Amit Maitra’s drama written in the background of the mid-1990s, around the myth of an accidental act by a baby playfully pulling his mother’s nosering, leading to a nasal tear and future gossip that shatters the  protagonist’s societal existence. The play speaks of life’s core values and how humanity overpowers non-living matter. Directed and acted […]

Adapted into Bengali by Soumitra Chatterjee from Murray Schisgal’s The Typists, and directed by Poulami Chatterjee. Two stenographers in an office become friends over time and grow old together.

A double bill of Rangroop's Kalpana, written by Tamojit Ray and directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay, and Samstab's Gopan Kathati, adapted from Peter Harrison's Mummy's Boy and directed by Susnata Bhattacharya.

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.

Manik Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel dramatized and directed by Parthapratim Deb.

Mangolik’s longest-running production, dramatized from Syed Mustafa Siraj and directed by Samir Biswas. A comedy about a “dead” man coming alive. Recommended: ★★★★

Revival of the production featuring poetic text by Joy Goswami, direction by Gautam Halder and solo enactment by Bijoylakshmi Barman.

Dario Fo’s comedy The Virtuous Burglar, adapted and directed by Amitava Dutta. A robber breaks into an apartment, but his plans are complicated when he discovers he’s not alone, has to face two sets of cheating partners, and is forced to act as a go-between and a peacemaker. The would-be criminal beomes the moral compass.