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Ekush Shatak’s Krishnaranga, at Academy
2024-04-21 18:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Kolkata) | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Revival of dramatist-director Loknath Bandyopadhyay’s farce, adapted from Peter Shaffer’s hit Black Comedy (1965). One of the funniest productions you can presently view. Recommended: ★★★★

Nandipat’s Abritta, at Girish
2024-04-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Written by Tirthankar Chanda and directed by Prokash Bhattacharya, about an old Jatra actor and his wife live in trying urban conditions with a young woman and man from the same village.

Oikatan (Dakshineswar)'s Raj Deul, at Proscenium
2024-04-21 18:30 - 19:30 | Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700016
Part of Proscenium’s intimate theatre festival. Dramatized from Tagore’s poem “Dindan” by Pradeep Moulik and directed by Punyabrata Mukherjee.

Bhanta Theatre Labour's FantaC, at Proscenium
2024-04-20 19:30 - 20:30 | Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700016
Part of Proscenium’s intimate theatre festival. Written and directed by Asish Sardar.

Tala Pratyasha's Baich, at Proscenium
2024-04-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700016
Part of Proscenium Art Centre’s Intimate Theatre Festival. Directed by Asok Bose.

Theatre Workshop’s Great Bengal Theatre, at Rabindra Sadan
2024-04-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Rabindra Sadan, Cathedral Road, Kolkata, 700016
Dramatist-director Sumitro Bandyopadhyay’s fictionalized depiction of Bengali professional theatre’s nationalistic role at the time of the Partition.

Dwitiya Satta’s Na Tor Janya, at Girish
2024-04-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Written and directed by Suman Sengupta, a portrayal of the dilemma of an accomplished commercial artist who sells out to the ruthless and competitive contemporary ratrace.

Ichheymoto’s Birangana Kabya, at Academy
2024-04-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatized from Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s poem and directed by Turna Das.

Shohan’s Amirah, at Madhusudan
2024-04-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Inspired by Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy Antigone, written by Anirban Sen and directed by Anish Ghosh.

Sabar Path's Trinayan, at Girish
2024-04-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s parable of power against love, directed by Sanjita. A forest girl inspires a sculptor to become his model for the idol of a goddess, for which the king has declared an award. In the temple she captivates everyone – which the king perceives as a threat to his reign. Trinayan is symbolic of rulers institutionalizing religion as well as exploiting and ravaging the creative force of nature.

Spandan People's Theatre's Birangana, at Proscenium
2024-04-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700016
Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s poem directed by Samudra Guha in intimate style.

Proscenium's Art Centre's annual intimate theatre festival
2024-04-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700016
In its 13th edition, Proscenium’s 5-day festival starts at 6:30 every evening from the 17th to the 21st and features nine one-act plays including groups from Bally, Khardah, Ariadaha, Bhanta and Dakshineswar.

Nat-ranga’s Chhayapather Sheshe, at Academy
2024-04-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatist-director Sohan Bandopadhyay’s ghostly comedy set in a dilapidated north Kolkata hall about to be demolished to make way for a mall. Resident spooks protest against the reigning politician’s corruption.

Sayak's Bhalo Lok, at Academy
2024-04-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Chandan Sen rediscovers and adapts Pirandello’s nearly-forgotten All for the Best, written in 1920, the year before the classic Six Characters in Search of an Author. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.

Chetana's Gopal Ure And Co., at Academy
2024-04-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A musical within a play based on Bharatchandra Ray’s Bidyasundar Palagan, on the love of Bidya and Sundar. Directed by Sujan Mukhopadhyay and winner of two Supporting Actor awards at META 2024.

4th Bell's Hapi-D, at Gyan Manch
2024-04-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
An ebullient Bengali pastiche of Hamlet. 4th Bell had debuted in 2011 with Hapi–D, deliberately and delectably perverting the Danish tragedy into a festive comedy written and directed by Aniruddha Dasgupta.
Recommended: ★★★★

Shabdomugdho's Stanyapayi, at Tripti Mitra
2024-04-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Tripti Mitra Natyagriha, Natya Akademi, Nandan complex, Kolkata, 700020
Based on a story by Binod Ghoshal, dramatized and directed by Rakesh Ghosh.

Paramik (Barrackpore)'s Phans, at Rabindra Sadan
2024-04-12 19:30 - 20:30 | Rabindra Sadan, Cathedral Road, Kolkata, 700016
An Indianized adaptation of Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” by Anirban Sen, directed by Suvojit Bandopadhyay.

Rangroop’s Manmayi Girls School, at Academy
2024-04-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
The highly popular 1932 play written by Rabindranath Maitra, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Ganakrishti’s Athaba Rabithakur, at Madhusudan
2024-04-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Adapted from Slovenian dramatist Evald Flisar’s What about Leonardo, set in a neurological institute, and directed by Amitava Dutta.

Nandimukh’s Lanthan Saheber Banglo, at Madhusudan
2024-04-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Story by Sunil Gangopadhyay about a fictional 19th-century British officer in Bengal, dramatized by Sounava Basu and directed by Ashoke Chattopadhyay.

Rangapat’s Medea, at Academy
2024-04-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Euripides’ classic tragedy in Bengali directed by Tapanjyoti Das.
Recommended viewing: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Swapna-sandhani's Hamlet, at Academy
2024-04-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Shakespeare’s classic directed by Koushik Sen in a Bengali translation by Chaiti Mitra.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Ushneek’s Apurbba Sati, at Girish
2024-04-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Actress Sukumari Datta’s historic 1875 play directed by Ishita Mukhopadhyay.

Theatre Shine's Postmaster, at Jogesh Mime
2024-04-07 18:00 - 21:00 | Jogesh Mime Academy, Kalighat Park, Kolkata, India
Tagore’s short story brilliantly conceptualized and directed by Suvojit Bandyopadhyay in an intimate-theatre setting. Two performances, in Bengali at 6 pm and in Hindi at 8 pm.
Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.

Sansriti’s Kothakar Charitra Kothay Rekhechha, at Madhusudan
2024-04-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Translated from Pirandello’s metatheatrical classic Six Characters in Search of an Author by Rudraprasad Sengupta and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Jynxed, at Gyan Manch
2024-04-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A play by a new young group, written and directed by Suramya Pushan Dasgupta, on how love becomes a service in a futuristic world.

Theatre Platform's Gharer Madhye Bari, at Academy
2024-04-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Premiere of dramatist-director Debasish’s new play about an old building facing demolition, whose residents face eviction, and whose inhabitants include non-humans too.

Pragati (Liluah)’s Sandipani, at Academy
2024-04-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Written by Anirban Sen and directed by Abir Ghosh, concerning a professor who tells his students about Che Guevara.

Nirbak’s Mrs Udgarica, at Sisir Mancha
2024-03-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Sisir Mancha, 1/1 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata
An original sci-fi drama written by Suranjana Dasgupta, directed by Niladri Bhattacharya.
