Samstab’s Uranta Tarader Chhaya, at Academy
2025-04-04 18:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Kolkata) | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Written and directed by Debasish. An imaginative account of the conflict between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah.
Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.

The Forbidden Productions’ and Creative Arts’ The Chai Queens, at TCA
2025-04-05 17:00 - 20:00 | The Creative Arts, 31/2A Sadananda Road, Kolkata, 700026, India
A one-hour play based on Taranjit Kaur’s storyline and Vikrant Dhote’s script, directed by Ramanjit Kaur. A queer tale of love, longing and the quiet choices women make for family, culture and survival. Two shows, at 5 and 7 p.m.

Rangroop’s Swaha, at Academy
2025-04-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
About rural superstition exploiting young girls, dramatized from Sayantani Putatunda and directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Natasena’s Gorur Garir Headlight, at Rabindra Sadan
2025-04-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Rabindra Sadan, Cathedral Road, Kolkata, 700016
The record-breaking comedy that has had an uninterrupted run since 1972, with over 1200 performances. Written and directed by the late Saroj Ray for his own group Natasena.

Arohee's Dhanapatir Char, at Academy
2025-04-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Amar Mitra’s novel chronicling a year in the life of an estuarine island, mixing realism with the myth of a sea turtle, dramatized and directed by Ranjan Ray.

Nandipat’s Chandrabati Katha, at Tapan
2025-04-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play about Chandrabati, the 16th-century poet who composed the first Bangla Ramayan from the perspective of Sita, as well as parts of the Maimansingha Gitika. Directed by Prokash Bhattacharya.

Theatrecian's Verdict, at Gyan Manch
2025-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Based on Agatha Christie’s drama about a murder and directed by Aaron Targain, in English.

Mukhomukhi and Tritiyo Sutra’s Mephisto, at Academy
2025-04-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Revival of their 2002 production. Based on Ariane Mnouchkine’s dramatization of Klaus Mann’s novel on the Nazi co-option of artists, translated and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★

Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Academy
2025-04-12 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: ★★★★

Nandikar’s Panchajanya, at Academy
2025-04-13 10:30 - 13:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A play written by Parthapratim Deb dramatizing the story of Krishna, directed by Sohini Sengupta.

Rangakarmee’s Chanda Bedni, at Madhusudan
2025-04-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
At the prestigious META 2025, this production directed by Anirudh Sarkar received the awards for Best Ensemble, Best Lighting (Badal Das), Best Female Actor (Ranjini Ghosh) and Best Choreography (Subhojiet Guha and Madhumita Chakraborty). Written by the late Alakhnandan Sinha in Bundeli dialect around 1990, the play protests against rural oppression.

Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Sarat Sadan
2025-04-13 18:30 - 21:00 | Sarat Sadan, Behala, Kolkata, India

Chetana’s Marich Sambad, at Academy
2025-04-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Revival of Chetana’s classic production, written and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay.

Sudrak’s Shikh ^kha Jatir Merudanda, at Academy
2025-04-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Sudrak’s new, so-called “uneducated” satire on education written and directed by Debasis Majumdar. Read my review.

Dwitiya Satta’s Na Tor Janya, at Tapan
2025-04-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
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.

Shishikshu’s Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo, at Madhusudan
2025-04-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Revival of the production featuring poetic text by Joy Goswami, direction by Gautam Halder and solo enactment by Bijoylakshmi Barman.

Alaap’s Agun, at Academy
2025-04-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
An original romantic play commemorating the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, written by Rakesh Ghosh and directed by Parthapratim Deb.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Anya Theatre's Caretaker, at Gyan Manch
2025-04-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Harold Pinter’s early drama translated into Bengali and directed by Arindam Mukherjee.

Renaissance's Toba Tek Singh, at Academy
2025-04-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Saadat Hasan Manto’s classic story dramatized and expanded by Rajesh Kumar and directed by Aloke Chakravorty in Hindi.

Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy
2025-04-22 18:30 - 21:00 | 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.

Nandikar’s Rani Kadambini, at Academy
2025-04-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Narayan Sanyal’s Rāni Kādambini, dramatized by Swatilekha Sengupta and directed by Sohini Sengupta, about Kadambini Ganguly’s achievements as one of the first two Indian women to graduate (1882) and earn a medical degree (1886).
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Academy
2025-04-29 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.

Sayak’s Dharmabatar, at Auro Town Hall
2025-05-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Auro Town Hall, Dum Dum Cantonment, Kolkata, 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.

Sayak’s Atmajan, at Auro Town Hall
2025-05-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Auro Town Hall, Dum Dum Cantonment, Kolkata, India
Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya and written by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay, about a man who dutifully takes care of his ailing father but in doing so risks alienating his wife.

Rangroop’s Manmayi Girls School, at Academy
2025-05-03 15:00 - 17:00 | 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.

Sayak's Damini-he, at Auro Town Hall
2025-05-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Auro Town Hall, Dum Dum Cantonment, Kolkata, India
Revival of Sayak’s production dramatized by Chandan Sen from Amar Mitra’s short story “Akal”. In a poor, remote backwater, the young Damini serves virtually as a caregiver to three generations of ineffectual, doddering men: she wangles government dole for them, using her charm to achieve her ends while keeping her dignity. The apparently social drama reaches symbolical heights.
Recommended: ★★★★.

Nandipat’s Ballabhpurer Rupkatha, at Jogesh Mime
2025-05-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Jogesh Mime Academy, Kalighat Park, Kolkata, India
Badal Sircar’s mysterious comedy directed by Prokash Bhattacharya.

Prachya’s Day Amadero, at Academy
2025-05-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatized by Sumantra Chattopadhyay from Abby Mann’s Judgment at Nuremberg about the Nazi trials and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay.

Natadha’s Mahabharat 2, at Academy
2025-05-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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.

Samstab’s Gaurer Kabach, at Academy
2025-05-06 18:30 - 20:30 | 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: ★★★★
