• Theatre Shine’s Postmaster (Bengali), at 10th Planet Studio

    10th Planet Studio 49/7A, Purbachal Main Rd, South Purbachal, Haltu, Kolkata, India

    Tagore’s short story brilliantly conceptualized and directed by Suvojit Bandyopadhyay in an intimate-theatre setting. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.

  • Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Academy

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

    Utpal Dutt's classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.

  • Beadon Street Subham’s Ami Pluto, at Madhusudan

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

    Inspired by Steve Metzger’s awardwinning children’s book Pluto Visits Earth!, the story of a tiny planet but also a beautiful wish that grants love, rejoices in friendship and finds hope in remembering who we actually are. Dramatized by Kallol Lahiri and Alekhya Ghosh, set in Kolkata, and directed by Anamitra Khan. Recommended: ★★★★

  • Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy

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

    Rajat Chakrabarti's biographical novel Panchananer Haraph about the forgotten Bengali typesetter, Panchanan Karmakar, dramatized and directed by Debasish Ray.

  • Chakdah Natyajan’s Bilwamangal Kabya, at Academy

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

    Inspired by Girish Ghosh’s devotional masterpiece Bilwamangal Thakur, written and directed by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay.

  • Jadavpur Ramyani’s Haraner Natjamai, at Rabindra Sadan

    Rabindra Sadan Cathedral Road, Kolkata

    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.

  • Beadon Street Subham’s Ami Pluto, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Inspired by Steve Metzger’s awardwinning children’s book Pluto Visits Earth!, the story of a tiny planet but also a beautiful wish that grants love, rejoices in friendship and finds hope in remembering who we actually are. Dramatized by Kallol Lahiri and Alekhya Ghosh, set in Kolkata, and directed by Anamitra Khan. 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.

  • Chakdah Natyajan’s Bhanu Sundarir Pala, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    The first play in Sayak's ten-day competitive festival of Bengali theatre. Adapted from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Pala style by Bangladeshi director Sayik Siddiquee.