• Samstab’s Gaurer Kabach, at Academy

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

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

    Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata

    Shakespeare’s classic directed by Koushik Sen in a Bengali translation by Chaiti Mitra. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

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

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    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.

  • Nirbak’s Saodagarer Nauka, at Academy

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

    Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

  • Hajabarala’s Ekanayaker Sesh Rat, at Academy

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

    Written and directed by Chandan Sen, Ekanāyaker Sesh Rāt depicts an imaginary strife-torn African nation where a military dictator took over but now faces a popular revolution.

  • Natadha’s Mahabharat 2, at Madhusudan

    Madhusudan Mancha Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Written by Shib Mukhopadhyay as his second dramatization of the epic, this time concentrating on the Udyoga Parva. Directed by Arna Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • Srijak’s Prajapati, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Samaresh Basu's 1967 novel subsequently banned for obscenity (the Supreme Court overturned the judgment in 1985), dramatized and directed by Debashis Basu.

  • Padatik/rikh’s Mark Twain: Live in Bombay!, at KCC

    Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata

    Based by Canadian playwright Gabriel Emanuel on Twain's not-too-well-known Indian visit and lecture in Bombay, directed and enacted by Vinay Sharma. Highly recommended: ★★★★★. Read my review.

  • Ichheymoto’s Mantu o Marx, at Academy

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

    An unusual play where Marx appears today and tries to explain his theories to a Bengali labourer. Written by Dhrubajyoti Chakrabarti and directed by Kushal Chattopadhyay.