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Kolkata Playmakers’ Parabola Sir, at Academy
2025-01-26 15:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatized from Narayan Sanyal’s novel by Tirthankar Chanda, about an idealistic teacher. Directed by Ram Mukhopadhyay.

Purbaranga’s Sitayan, at Academy
2025-01-25 18:45 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Written and directed by Malay Ray, inspired by Mallika Sengupta’s novel on Sita’s story rather than Rama’s.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Sanglap Kolkata’s Hulusthul, at Academy
2025-01-24 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 novel by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay and directed by Debasish. A mysterious hawker sells seemingly useless things, but fruitful in the thirst for knowledge, which some people conspire to capture.
Recommended: ★★★★

Samuho’s Atha Hidimba Katha, at Kolkata Lit Meet, Horticultural Garden
2025-01-23 19:00 - 20:30
The all-women theatre collective Samuho reinterprets Hidimba’s story, devised and directed by Titas Dutta.
A must-watch: ★★★★. Read my review here.

Theatrecian's 12 Angry Men, at Kala Kunj
2025-01-23 18:45 - 20:30 | Kala Kunj, Kala Mandir, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata, 700045
Reginald Rose’s classic courtroom drama, adapted and directed by Apratim Chatterjee.

Bibhaban's Intimate Theatre Festival at Ayna Ghar, Dum Dum Cantonment
2025-01-23 17:00 - 2025-01-26 19:00
Six Bengali groups present seven short plays over four evenings from 5 p.m., with workshops every day from 12 noon to 4 p.m.

Rangroop’s Manmayi Girls School, at Academy
2025-01-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
The highly popular 1932 play written by Rabindranath Maitra, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Ace Productions (Mumbai)'s Broken Images, at Kala Mandir
2025-01-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Kala Mandir, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata
Girish Karnad’s play in its old production directed by Alyque Padamsee.

Pratikriti’s Padma Nadir Majhi, at Academy
2025-01-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Manik Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel dramatized and directed by Alok Deb in Pratikriti’s long-running production.
Highly recommended: ★★★★★

Naye Natua’s Meghnadbadh Kabya, at Kala Mandir
2025-01-18 18:30 - 21:00 | Kala Mandir, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata
Dramatized from Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s epic and directed by Goutam Halder, his long-running solo hit.

Rangapat's He Sindhu-saras, at Academy
2025-01-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s new play on the making of the Moscow Art Theatre’s production of Chekhov’s The Seagull. Directed by Tapanjyoti Das.

Nirbak’s Saodagarer Nauka, at Academy
2025-01-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

Pratibimba's Rasbihari, at Academy
2025-01-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Sumantra Chattopadhyay’s play on the life of the revolutionary Rash Behari Bose, directed by Charnak Chatterjee.

Pancham Vaidic’s Tumi Thik Jadi Bhabo Tumi Thik, at Madhusudan
2025-01-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Adapted from Pirandello’s Right You Are If You Think So and directed by Arpita Ghosh.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Dwitiya Satta’s Na Tor Janya, at Academy
2025-01-12 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.

Purba Paschim’s Sri o Nidhu-babu Katha, at Academy
2025-01-12 15:00 - 17:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play about the triangle between Tappa pioneer Nidhu-babu, his royal patron-friend Mahananda Ray, and the latter’s mistress Srimati who became Nidhu-babu’s devoted disciple. Directed by Soumitra Mitra.

Swapna-sandhani’s Hamlet, at Academy
2025-01-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Shakespeare’s classic directed by Koushik Sen in a Bengali translation by Chaiti Mitra.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Beadon Street Subham’s Ami Pluto, at Minerva
2025-01-10 18:00 - 20:30 | Minerva Theatre, Utpal Dutt Sarani (Beadon Street), Kolkata
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.

Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La’s Aniket Sandhya, at Tapan
2025-01-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Revival of their old production, written and directed by Chandan Sen, about the plight of lonely senior citizens.

Sudrak’s Shikh ^kha Jatir Merudanda, at Girish
2025-01-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Sudrak’s new, so-called “uneducated” satire on education written and directed by Debasis Majumdar. Read my review.

Sayak’s Dharmabatar, at Academy
2025-01-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play inspired by a foreign film about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.

Swapna-sandhani’s Taray Taray, at Birla Sabhagar
2025-01-04 18:30 - 20:30 | G D Birla Sabhagar, 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata, 700019
A psychiatrist is visited by a young man who has severe hallucinations that connect him to Van Gogh and his paintings, questioning his own reality and that of his surroundings, and longing to visit the alternate reality in the paintings. Excerpts from Van Gogh’s life show nearly parallel crises. Dramatized from Srijato’s novel and directed by Koushik Sen.
Recommended: ★★★★

Epic Actors' Workshop (USA)'s Nirastra, at Academy
2025-01-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Inspired by Mahasweta Devi’s “Draupadi” and other stories. Scripted and directed by Gargi Mukherjee and Golam Sarwar Harun.

Nandikar's Madhabi, at Academy
2025-01-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Bhisham Sahni’s play translated and directed by Swatilekha Sengupta.

Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Tapan
2024-12-31 18:30 - 21:00 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★

Anya Theatre's Aparajita, at Academy
2024-12-30 18:30 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Premiere of this production directed by Turna Das from Nitish Sen’s classic solo play.

Ekush Shatak’s Krishnaranga, at Academy
2024-12-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Revival of dramatist-director Loknath Bandyopadhyay’s farce, adapted from Peter Shaffer’s hit Black Comedy (1965). One of the funniest productions you can presently view; we cannot reveal more! Recommended: ★★★★

Pancham Vaidic’s Pulish, at Academy
2024-12-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Acclaimed Polish dramatist Slawomir Mrozek’s dark political satire on power titled Police, adapted and directed by Arpita Ghosh.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy
2024-12-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
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.

Renaissance’s Charandas MLA, at Madhusudan
2024-12-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Revival of Renaissance’s Hindi production from the 1990s. Dramatized from Satinath Bhaduri’s satirical story by Partha Sarathi Upadhyay and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.
