• Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy

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

    Dramatist-director Debasish’s biodrama about Panchanan Karmakar, the first creator of Bengali moveable typeface in the 18th century, based on Rajat Chakraborti’s novel Panchananer Haraph. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • Natyaranga’s Sei Ek Binodini!!, at Academy

    Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 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 Banerjee and directed by Anindita Banerjee. Read my review.

  • Rangroop’s Bhalo Pahar, at Academy

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

  • Little Thespian’s Chehre, at Gyan Manch

    Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Adapted into Urdu by S. M. Azhar Alam from The Sins of the Mother by American playwright Tony Devaney Morinelli. A one-act all-women psychological family drama that examines the destructive legacy of alcoholism, emotional abuse and trauma through the lives of three generations of women. Directed by Uma Jhunjhunwala.

  • Hajabarala’s Ekanayaker Sesh Rat, at Academy

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

    Written and directed by Chandan Sen, Ekanāyaker Sesh Rāt depicts an imaginary strife-torn African nation where a military dictator took over but now faces a popular revolution.

  • Shantipur Harmony’s Basabadal, at Anuchintan

    Anuchintan Art Centre 33, 25, Kali Kumar Majumdar Rd, Bagan Bari, Santoshpur, Kolkata, India

    What does it mean to leave a house, and what do we carry with us when we do? A striking contemporary Bengali play by Subhashis Gangopadhyay that explores identity, memory and belonging through objects, silences and stories that refuse easy answers. An old man, a nameless broker and a house where even the bed and […]

  • 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.

  • Swapna-sandhani’s Hamlet, at Academy

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

    Shakespeare’s classic translated into Bengali by Chaiti Mitra and directed by Koushik Sen. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • Akvarious (Mumbai)’s External Affairs, at Urban Theatre

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    A comedy about confusion, fashionable anxiety, technology, transactional relationships, wokeness and all the problems that plague Generation Z. Loneliness and convenience bring a couple together, but then sparks fly. Written by Bobby Nagra and directed by Adhaar Khurana. More performances on August 13 and 14, evenings.

  • Akvarious (Mumbai)’s External Affairs, at Urban Theatre

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    A comedy about confusion, fashionable anxiety, technology, transactional relationships, wokeness and all the problems that plague Generation Z. Loneliness and convenience bring a couple together, but then sparks fly. Written by Bobby Nagra and directed by Adhaar Khurana. Two more performances on August 14, at 5 pm and 7 pm.