• Bibhaban’s Intimate Theatre Festival, at Thea Apex

    Thea Apex, Amar Palli, Nagerbazar, Dum Dum

    Titled "Bridge Between Us" celebrating 30 years of Bibhaban Theatre Academy, the festival features the following groups on the designated evenings: December 10, Tiljala Kalpan and Kolkata Jogosutra December 11, Bibhaban and Behala Youthopia December 13, Ayna, Aranyak and Bibhaban December 14, Bibhaban, Goroheen abd Margon

  • Nandipat’s Chandrabati Katha, at Academy

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

    Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play about Chandrabati, the 16th-century poet who composed the first Bangla Ramayan from the perspective of Sita, as well as parts of the Maimansingha Gitika. Directed by Prokash Bhattacharya.

  • Chadar Badar puppetry, at KCC

    Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata

    Performance of the little-publicized marionette form from the Santal Parganas.

  • Kolkata Playmakers’ Parabola Sir, at Academy

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

    Dramatized from Narayan Sanyal’s novel by Tirthankar Chanda, about an idealistic teacher. Directed by Ram Mukhopadhyay. Read my review.

  • Nandikar’s Theatre Festival, at Academy

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

    Nandikar's 42nd annual festival, beginning on December 16 and continuing till December 25. Featuring Bengali plays by the groups Aneek, Naihati Natya Samannyay, Mukhomukhi--Tritiyo Sutra, Ichheymoto, Sarabhuj, Swapnasandhani, Natya Anan, Theatre Formation Poribortok and the hosts, and Hindi productions by National School of Drama Sikkim Repertory and Dinkar Sharma, Jharkhand.

  • Sarabhuj’s Macbeth, at Academy

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

    Tarun Pradhan’s Bangla folk adaptation and direction of Shakespeare’s classic using the performing arts of Medinipur. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.  

  • Nothing Like Persepolis, at The Urban Theatre Project

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    An independent and intimate production  that borrows from Persepolis, Macbeth and the various wars of survival around us, and features three women clowns and their many voices, protests and prophecies, served with a red nose on top. Written and directed by Sourav R Nath. Repeat performance at 7:30 pm the same evening.

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

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    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.

  • Nandikar’s Madhabi, at Academy

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

    Bhisham Sahni’s play translated into Bengali and directed by Swatilekha Sengupta.