• Hoshruba Repertory (Mumbai)’s Habib-nama, at KCC

    Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata

    Premiere of this production based on Habib Tanvir's autobiographical writings and public interviews. Scripted and directed by Danish Husain.

  • Prachya’s Quarantine, at Madhusudan

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

    Adapted into Bengali and on the Indo-Bangladeshi border from Arthur Miller’s classic A View from the Bridge, about illegal migrants, by Kaberi Basu and directed by Buddhadeb Das.

  • Nirbak’s Saodagarer Nauka, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

  • Ichheymoto’s Henry Kothay?, at Academy

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

    Director Saurav Palodhi’s adaptation of Clifford Odets’s 1935 socialist classic, Waiting for Lefty, about the poverty of taxi drivers in the USA.

  • Ganakrishti’s Athaba Rabithakur, at Academy

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

    Adapted from Slovenian dramatist Evald Flisar’s What about Leonardo, set in a neurological institute, and directed by Amitava Dutta.

  • Sararat Meyeder Thiyetar, at Academy

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

    Academy of Fine Arts Workers Union hosts all-night theatre supporting #WeWantJustice. Participating directors include Sima Mukhopadhyay, Poulomi Chatterjee, Srabanti Bhattacharya, Turna Das, Sanjita and Nancy.

  • 4th Bell’s Hapi-D, at Gyan Manch

    Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    An ebullient Bengali pastiche of Hamlet. 4th Bell had debuted in 2011 with this play, deliberately and delectably perverting Shakespeare’s tragedy into a festive comedy written and directed by Aniruddha Dasgupta. Recommended: ★★★★

  • Nandimukh’s Lanthan Saheber Banglo, at Academy

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

    Story by Sunil Gangopadhyay about a fictional 19th-century British officer in Bengal, dramatized by Sounava Basu and directed by Ashoke Chattopadhyay.

  • Rangroop’s Garal, at Academy

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

    Rangroop has revived this searing play because of last month's tragedy in Kolkata. Dramatized by Mainak Sengupta, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.