• Aneek’s Aksharik, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    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.

  • Baghajatin Alaap’s Padma Nadir Majhi, at Academy

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

    Manik Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel dramatized and directed by Parthapratim Deb.

  • Mangolik’s Manush Bhut, at Academy

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

    Mangolik’s longest-running production, dramatized from Syed Mustafa Siraj and directed by Samir Biswas. A comedy about a “dead” man coming alive. Recommended: ★★★★

  • Ganakrishti’s Mastuto Vice, at Academy

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

    Dario Fo’s comedy The Virtuous Burglar, adapted and directed by Amitava Dutta. A robber breaks into an apartment, but his plans are complicated when he discovers he’s not alone, has […]

  • Bohurupee’s Kinu Kaharer Thetar, at Madhusudan

    Madhusudan Mancha Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Nityanatya’s Ajnata, at Academy

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

    Sounava Basu's new play about three forgotten revolutionary girls--Suniti Choudhury, Santi Ghose and Prafulla Nalini Brahma--who assassinated the British district magistrate of Comilla in 1931. Directed by Jayanta Mitra.

  • Chakdaha Natyajan’s Ekta Iskul, at Madhusudan

    Madhusudan Mancha Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Written and directed by Debasish, set in the Tripura hills about the friendship of two boys as they grow up.

  • 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. Read my review.