• 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.

  • Belgharia Avimukh’s Kojagari, at Academy

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

    From Howard Fast’s novel Silas Timberman, dramatized and directed by Kaushik Chattopadhyay. Highly recommended: ★★★★★. Read my review.

  • Kolkata Twist’s Banaspatir Chhaya, at Academy

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

    Premiere of Ratan Kumar Das's new play about an older man whose only roots are his memories, his daughter and his house, as everything changes all around. Directed by Biplab Bandopadhyay.

  • Sanglap Kolkata’s Hulusthul, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Dramatized from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s novel by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay and directed by Debasish. A mysterious hawker sells seemingly useless things, but fruitful in the fearless thirst for knowledge. Some people conspire to capture this power of science.

  • Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra’s Meyeti, at Academy

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

    Adapted from Ariel Dorfman’s internationally successful Death and the Maiden and directed by Kishore Sengupta.

  • Anya Theatre’s Romeo Ebang Juliet, at Academy

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

    Based on Debes Roy’s Bengali rendering of Shakespeare’s classic and Jan Otcenasek’s Romeo and Juliet in Darkness. Directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Recommended: ★★★★

  • Mukhomukhi’s Typist, at Academy

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

    Adapted by Soumitra Chatterjee from Murray Schisgal’s The Typists, and directed by Poulomi Chatterjee. Two stenographers in an office become friends over time and grow old together.

  • Purbaranga’s Sitayan, at Madhusudan

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

  • Nandipat’s Pet-i Case, at Academy

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

    The Dario Fo–Franca Rame political satire Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay (1974) adapted into Bengali by Bismoy Roy and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.

  • Chetana’s Hibijibi Bahini, at Academy

    Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 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 […]