• Rangakarmee’s Pashmina, at Rangakarmee

    Rangakarmee Studio Theatre Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata, India

    Rangakarmee's new production directed by Sajida Saji. Part of Rangakarmee’s golden jubilee celebrations.

  • Rangroop’s Bhalo Pahar, at Academy

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

    Premiere of Rangroop's new play, translated and set in Bengal by Tirthankar Chanda from British dramatist Timberlake Wertenbaker's Winter Hill, about a group of women discussing the construction of a luxury hotel in a remote rural location.

  • Jadavpur Ramyani’s Haraner Natjamai, at Academy

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

    Dramatized from Manik Bandyopadhyay and directed by Arun Mukherjee. The story revisits the historic Tebhaga Movement of 1946-47 in Bengal, where Haran, an old sharecropper, has gone half-mad after police killed his son.

  • Natya-anan’s Meghnad, at Kala Mandir

    Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata

    Based on the exceptional life, works, thoughts and times of renowned astrophysicist and nuclear scientist Meghnad Saha, one of the greatest figures who shaped modern India. He fought against caste-based discrimination, orthodox beliefs and divisive politics. His weapon was science. Bengali play written by Sudipta Bhawmik and directed by Chandan Sen.

  • People’s Little Theatre’s Panjare Danrer Shabda, at Madhusudan

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

    Hara Bhattacharya’s play, directed by Kamalesh Chakrabarti, about a coach who fought against corruption in his professional capacity in the sports world and his discovery of an underprivileged girl as a promising wrestler.

  • Rangakarmee’s Chanda Bedni, at Birla Sabhagar

    G D Birla Sabhagar 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata

    Rangakarmee’s dynamic production that won multiple awards at META 2025. Based on Bundeli folklore, Alakhnandan had dramatized the tragedy of Chanda, a member of the Bedni tribe, historically criminalized as prostitutes. Directed by Anirudh Sarkar. Part of Exide Kolkata Literary Meet. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • Nandipat’s Chandrabati Katha, at Academy

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

    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 Bhattacharya.

  • Natasena’s Gorur Garir Headlight, at Academy

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

    The record-breaking comedy that has had an uninterrupted run since 1972, with over 1200 performances. Written and directed by the late Saroj Ray for his own group Natasena.

  • Purba Paschim’s A-shakti, at Madhusudan

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

    The poet Shakti Chattopadhyay's life, thought and times dramatized by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay and directed by Debasish.