• Purba Paschim’s A-shakti, at Academy

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

    The poet Shakti Chattopadhyay’s life, thought and times dramatized by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay and directed by Debasish.

  • Cinebahini’s Boka Baksho, at Gyan Manch

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

    Based on Pinter's early one-act two-hander, The Dumb Waiter, adapted into Bengali by Soumit Deb.

  • Sudrak’s Morche Para Alo, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Debasis Majumder‘s new play on the fragility of human relationships and the pain of breaking them. It highlights three major forms of separation: death, which is a natural consequence to be accepted without anger; physical distancing, which becomes a daily habit over time; and emotional separation, which occurs through conflict, betrayal or coercion and creates […]

  • Sanglap Kolkata’s Hulusthul, at Academy

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

    Dramatized from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s Ek Āshcharja Pheriwālā by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay and directed by Debasish. A mysterious hawker sells seemingly useless things, which evil people conspire to capture, while an eccentric scientist pursues his thirst for knowledge, Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • Sansriti’s Pratham Partha, at Academy

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

    Director Debesh Chattopadhyay’s faithful interpretation of Buddhadeva Bose’s verse drama on Karna’s choice before the war begins.

  • 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. It is 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.

  • Chetana’s Meghe Dhaka Ghatak, at Academy

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

    Marking Ritwik Ghatak’s birth centenary, this biodrama by Jeet Satragni, unlike the usual portrayal of Ghatak as an unwavering and fearless rebel, delicately explores his early years as a romantic and passionate lover of art. It traces his journey towards a stable career in cinema after marrying his muse, Surama, his time in Bombay before […]

  • Mukhomukhi’s Pratarana, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Soumitra Chatterjee’s adaptation of Pinter’s Betrayal, a pathbreaking play that develops in reverse chronological sequence. Directed by Poulomi Chatterjee. Marking the 30th anniversary of Mukhomukhi.

  • Naye Natua’s Meghnadbadh Kabya, at Academy

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

    Dramatized from Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s epic and directed by Goutam Halder, his long-running solo hit.