-05-20 18:00 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner gradually starts narrating his story and the miraculous journey of a young Gomira dancer from a small village in Dinajpur to the world of Kolkata commercial theatre, as well as the complicated lives of others around him. Written and directed by Gaurav Das. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Theatrecian's The School for Scandal, at Gyan Manch
2026-05-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Sheridan’s witty, hilarious, classic comedy of manners in a new Hindustani adaptation by director Zahid Hossain.

Theatre Workshop’s Gadaibabu Aschhen, at Academy
2026-05-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Adapted from Beckett’s classic Waiting for Godot and directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

Kolkata Praxis's Shandar, at Shobhabazar Laha Colony Field
2026-05-27 18:00 - 20:00
Premiere of a workshop production in a traverse theatre setting of Ionesco’s absurdist classic, Rhinoceros. Adapted and directed by Gautam Sarkar. Performances every evening for a week, till June 2.

Nat-ranga's Nolak, at Academy
2026-05-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Premiere of Amit Maitra’s drama written in the background of the mid-1990s, around the myth of an accidental act by a baby playfully pulling his mother’s nosering, leading to a nasal tear and future gossip that shatters the protagonist’s societal existence. The play speaks of life’s core values and how humanity overpowers non-living matter. Directed and acted by Sohan Bandopadhyay.

Kolkata Praxis’s Shandar, at Shobhabazar-Hatibagan Laha Colony Field
2026-05-28 18:00 - 2026-06-02 21:00
A workshop production in Bengali of Ionesco’s absurdist classic, Rhinoceros, adapted and directed by Gautam Sarkar with a cast of 40. In a highly unusual traverse theatre setting erected inside a temporary canopy structure. Performances from 6 to 9 pm every evening for a week, till June 2.

Natyaranga’s Sei Ek Binodini, at Academy
2026-05-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
One of the more unusual treatments of Nati Binodini’s llife: a play within a play on her last years and her friendship with Tara Sundari, promising revelations that have not come to light previously, and including many old songs. Written by Surajit Bandyopadhyay and directed by Anindita Bandyopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★.

Theatre Platform’s Gharer Madhye Bari, at Tapan
2026-05-29 18:30 - 20:30 | 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.

Pratikriti’s Padma Nadir Majhi, at Academy
2026-05-30 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Manik Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel dramatized and directed by Alok Deb in Pratikriti’s long-running production.
Highly recommended: ★★★★★
