• Swapna-sandhani’s Hamlet, at Rabindra Sadan

    Rabindra Sadan Cathedral Road, Kolkata

    Shakespeare’s classic directed by Koushik Sen in a Bengali translation by Chaiti Mitra. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

  • Aneek’s Aksharik, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Debasish Ray’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.

  • Pragati (Liluah)’s Sandipani, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Written by Anirban Sen and directed by Abir Ghosh, concerning a professor who tells his students about Che Guevara.

  • Prachya’s Khelaghar, at Academy

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

    Ibsen’s trailblazing Doll’s House adapted by Ratan Kumar Das and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

  • Natya Srijani’s Thana Theke Aschhi, at Minerva

    Minerva Theatre Utpal Dutt Sarani (Beadon Street), Kolkata

    Ajit Ganguli's adaptation of J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls, a perennial favourite of Bengali groups. Directed by Indrajit Pal.

  • Purba Paschim’s Sri o Nidhu-babu Katha, at Academy

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

  • Pancham Vaidic’s Pulish, at Academy

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

    Acclaimed Polish dramatist Slawomir Mrozek’s dark political satire on power titled Police, adapted and directed by Arpita Ghosh. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • Little Thespian’s Chaak, at Gyan Manch

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

    Premiere of the last play written by Little Thespian's S. M. Azhar Alam,  directed by Uma Jhunjhunwala. About the various challenges faced by Indian Muslims during the conflict in East Pakistan in 1971. through the struggles of one such family.