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Sayak’s Dharmabatar, at Academy
2025-12-02 18:30 - 20:40 (Asia/Kolkata) | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play inspired by the American film The Judge (2014) about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.

Samstab’s Gaurer Kabach, at Academy
2025-12-03 18:30 - 20:40 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s magical story about Gaur, who loves to play the flute, and is loved by the ancient folk in his village, threatened by the arrival of a man who wants to take over everything. Dramatized and directed by Suman Sengupta.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Beadon Street Subham’s Ami Pluto, at Madhusudan
2025-12-05 18:00 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Inspired by Steve Metzger’s awardwinning children’s book Pluto Visits Earth!, the story of a tiny planet but also a beautiful wish that grants love, rejoices in friendship and finds hope in remembering who we actually are. Dramatized by Kallol Lahiri and Alekhya Ghosh, set in Kolkata, and directed by Anamitra Khan.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Gandharvi's Gulabijaan, at Birla Sabhagar
2025-12-06 18:00 - 20:00 | G D Birla Sabhagar, 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata, 700019
A musical drama by Shukla Banerjee and group, which revives the legacy of Awadh’s courtesans through Kathak, Thumri and ghazals. Set in 1881 Kolkata, the play follows an ageing courtesan as she recounts her life, bringing to light a culture of resilience, refinement and resistance in a forgotten world of silken veils, haunting music and lost histories.
Part of AMI Arts Festival.

Rangroop’s Manmayi Girls School, at Academy
2025-12-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
The highly popular Bengali play written by Rabindranath Maitra in 1932, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Paschimbanga Natya Academy's Natyamela
2025-12-07 17:00 - 2025-12-17 21:00 | Rabindra Sadan, Cathedral Road, Kolkata, 700016
The West Bengal Government has organized its 25th Natyamela festival of Bengali theatre starting on December 7 lasting till December 17, with free admission for everyone. Every afternoon and evening, over 100 groups from all over the state will stage their productions at the state-run auditoriums in Kolkata: Rabindra Sadan, Girish Mancha, Madhusudan Mancha, Rabindra Tirtha, Sisir Mancha, Tripti Mitra Natyagriha and Ektara Mukta Mancha. Performances include puppet theatre, folk theatre, mime and intimate theatre, besides regular proscenium theatre.

Purbaranga’s Sitayan, at Academy
2025-12-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
The 100th performance of this production. Written and directed by Malay Ray, inspired by Mallika Sengupta’s novel on Sita’s story rather than Rama’s.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

East India Dastangos' Kolkata Ki Jalkatha, at Victoria Memorial
2025-12-08 17:30 - 19:30 | Victoria Memorial, Cathedral Road, Kolkata, India
A musical Dastangoi storytelling performance of the city’s flowing heritage.

Bibhaban's Intimate Theatre Festival, at Thea Apex
2025-12-10 17:30 - 2025-12-14 20:00 | 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
2025-12-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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
2025-12-12 18:00 - 19:00 | 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
2025-12-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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
2025-12-16 18:00 - 2025-12-25 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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.

Nat-ranga’s Mithye Car-er Satyi, at Tapan
2025-12-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Written and directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay, comedy and romance come together in an old-age home.

Sarabhuj’s Macbeth, at Academy
2025-12-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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
2025-12-20 18:00 - 19:00 | The Urban Theatre Project, Kabir Road, Kolkata, 700029
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
2025-12-20 18:30 - 20:30 | 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
2025-12-20 18:30 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Bhisham Sahni’s play translated into Bengali and directed by Swatilekha Sengupta.

Swapna-sandhani's Hamlet, at Academy
2025-12-21 14:30 - 17:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Shakespeare’s classic translated into Bengali by Chaiti Mitra and directed by Koushik Sen. Part of Nandikar’s 42nd Theatre Festival.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Nandikar’s Ek Theke Baro, at Academy
2025-12-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Adapted from Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men into Bengali by Swatilekha Sengupta and directed by Saptarshi Maulik.
Recommended: ★★★★.

Natya Anan's Meghnad, at Academy
2025-12-22 18:30 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Based on the exceptional life, works, thoughts and times of renowned astrophysicist and nuclear scientist Meghnad Saha, one of the greatest figures who shaped modern India. He fought against caste-based discrimination, orthodox beliefs and divisive politics. His weapon was science. Written by Sudipta Bhawmik and directed by Chandan Sen.

National School of Drama (Sikkim) Repertory's Bhasa-bharatam, at Academy
2025-12-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A Charan and Bhatta, among the oldest mediums of Indian storytelling, narrate Bhasa’s five Sanskrit plays on the Mahabharata in Hindi. Asif Ali’s script begins with Bhatta questioning Pancharatram, in which a condition is placed whereby if Drona finds the Pandavas living in exile within five nights, Duryodhana will give half the kingdom to the Pandavas as gurudakshina. Next comes Dutavakyam, in which Krishna as a messenger makes a proposal for peace before the war, which Duryodhana rejects. After that, Karnabharam begins, where Karna fights despite having lost his armour to Indra’s deceit before the war. Then in DutaGhatotkacha, Ghatotkacha brings Krishna’s message to stop the war, but again that proposal is turned down. Finally, in Urubhangam, Bhima crushes Duryodhana’s thigh at Krishna’s behest, following which Duryodhana’s self-realization leads to his ascension. Directed by Piyal Bhattacharya.

Nandikar Children's Ensemble's productions, at Academy
2025-12-25 10:00 - 13:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Three plays performed by and for children: Sukumar Ray’s Byanger Raja directed by Debabrata Maity, Tagore’s Achalayatan directed by Anindita Chakraborty, and Badal Sircar’s Bichitranushthan directed by Rakesh Das. Part of Nandikar’s 42nd annual theatre festival.

Nandikar's Nabanna, at Academy
2025-12-25 14:30 - 16:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Bijon Bhattacharya’s classic drama first staged by the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) in 1944, set against the backdrop of the man-made Bengal famine of 1943. Directed by Sohini Sengupta and Arghya Dey Sarkar.
Part of Nandikar’s 42nd annual theatre festival.

Shilpi Sangha’s Baghnakh, at Girish
2025-12-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Jayanta De’s story dramatized and directed by Suman Sengupta, about the ever-increasing irrational instigation in society without thinking of humanity. Problems and failure in life get vented in various ugly forms; and nobody speaks up against the powerful. The play depicts the instinct to overcome a grave situation by violent or easy means rather than trying to solve the root cause of the issue.

Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Kala Mandir
2025-12-25 18:30 - 21:00 | Kala Mandir, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Nandikar’s Panchajanya, at Academy
2025-12-25 18:30 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A play written by Parthapratim Deb dramatizing the story of Krishna, directed by Sohini Sengupta.
Part of Nandikar’s 42nd annual theatre festival.

Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy
2025-12-27 14:30 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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. Two shows, at 2:45 pm and 6:30 pm.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Swapna-sandhani’s Hamlet, at Kala Mandir
2025-12-27 18:00 - 21:00 | Kala Mandir, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata
Shakespeare’s classic translated into Bengali by Chaiti Mitra and directed by Koushik Sen.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Curl's Item, at The Urban Theatre Project
2025-12-29 19:30 - 21:00 | The Urban Theatre Project, Kabir Road, Kolkata, 700029
A genrefluid show incorporating dance, drama and drag. Journeying across cultures, homes and nightclubs, Zizou finds belonging through Zenia Fauxbia Darling—his drag persona—with a little help from some queens he has grown up admiring in Bollywood films, like watching Madhuri Dixit for the first time or learning to dance with Saroj Khan on TV. Written, designed and performed by Ahon Gooptu.
