Natasena’s Gorur Garir Headlight, at Madhusudan
2025-02-24 18:00 - 20:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
The record-breaking comedy that has had an uninterrupted run since 1972, with over 1200 performances. Written and directed by the late Saroj Ray for his own group Natasena.

Anya Theatre’s Romeo Ebang Juliet, at Academy
2025-02-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Based on Debes Roy’s Bengali rendering of Shakespeare’s classic and Jan Otcenasek’s Romeo and Juliet in Darkness. Directed by Abanti Chakraborty.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Sansriti’s Sher Afgan, at Academy
2025-02-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s adaptation of Pirandello’s metatheatrical classic, Henry IV, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Sharabhuj's Macbeth, at Madhusudan
2025-02-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Tarun Pradhan’s Bangla folk adaptation and direction of Shakespeare’s classic.

Little Thespian's Andhere Men, at Gyan Manch
2025-02-28 18:30 - 20:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Uma Jhunjhunwala directs Partap Sehgal’s new play about the concept of darkness, which can masquerade as righteous fervor behind the veil of religion or sect, or manifest as hypocrisy or superstition or blind devotion. It seeks to unravel the mysteries of darkness and ponder the paths to liberation. The inaugural production of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.

Sehar (Santiniketan)'s Koi Aur Rasta, at Gyan Manch
2025-03-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Partap Sehgal’s solo play, directed by Mrityunjay Prabhakar in Bengali, about a woman who has gone through a roller coaster ride in life due to her love affair and marriage. Part of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.

Dastaan Theatre Studio (Gwalior)'s Anveshak, at Gyan Manch
2025-03-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Partap Sehgal’s play centres on Aryabhata, the astronomer whose groundbreaking discoveries and defiance of Brahminical dominance in favour of truth challenged prevailing superstitions and religious dogmas of his time. Directed by Ayaz Khan. Part of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.

Sansriti’s Kothakar Charitra Kothay Rekhechha, at Academy
2025-03-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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.

Anya Theatre’s Aparajita, at Jogesh Mime
2025-03-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Jogesh Mime Academy, Kalighat Park, Kolkata, India
Nitish Sen’s classic solo play directed by Turna Das.

Santoshpur Anuchintan's Bachche Bade Ho Rahe Hai, at Gyan Manch
2025-03-02 11:00 - 13:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Partap Sehgal’s eponymous poem dramatized and directed by Gourav Das reflects on the lives of children from Peyarabagan, the second largest slum in Kolkata, narrating their coming-of-age transition into adolescence. Part of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.

Unicorn Actors Studio (Delhi)'s Antaral, at Gyan Manch
2025-03-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Partap Sehgal’s latest play directed by Gauri Dewal deals with the ever-changing nature of values through the story of an intelligent woman whose life has been shaped by tragedy. Part of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.

Sansriti’s Khokkas, at Academy
2025-03-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Adapted from Evgeny Schwartz’s satirical Russian play The Dragon (1944) by Arpita Ghosh and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. A village terrorized by a dragon finds an unlikely saviour.

Sansriti’s Hayabadan, at Academy
2025-03-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Translated by Sankha Ghosh from Girish Karnad’s classic folk-based play Hayavadana, and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay.

Jadavpur Ramyani’s Haraner Natjamai, at Tapan
2025-03-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Dramatized from Manik Bandyopadhyay and directed by Arun Mukherjee. The story revisits the historic Tebhaga Movement of 1946-47 in Bengal, where Haran, an old sharecropper, has gone half-mad after police killed his son.

Mukhomukhi and Tritiyo Sutra’s Mephisto, at Kala Mandir
2025-03-02 18:30 - 21:00 | Kala Mandir, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata
Revival of their 2002 production. Based on Ariane Mnouchkine’s dramatization of Klaus Mann’s novel on the Nazi co-option of artists, translated and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★

Anuragna (New Delhi)'s Tin Gumshuda Log, at Gyan Manch
2025-03-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A collage of three stories by Partap Sehgal. Ashraf Ali directs the independent narratives into a unified, thought-provoking exploration of life’s existential crises. Part of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.

Sanglap Kolkata’s Hulusthul, at Academy
2025-03-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatized from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay and directed by Debasish. A mysterious hawker sells seemingly useless things, but fruitful in the thirst for knowledge, which some people conspire to capture.
Recommended: ★★★★

Kamla Shankar Dhanwanti Foundation (Delhi)'s Ramanujan, at Gyan Manch
2025-03-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Partap Sehgal’s play celebrates the life and achievements of Srinivasa Ramanujan, from a poor and modest clerk in Madras to a renowned mathematician at Cambridge, exploring the challenges he faced due to poor health, cultural differences and lack of formal education. Directed by Himanshu Himaniya. Part of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.

Samukha (New Delhi)'s Bulleh Shah, at Gyan Manch
2025-03-04 14:00 - 16:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Partap Sehgal’s play about Bulleh Shah, descendant of Prophet Mohammad and belonging to the upper Pathan caste, whose family members opposed him becoming a disciple of the Sufi seer Shah Inayat, considered a lower caste, and did not even like him dancing and singing from street to street. Directed by Arvind Singh. Part of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.

Garia Krishti’s Kalpurush, at Tapan
2025-03-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Dramatized from Samares Mazumdar’s novel, the third in his Animesh quartet, focusing on the journey of Animesh’s son. Scripted and directed by Sitangshu Khatua.

Manch Rangmanch (Amritsar)'s Rang Basanti, at Gyan Manch
2025-03-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Partap Sehgal’s play is a narrative of Bhagat Singh’s life, whose revolutionary actions are repeatedly highlighted, but his socialist ideology relegated to the background. He emerges as a radical in actions and also in his thinking. Directed by Kewal Dhaliwal. Concluding production of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.

Sayak’s Dharmabatar, at Academy
2025-03-05 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 inspired by a foreign film about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.

Prachya’s Khelaghar, at Academy
2025-03-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Ibsen’s trailblazing Doll’s House adapted by Ratan Kumar Das and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Purba Paschim’s Sri o Nidhu-babu Katha, at Academy
2025-03-09 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 the triangle between Tappa pioneer Nidhu-babu, his royal patron-friend Mahananda Ray, and the latter’s mistress Srimati who became Nidhu-babu’s devoted disciple. Directed by Soumitra Mitra.

Kapila Venu (Irinjalakuda)'s Saiva Kuttu, at Alipore Museum
2025-03-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Alipore Musiem, Judges Court Road, Kolkata, India
A very rare opportunity to see the solo genre of the ancient Sanskrit form of Kutiyattam from Kerala, performed by one of its finest younger exponents, Kapila Venu, using a 6th-century Tamil text. A must-watch.

Sudrak’s Shikh ^kha Jatir Merudanda, at Academy
2025-03-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Sudrak’s new, so-called “uneducated” satire on education written and directed by Debasis Majumdar. Read my review.

Natasena’s Gorur Garir Headlight, at Academy
2025-03-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India

Samstab’s Gaurer Kabach, at Academy
2025-03-13 18:30 - 20:30 | 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.

Rangroop’s Swaha, at Academy
2025-03-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
About rural superstition exploiting young girls, dramatized from Sayantani Putatunda and directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Swapna-sandhani’s Hamlet, at Kala Mandir
2025-03-16 18:00 - 21:00 | Kala Mandir, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata
Shakespeare’s classic directed by Koushik Sen in a Bengali translation by Chaiti Mitra.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
