• Nandikar’s Panchajanya, at Academy

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

    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. Two shows, at 2:45 pm and […]

  • Swapna-sandhani’s Hamlet, at Kala Mandir

    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

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    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 […]

  • ECTA (New Jersey)’s two Bengali plays, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Short plays written and directed by Sudipta Bhawmik: Banijye Basate Lakshmi is a solo performance in which Sudipta enacts a motivational speaker delivering a speech on how Bengali entrepreneurs can […]

  • Natya Anan’s Meghnad, at Academy

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

  • Chetana’s Ghashiram Kotwal, at Academy

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

    Vijay Tendulkar's classic political satire directed in Bengali by Sujan Mukhopadhyay. Inaugural performance of Baghajatin Alaap's 2nd international Bengali theatre festival.

  • Emirates Bengal Natyagoshthi (Dubai)’s Prahasan, at Academy

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

    Ujjwal Chattopadhyay's play directed by Kalyan Bhattacharya. Six candidates for the position of assistant to a CEO are locked inside a room for the final selection test. Second production in […]

  • Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy

    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. Third production in Baghajatin Alaap’s 2nd […]

  • Bengali one-act plays from Australia and New Zealand, at Academy

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

    Chakravyuha by Ankurshristi Incorporated (Melbourne, Australia) and Sakshi by Not Really (Auckland, New Zealand). Fourth and fifth productions in Baghajatin Alaap's 2nd international Bengali theatre festival.