Nandikar's 42nd annual festival, beginning on December 16 and continuing till December 25. Featuring Bengali plays by the groups Aneek, Naihati Natya Samannyay, Mukhomukhi--Tritiyo Sutra, Ichheymoto, Sarabhuj, Swapnasandhani, Natya Anan, Theatre Formation Poribortok and the hosts, and Hindi productions by National School of Drama Sikkim Repertory and Dinkar Sharma, Jharkhand.

Written and directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay, comedy and romance come together in an old-age home.

Tarun Pradhan’s Bangla folk adaptation and direction of Shakespeare’s classic using the performing arts of Medinipur. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.  

Revival of Sohan Bandopadhyay’s Bengali dramatization from 2010 of Charlie Fish’s short story “The Man Who Married Himself”, about a man who does just that.

Bhisham Sahni’s play translated into Bengali and directed by Swatilekha Sengupta.

Shakespeare's classic translated into Bengali by Chaiti Mitra and directed by Koushik Sen. Part of Nandikar's 42nd Theatre Festival. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Adapted from Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men into Bengali by Swatilekha Sengupta and directed by Saptarshi Maulik. Recommended: ★★★★.

Based on the exceptional life, works, thoughts and times of renowned astrophysicist and nuclear scientist Meghnad Saha, one of the greatest figures who shaped modern India. He fought against caste-based discrimination, orthodox beliefs and divisive politics. His weapon was science. Written by Sudipta Bhawmik and directed by Chandan Sen.

A Charan and Bhatta, among the oldest mediums of Indian storytelling, narrate Bhasa's five Sanskrit plays on the Mahabharata in Hindi. Asif Ali's script begins with Bhatta questioning Pancharatram, in which a condition is placed whereby if Drona finds the Pandavas living in exile within five nights, Duryodhana will give half the kingdom to the […]