• Samstab’s Anahuta, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    A psychological thriller written by Snehasish Bhattacharjee and directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. An intruder barging into a happy home and accuses the husband of stealing his identity and everything belonging […]

  • Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy

    Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 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. Two shows, at 2:45 pm and […]

  • Bohubrihi’s Chapter Two, at Kala Mandir

    Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata

    Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical play from 1977, about a widower's new relationship with a divorcee. Directed by Ashoke Viswanathan, in English.

  • Padatik’s Beparwah Manto, at Padatik

    Padatik Little Theatre 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata

    Director Anubha Fatehpuria's dramatization of Manto's life and writings. Read my review.

  • Kalyani Kalamandalam’s Radha-Ramakrishna, at Academy

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

    An original play written by Rakesh Ghosh and directed by Santanu Das, on Girish Ghosh’s historic production of Chaitanya Lila in which Nati Binodini stunned audiences with her male impersonation, […]

  • Natadha’s Mahabharat 2, at Academy

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

  • Padatik’s Kripaya Sima Par Na Karen, at Padatik

    Padatik Little Theatre 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata

    Premiere of Vinay Sharma's new play directed by him. Three episodes from different times linked by doublespeak around enforced silences: a professor faces an inquiry; a warlord declares himself God's […]

  • Nandipat’s Chandrabati Katha, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    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 […]

  • Dum Dum Shabdamugdho’s Bel-Babu, at Madhusudan

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

    Premiere of dramatist-director Rakesh Ghosh's new play about the forgotten comedian and female impersonator of the Bengali commercial stage, Amritalal Mukherjee (1854-1890).

  • Rangroop’s Jadi Ar Ekbar, at Academy

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

    Rangroop marks the birth centenary of Badal Sircar with a revival of his perennial early comedy about wish fulfilment. Directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.