• Sanglap Kolkata’s Hulusthul, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    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.

  • Little Thespian’s Chak, 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 after the conflict in East Pakistan in 1971, through the struggles of one such family whose Indian citizenship is questioned.

  • Renaissance’s Charandas MLA, at Rabindra Sadan

    Rabindra Sadan Cathedral Road, Kolkata

    Revival of Renaissance’s Hindi production from the 1990s. Dramatized from Satinath Bhaduri’s satirical story by Partha Sarathi Upadhyay and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.

  • Nat-ranga’s Chhayapather Sheshe, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    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.

  • Theatre Workshop’s Great Bengal Theatre, at Madhusudan

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

    Dramatist-director Sumitro Bandyopadhyay’s fictionalized depiction of a professional theatre company’s troubles at the time of the Partition of Bengal. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

  • Chetla Krishti Sangsad’s Amar Gan, at Academy

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

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

  • 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.

  • Pratikriti’s Padma Nadir Majhi, at Rabindra Sadan

    Rabindra Sadan Cathedral Road, Kolkata

    Pratikriti’s Padma Nadir Majhi, Manik Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel dramatized and directed by Alok Deb. Highly recommended: ★★★★★

  • Renaissance’s Charandas MLA, at Sisir

    Sisir Mancha 1/1 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata

    Revival of Renaissance’s Hindi production from the 1990s. Dramatized from Satinath Bhaduri’s satirical story by Partha Sarathi Upadhyay and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.

  • 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.