• Ichheymoto’s Kittankhola, at Academy

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

    Selim Al Deen’s play about a village fair in Bangladesh where a troupe goes to perform, directed by Saurav Palodhi.

  • Offbeat Theatre’s Rakta-karabi, at Academy

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

    Tagore’s classic revived, directed and acted by Chaiti Ray Ghoshal. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • Chetana’s Marich Sambad, at Academy

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

    Revival of Chetana’s classic production, written and directed by Arun Mukherjee.

  • Bohurupee’s Kinu Kaharer Thetar, at Academy

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

    One of Bohurupee’s best productions from the 1990s, written by Manoj Mitra, directed by Kumar Roy, and now revived by Sanjay Banerjee on Roy's birth centenary. Read my review of the original.

  • Mangolik’s Ayudan, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Mangolik's latest production, of Mohit Chattopadhyay's play about a man's resolve to save life. Directed by Samir Biswas.

  • Wright & Grainger (UK)’s Orpheus, at Urban Theatre

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    Created in 2016, internationally award-winning  modern retelling of the Greek myth. Dave is single, at the bar; Eurydice is a tree nymph. A tale of impossible, death-defying love told through spoken word by Alexander Wright and acoustic soul music by Phil Grainger. Two performances, at 5 pm and 8 pm.

  • 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.

  • Belgharia Ruptapas’s Sanko, at Academy

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

  • Wright & Grainger (UK)’s The Gods The Gods The Gods, on the Riviera

    Created in 2020, the show is performed as an immersive live gig theatre of the 12 tracks on their album of the same name, telling four stories, upon three stages which surround the audience, in an uplifting communal experience which invites you -- the gods -- to take up your own power. Written by Alexander […]

  • Chakdaha Natyajan’s Aranyak, at Academy

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

    Premiere of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's classic novel dramatized and directed by Debasish.