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Pancham Vaidic’s Pulish, at Academy
2024-08-22 18:30 - 20:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Acclaimed Polish dramatist Slawomir Mrozek’s dark political satire on power titled Police, adapted and directed by Arpita Ghosh.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Little Thespian's Chaak, at Gyan Manch
2024-08-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Premiere of the last play written by Little Thespian’s S. M. Azhar Alam, directed by Uma Jhunjhunwala. About the various challenges faced by Indian Muslims during the conflict in East Pakistan in 1971. through the struggles of one such family.

Kolkata Playmakers’ Parabola Sir, at Academy
2024-08-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatized from Narayan Sanyal’s novel by Tirthankar Chanda, about an idealistic teacher. Directed by Ram Mukhopadhyay.

Padatik and rikh's Kirchein (Splinters), at Padatik
2024-08-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700017
As two plays collide, their characters face a meltdown before briefly finding some new meaning in their otherwise unquestioning lives.
Script / Design / Direction: Vinay Sharma
Enquiries: 85840 66230

Samstab’s Uranta Tarader Chhaya, at Academy
2024-08-25 15:00 - 17:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Written and directed by Debasish. An imaginative account of the conflict between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah.
Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.

Padatik and rikh's Pieces, at Padatik
2024-08-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700017
At one level, the story of an actress performing different roles. At another level, the story of several women, many women. Yet one more level, the story of an Everywoman figure, perhaps.
Script / Design / Direction: Vinay Sharma
Read my review.
Enquiries: 85840 66230

Rangalok’s Shekal Chhenra Hater Khonje, at Girish
2024-08-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Dramatized from Samaresh Basu’s 1984 novel by Tirthankar Chanda and directed by Shyamal Chakrabarti. A wake-up call to any political ideology that strays from its humanistic roots.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

Kolkata Centre for Creativity’s Bechara B.B., at KCC
2024-08-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata
Directed and designed by Suman Mukhopadhyay from fragments of plays by Bertolt Brecht, reflecting the essence of Brecht’s life, ideas and philosophy.

Sansriti’s Khokkas, at Madhusudan
2024-08-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Adapted from Evgeny Schwartz’s satirical Russian play The Dragon (1944) by Arpita Ghosh and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. A village terrorized by a dragon finds an unlikely saviour.

Anya Theatre’s Pratham Rajnaitik Hatya, at Academy
2024-08-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Written and directed by Debashis. Based on the freedom fighters arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Padatik/rikh's Ho Sakta Hai Do Admi Do Kursiyan, at Padatik
2024-08-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700017
Two actor-protagonists and two chairs tell a number of apparently unconnected stories linked by love, loss, absence and hope.
Written and directed by Vinay Sharma.
Enquiries: 85840 66230

Nat-ranga’s Chhayapather Sheshe, at Academy
2024-08-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatist-director Sohan Bandopadhyay’s ghostly comedy set in a dilapidated north Kolkata hall about to be demolished to make way for a mall. Resident spooks protest against the reigning politician’s corruption.
Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Hoshruba Repertory (Mumbai)'s Habib-nama, at KCC
2024-08-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata
Premiere of this production based on Habib Tanvir’s autobiographical writings and public interviews. Scripted and directed by Danish Husain.

Prachya’s Quarantine, at Madhusudan
2024-08-31 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Adapted into Bengali and on the Indo-Bangladeshi border from Arthur Miller’s classic A View from the Bridge, about illegal migrants, by Kaberi Basu and directed by Buddhadeb Das.

Nirbak’s Saodagarer Nauka, at Girish
2024-09-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

Ichheymoto’s Henry Kothay?, at Academy
2024-09-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Director Saurav Palodhi’s adaptation of Clifford Odets’s 1935 socialist classic, Waiting for Lefty, about the poverty of taxi drivers in the USA.

Ganakrishti’s Athaba Rabithakur, at Academy
2024-09-07 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Adapted from Slovenian dramatist Evald Flisar’s What about Leonardo, set in a neurological institute, and directed by Amitava Dutta.

Sararat Meyeder Thiyetar, at Academy
2024-09-07 22:00 - 2024-09-08 06:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Academy of Fine Arts Workers Union hosts all-night theatre supporting #WeWantJustice. Participating directors include Sima Mukhopadhyay, Poulomi Chatterjee, Srabanti Bhattacharya, Turna Das, Sanjita and Nancy.

Pancham Vaidic’s Tumi Thik Jadi Bhabo Tumi Thik, at Madhusudan
2024-09-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Adapted from Pirandello’s Right You Are If You Think So and directed by Arpita Ghosh.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

4th Bell’s Hapi-D, at Gyan Manch
2024-09-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
An ebullient Bengali pastiche of Hamlet. 4th Bell had debuted in 2011 with this play, deliberately and delectably perverting Shakespeare’s tragedy into a festive comedy written and directed by Aniruddha Dasgupta.
Recommended: ★★★★

Nandimukh’s Lanthan Saheber Banglo, at Academy
2024-09-09 18:00 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Story by Sunil Gangopadhyay about a fictional 19th-century British officer in Bengal, dramatized by Sounava Basu and directed by Ashoke Chattopadhyay.

Rangroop's Garal, at Academy
2024-09-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Rangroop has revived this searing play because of last month’s tragedy in Kolkata. Dramatized by Mainak Sengupta, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Nandipat’s Pet-i Case, at Minerva
2024-09-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Minerva Theatre, Utpal Dutt Sarani (Beadon Street), Kolkata
Dario Fo’s political satire Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay (1974) adapted into Bengali by Bismoy Roy and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.

Purba Paschim’s Sri o Nidhu-babu Katha, at Madhusudan
2024-09-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play about the triangle between Tappa pioneer Nidhu-babu, his royal patron-friend Mahananda Ray, and the latter’s mistress Srimati who became Nidhu-babu’s devoted disciple. Directed by Soumitra Mitra.

Ekush Shatak’s Krishnaranga, at Academy
2024-09-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Revival of dramatist-director Loknath Bandyopadhyay’s farce, adapted from Peter Shaffer’s hit Black Comedy (1965). One of the funniest productions you can presently view; we cannot reveal more! Recommended: ★★★★

Nandipat’s Pet-i Case, at Academy
2024-09-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
The Dario Fo–Franca Rame political satire Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay (1974) adapted into Bengali by Bismoy Roy and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.

Little Thespian’s Chaak, at Academy
2024-09-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
The last play written by Little Thespian’s S. M. Azhar Alam, directed by Uma Jhunjhunwala. About the various challenges faced by Indian Muslims during the conflict in East Pakistan in 1971, through the struggles of one such family.

Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy
2024-09-22 14:30 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Debasish Ray’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.

Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Academy
2024-09-23 18:30 - 21:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty.

Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra’s Meyeti, at Academy
2024-09-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Adapted from Ariel Dorfman’s internationally successful Death and the Maiden and directed by Kishore Sengupta.
