• Sanglap Kolkata’s Hulusthul, at Academy

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

    Dramatized from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s Ek Āshcharja Pheriwālā by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay and directed by Debasish. A mysterious hawker sells seemingly useless things, which evil people conspire to capture, while an eccentric scientist pursues his thirst for knowledge, Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

  • 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 Debasish. An imaginative account of the conflict between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.

  • Out of Nowhere’s Guards at the Taj, at Gyan Manch

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

    Hindustani adaptation of Rajiv Joseph's dark comedy that won the Obie award for best new American play in 2016. Two guards at the newly built Taj Mahal discuss perfection, duty, obedience and rebellion in a blend of humour, brutality and philosophical questions about beauty and power.

  • Rangakarmee’s Lok Katha, at Sujata Sadan

    Sujata Devi Smriti Sadan 7 Hazra Road, Kolkata, India

    The inaugural production at Rangakarmee's festival celebrating their golden jubilee. A revival of their historic play directed by Usha Ganguli.

  • 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 […]

  • Beadon Street Subham’s Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La, at Academy

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

    The popular children's production, directed by Anamitra Khan. Part of Rangakarmee's golden jubilee celebrations.

  • Natyaranga’s Sei Ek Binodini, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Focusing on Nati Binodini's last years, promising revelations that have not come to light previously, and including many old songs. Written by Surajit Bandyopadhyay and directed by Anindita Bandyopadhyay. Two shows, at 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.