• 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, […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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.

  • Swapna-sandhani’s Hamlet, at Academy

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

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

    Adapted from Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men into Bengali by Swatilekha Sengupta and directed by Saptarshi Maulik. Recommended: ★★★★.