• Rangalok’s Hantarak, at Minerva

    Minerva Theatre Utpal Dutt Sarani (Beadon Street), Kolkata

    Rangalok’s Hantārak, written by Tirthankar Chanda and directed by Shyamal Chakraborty, about a professor who, fed up by the failure of law and order, politics and media, took matters into his own hands. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

  • Ichchhemato’s Mantu o Marx, at Academy

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

    Ichchhemato's Mantu o Marx, written by Dhrubajyoti Chakrabarti, directed by Kushal Chattopadhyay. An unusual play where Marx appears today and tries to explain his theories to a Bengali labourer.

  • Prachya’s Manikarnikay Manika, at Academy

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

    Prachya's Manikarnikay Manika, adapted into contemporary India from Sartre's Respectful Prostitute by Anshuman Bhowmick and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

  • Theatre Workshop’s Agnishajya, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Theatre Workshop's Agnishajya, Utpal Dutt's play about Ram Mohun Roy's anti-sati activism, directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

  • Chakdah Natyajan’s Barricade, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Chakdah Natyajan's production of Utpal Dutt's Barricade, about the Nazis' strategies of establishing fascism democratically, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

  • Nandikar’s Panchajanya, at Madhusudan

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

    Nandikar's Panchajanya, directed by Sohini Sengupta, written by Parthapratim Deb. The play dramatizes the story of Krishna.

  • Samstab’s Uranta Tarader Chhaya, at Academy

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

    Written and directed by Debashis. An imaginative account of the conflict between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.

  • Pragati’s Sandipani, at Girish

    Girish Mancha Bagbazar

    Sandipani is written by Anirban Sen and directed by Abir Ghosh for Pragati (Liluah), concerning a professor who tells his students about Che Guevara.

  • 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.

  • Shohan’s Amirah, at Madhusudan

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

    Inspired by Sophocles' classic Greek tragedy Antigone, written by Anirban Sen and directed by Anish Ghosh.