• Curl’s Seasons of Love, at Padatik

    Padatik Little Theatre 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata

    A memory play about love and loss that grapples with themes of family and homesickness as well as the intergenerational bonds that give individual family members the strength to stay together despite the dementia and geography that threaten to separate them. Through mutual experiences of grief and an overarching love for Shakespeare and Rabindrasangit, the […]

  • Curl’s Seasons of Love, at Padatik

    Padatik Little Theatre 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata

    A memory play about love and loss that grapples with themes of family and homesickness as well as the intergenerational bonds that give individual family members the strength to stay together despite the dementia and geography that threaten to separate them. Through mutual experiences of grief and an overarching love for Shakespeare and Rabindrasangit, the […]

  • Rangalok’s Shekal Chhenra Hater Khonje, at Madhusudan

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

    Dramatized from Samaresh Basu’s 1984 novel by Tirthankar Chanda and directed by Shyamal Chakrabarti. A wake-up call to any political ideology that strays from its humanistic roots. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

  • Rangakarmee’s Abhi Rat Baki Hai, at Rangakarmee

    Rangakarmee Studio Theatre Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata, India

    Translated into Hindi from Jayant Pawar's Marathi play, Adhāntar, examining the dire straits of a Bahujan family during the textile mill lockouts in 1980s Bombay. Directed by Souti Chakraborty. Part of Rangakarmee’s golden jubilee celebrations.

  • Rangakarmee’s Adhe Adhure, at Rangakarmee

    Rangakarmee Studio Theatre Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata, India

    Mohan Rakesh's classic drama directed by Anirudh Sarkar. Part of Rangakarmee’s golden jubilee celebrations.

  • Rangakarmee’s Pashmina, at Rangakarmee

    Rangakarmee Studio Theatre Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata, India

    Rangakarmee's new production directed by Sajida Saji. Part of Rangakarmee’s golden jubilee celebrations.

  • Rangroop’s Bhalo Pahar, at Academy

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

    Premiere of Rangroop's new play, translated and set in Bengal by Tirthankar Chanda from British dramatist Timberlake Wertenbaker's Winter Hill, about a group of women discussing the construction of a luxury hotel in a remote rural location.

  • Jadavpur Ramyani’s Haraner Natjamai, at Academy

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

    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.

  • Natya-anan’s Meghnad, at Kala Mandir

    Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata

    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. Bengali play written by Sudipta Bhawmik and directed by Chandan Sen.