• Sayak’s Dharmabatar, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play inspired by a foreign film about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.

  • Nat-ranga’s Ami Weds Ami, at Madhusudan

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

    Revival of Sohan Bandopadhyay’s Bengali dramatization from 2010 of Charlie Fish’s short story “The Man Who Married Himself”, about a man who does just that.

  • Curl’s Labor Day Reunion, at The Urban Theatre Project

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    The world premiere of a realist memory play written and directed by Ahon Gooptu, developed between 2019 and 2022 in the United States. Three friends in Chicago find love and connection with each other, until compelled to reckon with questions about their identity, queerness and the root of their relationship. Sachi is preparing to give […]

  • Durgapur Bhimroti’s Prati-prashna, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Based on the Netflix webseries Criminal, exploring the scars of sexual harassment in the context of an unresolved police interrogation. Adapted and directed by Dipankar Sen.

  • Curl’s Labor Day Reunion, at The Urban Theatre Project

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    A realist memory play written and directed by Ahon Gooptu, developed between 2019 and 2022 in the United States. Three friends in Chicago find love and connection with each other, until compelled to reckon with questions about their identity, queerness and the root of their relationship. Sachi is preparing to give birth while Josh, the […]

  • Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy

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

    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.

  • Nirbak’s Saodagarer Nauka, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

  • Curl’s Labor Day Reunion, at The Urban Theatre Project

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    A realist memory play written and directed by Ahon Gooptu, developed between 2019 and 2022 in the United States. Three friends in Chicago find love and connection with each other, until compelled to reckon with questions about their identity, queerness and the root of their relationship. Sachi is preparing to give birth while Josh, the […]

  • Kalyani Kalamandalam’s Radha-Ramkrishna, at Academy

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

    An original play written by Rakesh Ghosh and directed by Santanu Das, on Girish Ghosh's historic production of Chaitanya Lila in which Nati Binodini stunned audiences with her male impersonation, while Ramkrishna nurtured Radha's feminine bhava in himself and ultimately blessed Binodini after watching her performance.