Rangapat’s He Sindhusaras, at Academy
2026-04-04 18:30 - 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play based on the making of Chekhov’s classic The Seagull, recreating the work of the Moscow Art Theatre, its director Stanislavski and lead actress Olga Knipper (Chekhov’s wife). Directed by Tapanjyoti.

Japonchitro (Delhi)'s Pap, at Academy
2026-04-05 15:30 - 17:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Inspired by Samaresh Basu’s story Pap-punya, a play by Suman Tinku of Bangladesh directed by Suhan Basu of Delhi.

Ashokenagar Avijatri's Rakta-karabi, at Rabindra Sadan
2026-04-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Rabindra Sadan, Cathedral Road, Kolkata, 700016
Tagore’s classic, a lighthouse in these dark times, directed by Kaushik Chattopadhyay for Ashokenagar Avijatri Sanskritic Sanastha. Set in a contemporary context where technology dominates the soul as power and wealth have made Yakshapuri darker.

Japonchitro (Delhi)'s Shodh, at Academy
2026-04-05 18:30 - 20:50 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Based on Taslima Nasrin’s novel that explores the plight of married women and feminism. A young woman’s life has been a series of betrayals and silent sufferings, denied the chance to pursue her dreams and subjected to relentless domestic violence. But with quiet, fierce resistance, she chooses an unexpected path. Dramatized and directed by Suhan Basu.

Anya Theatre’s Pratham Rajnaitik Hatya, at Academy
2026-04-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Written and directed by Debashis. Based on the freedom fighters arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Ichheymoto’s Je Janlagulor Akash Chhilo, at Academy
2026-04-10 13:40 - 16:30, 2026-04-21 18:00 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Four childhood friends from the 1990s grow up and go different ways, passing through youthful romances, heated arguments and political movements, testifying to changing times through the decades. Dramatized from Rahul Arunoday Banerjee’s stories and directed by Saurav Palodhi. The only production from Kolkata to reach the final round of META 2026, Delhi, where it won four awards.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra’s Nim Amrita, at Madhusudan
2026-04-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Adapted from Somerset Maugham’s play on euthanasia, The Sacred Flame, by Bhaskar Lahiri and directed by Kishore Sengupta.

Rangroop’s Bhalo Pahar, at Girish
2026-04-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
British dramatist Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Winter Hill, translated and set in Bengal by Tirthankar Chanda, about a group of women discussing the construction of a luxury hotel in a remote rural location. Directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★

Hajabarala’s Ekanayaker Sesh Rat, at Academy
2026-04-11 18:30 - 20:40 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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.

Prachya’s Day Amadero, at Academy
2026-04-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatized by Sumantra Chattopadhyay from Abby Mann’s Judgment at Nuremberg about the Nazi trials and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay.

Rangroop’s Bhalo Pahar, at Madhusudan
2026-04-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India

Out of Nowhere’s Guards at the Taj, at Padatik
2026-04-12 19:00 - 21:30 | Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700017
Hindustani adaptation by a new local group of Rajiv Joseph’s dark drama that won the Obie award for best new American play in 2016. Two guards at the newly built Taj Mahal discuss perfection, duty, obedience and rebellion in a blend of humour, brutality and philosophical questions about beauty and power.

Aneek’s Angina Jure Bhor, at Tapan
2026-04-14 18:00 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner, initially hostile, gradually starts narrating his story and the miraculous journey of a young Gomira dancer from a small village in Dinajpur to the world of Kolkata theatre. The researcher realizes the man’s unparalleled love for theatre and this auditorium. Written and directed by Gaurav Das.

Chetla Krishti Sansad’s Amar Gan, at Academy
2026-04-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A blind and wheelchair-bound youth, highly intelligent, wants to know about light from his physicist father. Written and directed by Suman Sengupta.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Kalyani Kalamandalam’s Radha-Ramakrishna, at Madhusudan
2026-04-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
An original play written by Rakesh Ghosh and directed by Santanu Das, on Girish Ghosh’s historic production of Chaitanya Lila in which Nati Binodini stunned audiences with her male impersonation, while Sri Ramakrishna nurtured Radha’s feminine bhava in himself independently and blessed Binodini after watching her performance.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Dwitiya Satta’s Na Tor Janya, at Academy
2026-04-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Written and directed by Suman Sengupta, a portrayal of the dilemma of an accomplished commercial artist who sells out to the ruthless and competitive contemporary ratrace.

Rangroop’s Manmayi Girls School, at Academy
2026-04-17 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.

Seconds Before Coming (Delhi), at Urban Theatre
2026-04-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-18 19:00 - 20:00 | The Urban Theatre Project, Kabir Road, Kolkata, 700029
Freshly kissed by a man, an eleven-year-old girl believed she had fallen in love. Now an adult, she is soaked in pain. As the body reveals itself to be a sea of conflicts and mirrors, she urgently tries to swim to the smooth surfaces of herself. Instead, when she finds herself sinking into the soft noise of her childhood, and turns to us to ask: what does any of this mean? Created and performed solo by Rishika Kaushik.

Theatre Platform’s Gharer Madhye Bari, at Tapan
2026-04-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Dramatist-director Debasish’s new play about an old building facing demolition, whose residents face eviction, and whose inhabitants include non-humans too.
Highly recommended: ★★★★★. Read my review.

Mangalik’s Manush Bhut, at Academy
2026-04-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Mangalik’s longest-running production, dramatized from Syed Mustafa Siraj and directed by Samir Biswas. A comedy about a “dead” man coming alive. Recommended: ★★★★

Sanglap Kolkata’s Hulusthul, at Girish
2026-04-19 18:30 - 20:40 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Dramatized from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s Ek Āshcharja Pheriwālā by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay and directed by Debasish. A mysterious hawker sells seemingly useless things, which evil people conspire to capture, while an eccentric scientist pursues his thirst for knowledge,
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Roopkatha Rangmanch (Mumbai)'s La-ilaaj, at Kala Mandir
2026-04-19 18:30 - 21:00 | Kala Mandir, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata
Pankaj Tripathi’s return to his theatre roots with a musical that explores love, passion, responsibility, self-respect and consent. Set in a city neighbourhood around a local band party, it follows different characters as they struggle to define love in their own lives. Written and directed by Faiz Mohammed Khan, it features a 30-member ensemble.
Presented by Anamika Kala Sangam.

Seconds Before Coming (Delhi), at Urban Theatre
2026-04-19 19:00 - 20:00 | The Urban Theatre Project, Kabir Road, Kolkata, 700029
Freshly kissed by a man, an eleven-year-old girl believed she had fallen in love. Now an adult, she is soaked in pain. As the body reveals itself to be a sea of conflicts and mirrors, she urgently tries to swim to the smooth surfaces of herself. Instead, when she finds herself sinking into the soft noise of her childhood, and turns to us to ask: what does any of this mean? Created and performed solo by Rishika Kaushik. A final performance on April 20, same time same place.

Jadavpur Manthan's Ramanujan, at Academy
2026-04-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A retelling of the life of Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan from the humble town of Kumbakonam to the hallowed halls of Cambridge. The dramatis personae include devout and determined mother, Kamallatammal, who introduced him to the world of classical Indian mathematics; his young wife Janaki, whose loneliness, sacrifices and silent suffering form a backdrop to his spiritual quest and scientific ascent; and G. H. Hardy, the English mathematician who receives a letter filled with unconventional theorems and identities, intrigued and awestruck by which he becomes Ramanujan’s academic collaborator. Written and directed by Rajib Bardhan.

Guild of the Goat (Delhi)'s Seconds Before Coming, at Urban Theatre
2026-04-20 19:00 - 20:30 | The Urban Theatre Project, Kabir Road, Kolkata, 700029
Freshly kissed by a man, an eleven-year-old girl believed she had fallen in love. Now an adult, she is soaked in pain. As the body reveals itself to be a sea of conflicts and mirrors, she urgently tries to swim to the smooth surfaces of herself. Instead, when she finds herself sinking into the soft noise of her childhood, and turns to us to ask: what does any of this mean? Created and performed solo by Rishika Kaushik, directed by Anirudh Nair.

Akvarious (Mumbai)'s Dekh Behen, at Urban Theatre
2026-04-24 17:00 - 18:30 | The Urban Theatre Project, Kabir Road, Kolkata, 700029
Over 130 performances across 13 cities, “the first fully female superhit”. A bittersweet comedy about daughters, girlfriends, mothers, sisters, wives, at a big fat Delhi wedding. Merely hours before they need to put up their rehearsed item number, five bridesmaids catch up, gossip, eat, drink and bitch about their identical outfits. But that’s not the only thing they have in common — they all dislike the bride. Written by Dilshad Edibam and Tahira Nath, directed by Shikha Talsania and Prerna Chawla. Two performances, at 5 and 8 pm.

Nandipat’s Chandrabati Katha, at Academy
2026-04-24 18:30 - 20:40 | 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.

Akvarious (Mumbai)’s Dekh Behen, at Urban Theatre
2026-04-25 17:00 - 21:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Over 130 performances across 13 cities, “the first fully female superhit”. A bittersweet comedy about daughters, girlfriends, mothers, sisters, wives, at a big fat Delhi wedding. Merely hours before they need to put up their rehearsed item number, five bridesmaids catch up, gossip, eat, drink and bitch about their identical outfits. But that’s not the only thing they have in common — they all dislike the bride. Written by Dilshad Edibam and Tahira Nath, directed by Shikha Talsania and Prerna Chawla. Two 90-minute performances, at 5 and 8 pm.
