Mukhomukhi's Pratarana, at Academy
2026-05-15 18:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Kolkata) | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Soumitra Chatterjee’ adaptation of Pinter’s Betrayal, a pathbreaking play that develops in reverse chronological sequence. Directed by Poulomi Chatterjee. Marking the 30th anniversary of Mukhomukhi.

Purba Paschim’s A-shakti, at Academy
2026-05-16 15:00 - 17:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
The poet Shakti Chattopadhyay’s life, thought and times dramatized by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay and directed by Debasish.

Beadon Street Subham's The Sniper, at Subham Blackbox
2026-05-16 17:30 - 20:00 | Beadon Street Subham Blackbox, 4/1/1, Umesh Dutta Lane, Kolkata, 700006, India
An English dramatization of Liam O’Flaherty’s short story, scripted and directed by Adhiraj Ghosh Dastidar. At a new intimate venue, the group’s rehearsal blackbox behind Minerva Theatre. Two performances, at 5:30 and 7 pm.

Chetana’s Marich Sambad, at Academy
2026-05-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Revival of Chetana’s classic production, written and directed by Arun Mukherjee.

Ganakrishti’s Mastuto Vice, at Madhusudan
2026-05-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Dario Fo’s comedy The Virtuous Burglar, adapted and directed by Amitabha Datta. A robber breaks into an apartment, but his plans are complicated when he discovers he’s not alone, has to face two sets of cheating partners, and is forced to act as a go-between and a peacemaker. The would-be criminal beomes the moral compass.

Ichheymoto’s Je Janlagulor Akash Chhilo, at Academy
2026-05-17 10:15 - 12:40 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Four childhood friends from the 1990s grow up and go different ways, passing through youthful romances, heated arguments and political movements, testifying to changing times through the decades. Dramatized from Rahul Arunoday Banerjee’s stories and directed by Saurav Palodhi. The only production from Kolkata to reach the final round of META 2026, Delhi, where it won four awards.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Academy
2026-05-17 14:30 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Aneek’s Angina Jure Bhor, at Tapan
2026-05-20 18:00 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner gradually starts narrating his story and the miraculous journey of a young Gomira dancer from a small village in Dinajpur to the world of Kolkata commercial theatre, as well as the complicated lives of others around him. Written and directed by Gaurav Das. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Theatrecian's The School for Scandal, at Gyan Manch
2026-05-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Sheridan’s witty, hilarious, classic comedy of manners in a new Hindustani adaptation by director Zahid Hossain.

Theatre Workshop’s Gadaibabu Aschhen, at Academy
2026-05-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Adapted from Beckett’s classic Waiting for Godot and directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

Kolkata Praxis's Shandar, at Shobhabazar Laha Colony Field
2026-05-27 18:00 - 20:00
Premiere of a workshop production in a traverse theatre setting of Ionesco’s absurdist classic, Rhinoceros. Adapted and directed by Gautam Sarkar. Performances every evening for a week, till June 2.

Nat-ranga's Nolak, at Academy
2026-05-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Premiere of Amit Maitra’s drama written in the background of the mid-1990s, around the myth of an accidental act by a baby playfully pulling his mother’s nosering, leading to a nasal tear and future gossip that shatters the protagonist’s societal existence. The play speaks of life’s core values and how humanity overpowers non-living matter. Directed and acted by Sohan Bandopadhyay.

Kolkata Praxis’s Shandar, at Shobhabazar-Hatibagan Laha Colony Field
2026-05-28 18:00 - 2026-06-02 21:00
A workshop production in Bengali of Ionesco’s absurdist classic, Rhinoceros, adapted and directed by Gautam Sarkar with a cast of 40. In a highly unusual traverse theatre setting erected inside a temporary canopy structure. Performances from 6 to 9 pm every evening for a week, till June 2.

Natyaranga’s Sei Ek Binodini, at Academy
2026-05-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
One of the more unusual treatments of Nati Binodini’s llife: a play within a play on her last years and her friendship with Tara Sundari, promising revelations that have not come to light previously, and including many old songs. Written by Surajit Bandyopadhyay and directed by Anindita Bandyopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★.

Theatre Platform’s Gharer Madhye Bari, at Tapan
2026-05-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Dramatist-director Debasish’s new play about an old building facing demolition, whose residents face eviction, and whose inhabitants include non-humans too.
Highly recommended: ★★★★★. Read my review.

Pratikriti’s Padma Nadir Majhi, at Academy
2026-05-30 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Manik Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel dramatized and directed by Alok Deb in Pratikriti’s long-running production.
Highly recommended: ★★★★★

Chetana’s Meghe Dhaka Ghatak, at Academy
2026-05-31 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Marking Ritwik Ghatak’s birth centenary, this biodrama by Jeet Satragni, unlike the usual portrayal of Ghatak as an unwavering and fearless rebel, delicately explores his early years as a romantic and passionate lover of art. It traces his journey towards a stable career in cinema after marrying his muse, Surama, his time in Bombay before returning to Kolkata, and the reasons for his descent into alcoholism. Directed by Sujan Mukhopadhyay.
Read my review. Recommended: ★★★★

Pancham Vaidic’s Tumi Thik Jadi Bhabo Tumi Thik, at Madhusudan
2026-05-31 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Adapted from Pirandello’s Right You Are If You Think So and directed by Arpita Ghosh.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Paramik’s Rupantar, at Academy
2026-06-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Inspired by Max Frisch’s absurdist political parable The Fire Raisers, Indianized by Anirban Sen in Bengali and directed by Suvojit Bandopadhyay.

Proscenium's "0.22", at Gyan Manch
2026-06-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
A Hindi adaptation of 160 North by American dramatist Matthew C. Greene. Directed by Bindu Jaiswal.

Baghajatin Alaap’s Padma Nadir Majhi, at Academy
2026-06-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Manik Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel dramatized and directed by Parthapratim Deb.

Samstab’s Uranta Tarader Chhaya, at Academy
2026-06-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Written and directed by Debasish. An imaginative account of the conflict between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah.
Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.

Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy
2026-06-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatist-director Debasish’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.

Felicity Theatre (Delhi)'s Patte Khul Gaye, at Kala Mandir
2026-06-05 19:00 - 21:30 | Kala Mandir, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata
A Hindi comedy written and directed by Rakesh Bedi. An innocuous game at a dinner party exposes the guests’ secrets, revealing the hypocrisies and pretensions of middle-class Indians. Presented by Anamika Kala Sangam.

Anya Theatre’s Pratham Rajnaitik Hatya, at Academy
2026-06-06 18:30 - 20:30 | G D Birla Sabhagar, 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata, 700019
Written and directed by Debashis. Based on the freedom fighters arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Beadon Street Subham’s The Sniper, at Subham Blackbox
2026-06-07 17:30 - 20:00 | Beadon Street Subham Blackbox, 4/1/1, Umesh Dutta Lane, Kolkata, 700006, India

Sansriti’s Pratham Partha, at Girish
2026-06-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Director Debesh Chattopadhyay’s faithful interpretation of Buddhadeva Bose’s verse drama on Karna’s choice before the war begins.

Nandipat’s Ballabhpurer Rupkatha, at Academy
2026-06-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Badal Sircar’s mysterious comedy directed by Prokash Bhattacharya.

Shohan's Swapnabaj, at Madhusudan
2026-06-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Shohan’s new production, “an unknown house … and a story of known people”. Kaushik Chattopadhyay’s play directed by Anish Ghosh.

Kalyani Kalamandalam’s Radha-Ramakrishna, at Academy
2026-06-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
An original play written by Rakesh Ghosh and directed by Santanu Das, on Girish Ghosh’s historic production of Chaitanya Lila in which Nati Binodini stunned audiences with her male impersonation, while Sri Ramakrishna nurtured Radha’s feminine bhava in himself independently and blessed Binodini after watching her performance.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
