• Shilpi Sangha’s Birpurush, at Academy

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

    Howrah high-schoolers impress not just with their moving performance but also their original script. Co-authors Rajarshi Dhara and Swapnojoy Ganguly write about a boy who misses his father, an army […]

  • Pancham Vaidic’s Pulish, at Academy

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

    Acclaimed Polish dramatist Slawomir Mrozek’s dark political satire on power titled Police, adapted and directed by Arpita Ghosh. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • Dum Dum Shabdomugdho’s Bel-babu, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Dramatist-director Rakesh Ghosh’s new play about the forgotten comedian and female impersonator of the Bengali commercial stage, Amritalal Mukherjee (1854-90). His sensational tragic death occurred on 14 March 1890 when […]

  • Chetana’s Meghe Dhaka Ghatak, at Academy

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

    Marking Ritwik Ghatak’s birth centenary, this biodrama by Jeet Satragni, unlike the usual portrayal of Ghatak as an unwavering and fearless rebel, delicately explores his early years as a romantic […]

  • Sudrak’s Morche Para Alo, at Academy

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

    Debasis Majumder‘s new play on the fragility of human relationships and the pain of breaking them. It highlights three major forms of separation: death, which is a natural consequence to […]

  • Bohurupee’s Kinu Kaharer Thetar, at Academy

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

    One of Bohurupee’s best productions from the 1990s, written by Manoj Mitra, directed by Kumar Roy (on his birth centenary) and now revived by Sanjay Banerjee. Read my review of […]

  • Sansriti’s Pratham Partha, at Academy

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

    Director Debesh Chattopadhyay’s faithful interpretation of Buddhadeva Bose’s verse drama on Karna’s choice before the war begins. Read my review.

  • Sayak’s Kundu-babu, at Academy

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

    Sayak’s new production, written by Arijit Biswas, directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya. An old party wholetimer in a village guards a ruined building that once was his local party office. Vested […]

  • Ganakrishti’s Mastuto Vice, at Academy

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

    Dario Fo’s comedy The Virtuous Burglar, adapted and directed by Amitava Dutta. A robber breaks into an apartment, but his plans are complicated when he discovers he’s not alone, has […]

  • Akvarious (Mumbai)’s Sissy, at Urban Theatre

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    An oddly philosophical young woman on a whimsical, chaotic ride through growing up, falling in love and falling apart. Somewhere between a breakdown and a breakthrough, the truth begins to […]