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Chetana’s Gopal Ure And Co., at Academy
2025-11-22 15:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A musical within a play based on Bharatchandra Ray’s Bidyasundar Palagan, on the love of Bidya and Sundar. Directed by Sujan Mukhopadhyay and winner of two Supporting Actor awards at META 2024.
Read my review.

Soky (Norway)'s Didn’t Know That About You, at Urban Theatre
2025-11-22 19:00 - 20:00 | The Urban Theatre Project, Kabir Road, Kolkata, 700029
About abuse of power, peer pressure, rape and redefinition of the victim role. Inspired by interviews conducted with youth from Norway and Malaysia, and stories from the four performers themselves. Directed by Elisabet Topp and written by Karen Houge, David Tann and Bella Rahim.

Chetana’s Meghe Dhaka Ghatak, at Academy
2025-11-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Marking Ritwik Ghatak’s birth centenary, this biodrama by Jeet Satragni, unlike the usual portrayal of Ghatak as an unwavering and fearless rebel, delicately explores his early years as a romantic and passionate lover of art. It traces his journey towards a stable career in cinema after marrying his muse, Surama, and his time in Bombay before returning to Kolkata to create his filmic masterpieces, through dialogues with his crafted characters. It sheds light on the real reasons behind his dissatisfaction and struggles with alcoholism and highlights the sacrifices of Surama in their time together. Directed by Sujan Mukhopadhyay.

Rangroop’s Jadi Ar Ekbar, at Girish
2025-11-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Rangroop marks the birth centenary of Badal Sircar with a revival of his perennial early comedy about wish fulfilment. Directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.

Shohan’s Jera, at Madhusudan
2025-11-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Indianized by Jagannath Guha from Giuseppe Tornatore’s influential film A Pure Formality, about an inspector interrogating a famous author. Directed by Anish Ghosh.

Karen Houge (Norway)'s Dreamgirl, at Urban Theatre
2025-11-23 19:00 - 20:00 | The Urban Theatre Project, Kabir Road, Kolkata, 700029
An intimate shared experience where Karen Houge explores trust through personal stories and playful audience interaction. In an era of war and political division, it offers a fresh and urgent perspective on how trust is built, broken and repaired. It is a conversation about the world we live in and the future of humanity. Do you trust a stranger?
A second performance at 145 East, Jodhpur Park, 24 November, 6:30 pm.

Chetana’s Hibijibi Bahini, at Academy
2025-11-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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 today’s hyper-competitive world of employment, and a magician enters their den.

Karen Houge (Norway)’s Dreamgirl, at Urban Theatre
2025-11-24 19:00 - 20:00 | The Urban Theatre Project, Kabir Road, Kolkata, 700029
An intimate shared experience where Karen Houge explores trust through personal stories and playful audience interaction. In an era of war and political division, it offers a fresh and urgent perspective on how trust is built, broken and repaired. It is a conversation about the world we live in and the future of humanity. Do you trust a stranger?

Ami Arts Festival's Gangs of Pencilpur, at Gyan Manch
2025-11-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A collaborative musical with over 100 students taking the stage, from Birla High, Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Sri Sri Academy, Sushila Birla Girls’ and BSS schools.

Dastangoi Collective (Delhi)'s Dastan-e-Ret-Samadhi, at KCC
2025-11-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata
Evocative Dastangoi storytelling performance by Mahmood Farooqui and Poonam Girdhani, adapting Geetanjali Shree’s novel Ret Samadhi set against the haunting echoes of Partition. It follows an elderly woman’s journey from grief to self-discovery after her husband’s death, in the search for a long-lost home, awakening questions of identity, memory and renewal.
Inaugural performance of Ami Arts Festival.

Ridhdhi (Bengaluru)'s The Trial of Abdus Salam, at Bose Institute
2025-11-26 15:30 - 17:00
An imagined courtroom drama that explores the genius and faith, trials and triumphs, wit and wisdom, and life and works of Abdus Salam, Pakistani Nobel Prize-winner in Physics for contributing to unifying the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces. His vision was inspired by the surahs of the Quran which spoke to him of a deep fundamental unity among all things and peoples. Yet, as an Ahmadiyya Muslim, a denomination declared non-Islamic by Pakistan, he was ostracized as a heretic and traitor, his grave in Pakistan desecrated. Written and directed by Nilanjan P. Choudhury, author of The Square Root of a Sonnet on astrophysicist S, Chandrasekhar.
At Bose Institute, Salt Lake, Sector V. Free entry | Mandatory registration | Contact 9886320518

Jyoti Dogra (Mumbai)'s Maas, at KCC
2025-11-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata
Minimal yet immersive, Maas strips theatre down to its essentials—body, memory, voice. Through her raw and deeply physical solo performance style, Jyoti Dogra explores the fragile yet unbreakable ties between memory, identity and the body as a vessel of both trauma and resilience. Personal narratives intermingle with cultural conditioning, as the play unravels the discomfort and beauty of inhabiting flesh and history.
Part of the Ami Arts Festival.

Sanglap Kolkata’s Hulusthul, at Academy
2025-11-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
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.

Ansh (Mumbai)'s Piyakkad, at KCC
2025-11-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata
Hilarious, surreal and deeply unsettling, Piyakkad explores the fragile line between intoxication and liberation. A man finds truth, illusion and escape through alcohol, blurring the boundary between reality and imagination. With Makarand Deshpande’s trademark mix of absurdist humour, lyrical monologues and raw emotional intensity, his one-man play becomes both a mirror of loneliness and a doctrine of freedom, a layered metaphor for our human condition, a philosophical reflection on dependence, escape and the fragile complexities of the psyche.
Part of the Ami Arts Festival.

Ganakrishti’s Mastuto Vice, at Tapan
2025-11-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Adapted from Dario Fo’s early farce The Virtuous Burglar and directed by Amitava Dutta. The thief’s plans for a simple robbery are immediately complicated when he unexpectedly faces two sets of cheating partners. Forced to act as a go-between and peacemaker, he attempts to keep the multiple affairs a secret.

Pancham Vaidic’s Rajnaitik Hatya?, at Academy
2025-11-28 18:00 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Revived production based on Jean-Paul Sartre’s Crime Passionnel about a Communist plot of political assassination, adapted into Bengali and directed by Arpita Ghosh.

Purbaranga’s Spartacus, at Girish
2025-11-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Newly dramatized in Bengali from Howard Fast’s novel and directed by Rokeya Ray and Malay Ray.
Recommended. Read review here.

Anjor (Mumbai)'s Vhay! I Am Savitribai Phule, at Padatik
2025-11-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700017
Biography of the pioneer women’s educationist and activist, written and directed by Sushama Deshpande, dramatized by Manjiri Bhuskute and translated into English by Shanta Gokhale. A solo performance of “theatre journalism” by Nandita Patkar.

Ontroerend Goed (Belgium)'s Handle with Care, at Urban Theatre
2025-11-28 19:00 - 20:00 | The Urban Theatre Project, Kabir Road, Kolkata, 700029
A theatre performance in a box. No actors, no technicians. Just a box. Ontroerend Goed puts the audience in control. They provide the structure; the audience shapes the shared experience. Together, the audience creates something special filled with reflections on time, transience and togetherness.

Manukriti Pahwa (Mumbai)'s Lafzon Ki Gathri, at KCC
2025-11-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata
An anthology of three plays directed by Seema Bhargava Pahwa. The medley brings to life three timeless Hindi short stories by Premchand, Mannu Bhandari and Bhisham Sahni, exploring the colourful mosaic of human emotions, tracing the ebbs and flows of human connection woven with womanhood, memory and meaning.
Part of the Ami Arts Festival.

Sarabhuj's Aranya Purush, at Rabindra Sadan
2025-11-29 18:00 - 21:00 | Rabindra Sadan, Cathedral Road, Kolkata, 700016
The first segment features a colourful presentation of a dozen diverse folk forms from Medinipur. The second part, Aranya Purush, is a theatre production deeply inspired by folk traditions. This play combines dance, music and drama to portray the profound relationship between humanity and nature, exploring themes of identity, survival and harmony with the natural world. Directed by Tarun Pradhan.

Aadyam (Mumbai)'s Sanp Sirhi, at Birla Sabhagar
2025-11-29 18:30 - 20:30 | G D Birla Sabhagar, 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata, 700019
A darkly comic thriller adapted into Hindi from Anthony Shaffer’s celebrated two-hander Sleuth, directed by Shubhrajyoti Barat.
Part of the Ami Arts Festival.

Natadha’s Mahabharat 2, at Madhusudan
2025-11-30 17:00 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, 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.

Gopal Datt (Mumbai)'s Aur Karo Theatre, at KCC
2025-11-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata
A collection of theatre songs delivered and linked by Datt and his accompanists. The songs formed part of different productions from his early days at National School of Drama to his career as actor, writer, director and composer. The performance features perfectly-timed humour, satire and shared anecdotes from his experiences.
Part of Ami Arts Festival.

Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Academy
2025-11-30 18:30 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Smarannik (Bengaluru)'s Drishtikanya, at Academy
2025-12-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Inspired by Daphne Du Maurier’s “The Blue Lenses” , Indrashis Laharry’s Bengali adaptation is a comedy of illusions revolving around a blind lady who regains her eyesight after an operation. As the bandages are removed, she sees everything – or, rather, everyone – entirely differently; every human face appears to be that of an animal. Directed by Sayandeb Bhattacharya.

Sayak’s Dharmabatar, at Academy
2025-12-02 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 inspired by the American film The Judge (2014) about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.

Samstab’s Gaurer Kabach, at Academy
2025-12-03 18:30 - 20:40 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Beadon Street Subham’s Ami Pluto, at Madhusudan
2025-12-05 18:00 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Inspired by Steve Metzger’s awardwinning children’s book Pluto Visits Earth!, the story of a tiny planet but also a beautiful wish that grants love, rejoices in friendship and finds hope in remembering who we actually are. Dramatized by Kallol Lahiri and Alekhya Ghosh, set in Kolkata, and directed by Anamitra Khan.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Gandharvi's Gulabijaan, at Birla Sabhagar
2025-12-06 18:00 - 20:00 | G D Birla Sabhagar, 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata, 700019
A musical drama by Shukla Banerjee and group, which revives the legacy of Awadh’s courtesans through Kathak, Thumri and ghazals. Set in 1881 Kolkata, the play follows an ageing courtesan as she recounts her life, bringing to light a culture of resilience, refinement and resistance in a forgotten world of silken veils, haunting music and lost histories.
Part of AMI Arts Festival.
