• Sudrak’s Shikh-kha Jatir Merudanda, at Academy

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

    Sudrak’s new, so-called “uneducated” satire on education written and directed by Debasis Majumdar.

  • Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Academy (two shows)

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

    Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Matinee at 2:30 and evening at 6:30.

  • Shohan’s Jera, at Minerva

    Minerva Theatre Utpal Dutt Sarani (Beadon Street), Kolkata

    Indianized by Jagannath Guha from Giuseppe Tornatore’s influential film A Pure Formality, about an inspector interrogating a famous author. Directed by Anish Ghosh.

  • Beadon Street Subham’s Shab Charitra Kalpanik, at Academy

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

    Dramatized from Parashuram’s Mahesher Mahajatra about two friends searching for ghosts, by Kallol Lahiri and members of the repertory, and directed by Anamitra Khan.

  • Chetla Krishti Sansad’s Amar Gan, at KCC

    Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata

    A blind and wheelchair-bound youth, highly intelligent, wants to know about light from his physicist father. Written and directed by Suman Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

  • Sanglap Kolkata’s Hulusthul, at Academy

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

    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.

  • D for Drama (Mumbai)’s Purane Chawal, at Birla Sabhagar

    G D Birla Sabhagar 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata

    Adapted from Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys about two old comedians, by Farrukh Seyer and Avinash Gautam, and directed by Sumeet Vyas. Part of KCC's Ami Arts Festival.

  • KCC Arts Lab’s Ravan Reloaded, at KCC

    Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata

    The son of a Ramlila performer in Ayodhya moves to Mumbai to join the film industry but things don’t go as he wanted. Written and directed by Debasish. Highly recommended: ★★★★★. Read my review.

  • D for Drama (Mumbai)’s Patna Ka Superhero, at KCC

    Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata

    The hilarious and touching story of a notorious gang leader and local legend in Patna, told through the innocent eyes of a young boy. Written and directed by Nihal Parashar. Part of KCC's Ami Arts Festival.