• Adishakti (Puducherry)’s Urmila, at Birla Sabhagar

    G D Birla Sabhagar 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata

    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.

  • Pancham Vaidic’s Pulish, at Academy

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

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

  • Rangroop’s Manmayi Girls School, at Jogesh

    Jogesh Mime Academy Kalighat Park, Kolkata, India

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

  • Anya Theatre’s Pratham Rajnaitik Hatya, at Madhusudan

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

    Written and directed by Debashis. Based on the freedom fighters arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review. Free admission as part of the 24th Natyamela.

  • Shohan’s Amirah, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Inspired by Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy Antigone, written by Anirban Sen and directed by Anish Ghosh. Free admission as part of the 24th Natyamela.

  • Rangapat’s He Sindhusaras, at Academy

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

    Rangapat’s latest production, based by dramatist Ujjwal Chattopadhyay 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.

  • Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Kala Mandir

    Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata

    Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty.

  • Aneek’s Aksharik, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    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. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

  • 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 Abyakta, at Academy

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

    Sounava Bose's compelling historical play about the life and times of Dr Mahendra Lal Sircar, the second MD from the University of Calcutta, who became a famed homeopath and also founded the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review here.