• Ganakrishti’s Athaba Rabithakur, at Academy

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

    Adapted from Slovenian dramatist Evald Flisar's What about Leonardo, set in a neurological institute, and directed by Amitava Dutta.

  • Pancham Vaidic’s Ghare Baire, at Academy

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

    Pancham Vaidic's Ghare Baire, dramatized from Tagore's domestic-political novel and directed by Arpita Ghosh.

  • Prachya’s Manikarnikay Manika, at Academy

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

    Adapted into contemporary India from Sartre’s Respectful Prostitute by Anshuman Bhowmick and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

  • Theatre Formation Paribartak’s Titumir, at Academy

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

    Utpal Dutt’s play on the peasant uprising in Barasat against the British and the zamindars, directed by Joyraj Bhattacharya.

  • Samstab’s Uranta Tarader Chhaya, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

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

  • Theatre Platform’s Nur Jahan, at Tapan

    Tapan Theatre Kalighat

    Dwijendra Lal Roy’s 1908 tragedy, directed by Debasish Ray. The historical drama retells the life of Nur Jahan.

  • Shohan’s Amirah, at Academy

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

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

  • Dwitiya Satta’s Na Tor Janya, at Sisir

    Sisir Mancha 1/1 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata

    Written and directed by Suman Sengupta, a portrayal of the dilemma of an accomplished commercial artist who sells out to the ruthless and competitive contemporary ratrace.