• Samstab’s Gaurer Kabach, at Academy

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

    Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s magical story about Gaur, who loves to play the flute, and is loved by the ancient folk in his village, threatened by the arrival of a man who wants to take over everything. Dramatized and directed by Suman Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★. 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: ★★★★

  • Rangakarmee’s Ram ki Ladai, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Rangakarmee's new production of the reputed Hindi dramatist Laxminarayan Lal's last major play, a musical satire from 1979, directed by Anirudh Sarkar.

  • Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Kala Mandir

    Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata

    Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Read my review.

  • Rosikata’s Jyanto Hamlet, at Urban Theatre

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    Revival of this one-act comic thriller, adapted into Bengali from Richard James' I Am Hamlet and directed by Avignan Bhattacharya. An amateur actor auditions for the lead role in a local production of Hamlet. The director puts him through his acting paces, but slowly we learn that the actor has more in common with the […]

  • Pancham Vaidic’s Mesh o Rakshas, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Revival by director Arpita Ghosh of Manoj Mitra's powerful 1980 political satire disguised as a fairy tale. Through the innocent sheep and the fearsome demon, the play explores corruption, abuse of power and the suffering of ordinary people, showing how those who promise to protect society can become the very oppressors they once opposed, making […]

  • Nirbak’s Saodagarer Nauka, at Academy

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

    Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.