• Rangalok’s Shekal Chhenra Hater Khonje, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Dramatized from Samaresh Basu’s 1984 novel by Tirthankar Chanda and directed by Shyamal Chakrabarti. A wake-up call to any political ideology that strays from its humanistic roots. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

  • Kolkata Centre for Creativity’s Bechara B.B., at KCC

    Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata

    Directed and designed by Suman Mukhopadhyay from fragments of plays by Bertolt Brecht, reflecting the essence of Brecht’s life, ideas and philosophy.

  • Sansriti’s Khokkas, at Madhusudan

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

    Adapted from Evgeny Schwartz’s satirical Russian play The Dragon (1944) by Arpita Ghosh and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. A village terrorized by a dragon finds an unlikely saviour.

  • Anya Theatre’s Pratham Rajnaitik Hatya, at Academy

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

    Written and directed by Debashis. Based on the freedom fighters arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • Padatik/rikh’s Ho Sakta Hai Do Admi Do Kursiyan, at Padatik

    Padatik Little Theatre 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata

    Two actor-protagonists and two chairs tell a number of apparently unconnected stories linked by love, loss, absence and hope. Written and directed by Vinay Sharma. Enquiries: 85840 66230

  • Nat-ranga’s Chhayapather Sheshe, at Academy

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

    Dramatist-director Sohan Bandopadhyay’s ghostly comedy set in a dilapidated north Kolkata hall about to be demolished to make way for a mall. Resident spooks protest against the reigning politician’s corruption. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • 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.