Not biographical, but a fictional drama showing the profound influence that film director Rituparno had as an icon. Rakesh Ghosh wrote and directed it in 2013, about a young transgender man teased on the street as “Rituparno”, who wants to join the crowd at Nandan paying homage to his idol after the latter's death.

Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★

The West Bengal Government has organized its annual Natyamela of Bengali theatre from February 5 till February 13, with free admission for everyone. Every afternoon and evening, 80 groups from all over the state will stage their productions at the state-run auditoriums in Kolkata: Rabindra Sadan, Girish Mancha, Madhusudan Mancha, Sisir Mancha, Tripti Mitra Natyagriha […]

Intimate theatre directed by Jayoti Bose, part of the 24th Natyamela.

Ratan Kumar Das's new play about a lonely man whose only attachments left are his daughter and his home. Everything has changed around him: relationships and the times. Directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay.

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.

An ebullient Bengali pastiche of Hamlet. 4th Bell debuted in 2011 with this play, deliberately and delectably perverting Shakespeare’s tragedy into a festive comedy written and directed by Aniruddha Dasgupta. Recommended: ★★★★. Free admission as part of the 24th Natyamela.

Adishakti comes to Kolkata after many years with their new production in English. Questions of consent, agency and approval breathe new life into Urmila, Lakshmana's wife. Part of Pickle Factory's month-long Season 5.

Acclaimed Polish dramatist Slawomir Mrozek’s dark political satire on power titled Police, adapted and directed by Arpita Ghosh. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

The highly popular 1932 play written by Rabindranath Maitra, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.