• 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.

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

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

    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.

  • Chetana’s Hibijibi Bahini, at Academy

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

    A “non-sense” production with child and adult actors, written and directed by Sujan Mukhopadhyay. Alibaba, accompanied by his trusty donkey, opens the door to the cave and discovers no treasure but ancient, worthless artifacts and a rusted lamp from which emerges the Genie. Meanwhile, the band of thieves finds themselves devoid of any occupation in […]

  • Dwitiya Satta’s Na Tor Janya, at Madhusudan

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