• Dolls Theatre’s International Puppet Theatre Festival, at CLT

    CLT Aban Mahal 90 Kankulia, Gariahat Road, Kolkata, India

    Inaugural day of 3-day festival, featuring Ekir Mikir's Santragachhir Jhil, Sagen Rakab Sosar Gaunta's Chadar Badar, and the highly-recommended (★★★★★) Taming of the Wild by the host group directed by […]

  • Chakdah Natyajan’s Ekta Iskul, at Gyan Manch

    Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Written and directed by Debasish, set in the Tripura hills about the friendship of two boys as they grow up.

  • Akvarious (Mumbai)’s Love, Bombs and Apples, at Urban Theatre

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    A Palestinian actor learns there’s more to English girls than sex appeal. A Pakistani-born terror suspect figures out what’s wrong with his first novel. A British youth suspects all is […]

  • 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 […]

  • Dolls Theatre’s International Puppet Theatre Festival, at CLT

    CLT Aban Mahal 90 Kankulia, Gariahat Road, Kolkata, India

    Second day of 3-day festival, featuring Sitayan by Dsyti Lokkala Sanverdhan Akademi (Pinguli, Maharashtra) directed by Ganapat Sakharam Masge, and Agadum Baghadum by Not-a-Storyteller (Hridaypur) directed by Avik Bhattacharya.

  • Swapna-sandhani’s Taray Taray, at Gyan Manch

    Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    A psychiatrist is visited by a young man who has severe hallucinations that connect him to Van Gogh and his paintings, questioning his own reality and that of his surroundings, […]

  • Akvarious (Mumbai)’s Love, Bombs and Apples, at Urban Theatre

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    A Palestinian actor learns there’s more to English girls than sex appeal. A Pakistani-born terror suspect figures out what’s wrong with his first novel. A British youth suspects all is […]

  • Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy

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

    Dramatist-director Debasish’s biodrama about Panchanan Karmakar, the first creator of Bengali moveable typeface in the 18th century, based on Rajat Chakraborti’s novel Panchananer Haraph. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review. Three […]

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

    The Urban Theatre Project Kabir Road, Kolkata

    A philosophical young woman with her therapist on a whimsical, chaotic ride through growing up and falling in love. Somewhere between a breakdown and a breakthrough, the reality blurs. A […]

  • Dolls Theatre’s International Puppet Theatre Festival, at CLT

    CLT Aban Mahal 90 Kankulia, Gariahat Road, Kolkata, India

    Concluding day of 3-day festival, featuring the host group's The Archer Stood Alone, on the Ekalavya story, directed by Sudip Gupta; Nicov Botelladearroz (Colombia)'s Rebirth directed by Nicolas Bernal; and […]