• Little Thespian’s Chaak, at Academy

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

    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.

  • Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy

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

    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.

  • Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Academy

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

    Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty.

  • Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra’s Meyeti, at Academy

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

    Adapted from Ariel Dorfman’s internationally successful Death and the Maiden and directed by Kishore Sengupta.

  • Hajabarala’s Ekanayaker Sesh Rat, at Academy

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

    Written and directed by Chandan Sen, Ekanāyaker Sesh Rāt depicts an imaginary strife-torn African nation where a military dictator took over but now faces a popular revolution.

  • Ichheymoto’s Henry Kothay?, at University Institute

    University Institute College Street, Kolkata, 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.

  • Sayak’s Dharmabatar, at Academy

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

    Premiere of Ujjwal Chattopadhyay's play inspired by a foreign film about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.

  • Sayak’s Dharmabatar, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Sayak's new play written by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay, inspired by a foreign film about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.

  • Hypokrites’ 16 Pātā, at Gyan Manch

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

    Mohit Chattopadhyaya’s play about two “madmen” in an asylum, directed by Saikat Ghosh.

  • Santoshpur Anuchintan’s Birsa Ka Jungle, at Triguna Sen Auditorium

    Triguna Sen Auditorium Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

    An attempt to make people aware of our ancestors' fight to protect the historic Jamkopai forest of Chakradharpur in Jharkhand. The play, developed by dramatist-director Gaurav Das in response to the climate change that threatens our very existence, awakens us to act and protect Mother Nature for future generations. The performers are children and young adults […]