• Rangroop’s Jadi Ar Ekbar, at Academy

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

    Marking the birth centenary of Badal Sircar, the premiere of Rangroop's revival of his perennial early comedy about wish fulfilment. Directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.

  • Shohan’s Amirah, at Madhusudan

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

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

  • Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra’s Nim Amrita, at Academy

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

    Premiere of an adaptation from Somerset Maugham's play on euthanasia, The Sacred Flame, by Bhaskar Lahiri and directed by Kishore Sengupta.

  • Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Birla Sabhagar

    G D Birla Sabhagar 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata

    Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Read my review.

  • Rangapat’s He Sindhusaras, at Academy

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

    Rangapat’s latest production, based by dramatist Ujjwal Chattopadhyay on the making of Chekhov’s classic The Seagull, recreating the work of the Moscow Art Theatre, its director Stanislavski and lead actress Olga Knipper (Chekhov’s wife). Directed by Tapanjyoti.

  • Renaissance’s Charandas MLA, at Madhusudan

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

    Revival of Renaissance’s Hindi production from the 1990s. Dramatized from Satinath Bhaduri’s satirical story by Partha Sarathi Upadhyay and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.

  • Bibhaban’s Searching Grotowski, at Tripti Mitra

    Tripti Mitra Natyagriha Natya Akademi, Nandan complex, Kolkata

    A solo theatrical tribute to Jerzy Grotowski, directed by Supriya Samajdar. Preceded by an introductory lecture.

  • People’s Little Theatre’s Panjare Danrer Shabda, at Academy

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

    A new play by Hara Bhattacharya, directed by Kamalesh Chakrabarti, about the recurrent nightmares of a man who fought against corruption in all walks of life, especially in his professional capacity in the sports world.

  • Nat-ranga’s Ami Weds Ami, at Academy

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

    Revival of Sohan Bandopadhyay’s Bengali dramatization from 2010 of Charlie Fish’s short story “The Man Who Married Himself”, about a man who does just that.

  • Nandipat’s Chandrabati Katha, at Academy

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

    Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play about Chandrabati, the 16th-century poet who composed the first Bangla Ramayan from the perspective of Sita, as well as parts of the Maimansingha Gitika. Directed by Prokash Bhattacharya.