• 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.

  • Rangroop’s Mayer Mato, at Academy

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

    Rangroop's old production, dramatized by Mohit Chattopadhyaya from Kabita Sinha’s story, and directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★

  • Aneek’s Angina Jure Bhor, at Tapan

    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 […]

  • Shohan’s Swapnabaj, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Shohan’s new production, “an unknown house … and a story of known people” to upgrade your life. Kaushik Chattopadhyay’s play directed by Anish Ghosh.

  • Theatrecian’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, at Gyan Manch

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

    Albee's classic drama directed by Tathagata Chowdhury. Love as a battleground, words as weapons. In this interpretation, Martha plays the piano as she belts out classics that complement Albee's surreal ambience.

  • Chakdah Natyajan’s Jatra Gopal, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    An actor passes himself off as an affordable alternative to the famous Jatra star Shantigopal and even plagiarizes the latter’s famous scripts. Written by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay and directed by Sudipta Datta.

  • Nat-ranga’s Nolak, at Academy

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

    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 […]