Adapted from Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps around the Fire and directed by Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. An investigation into the murder of a eunuch exposes many unpleasant truths.

Dramatized from the folktale of Mahuya by Dwija Kanai and directed by Goutam Halder. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Debasish Ray’s biodrama about Panchanan Karmakar, the first creator of Bengali moveable typeface in the 18th century, based on Rajat Chakrabarti’s novel Panchananer Haraph.

Inspired by Steve Metzger’s awardwinning children’s book Pluto Visits Earth!, the story of a tiny planet but also a beautiful wish that grants love, rejoices in friendship and finds hope in remembering who we actually are. Dramatized by Kallol Lahiri and Alekhya Ghosh, set in Kolkata, and directed by Anamitra Khan. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my […]

An original Bengali play on how life brings joy after retirement for a lonesome man who loves children. Written by Soumya Biswas and directed by Samir Biswas.

Premiere. Based on Manik Bandyopadhyay, about how three desperate homemakers dominated by their husbands in different socioeconomic conditions empower themselves. Dramatized and directed by Somnath Gupta.

Adapted from Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps around the Fire and directed by Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. An investigation into the murder of a eunuch exposes many unpleasant truths.

The highly popular 1932 play written by Rabindranath Maitra, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay's drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay, inaugurating Theatre Workshop's 58th anniversary festival.

Revival of Rangakarmee’s classic 1987 production, originally directed by Usha Ganguli and written by Ratnakar Matkari.

Based on Utpal Dutt’s early play about lorry drivers, directed by Saurav Palodhi. Highly recommended ★★★★★. Winner of META awards. Read my review.

Dramatist-director Sumitro Bandyopadhyay’s fictionalized depiction of Bengali professional theatre’s nationalistic role at the time of the Partition. Last evening of Theatre Workshop's 58th anniversary festival.

Acclaimed Polish dramatist Slawomir Mrozek’s dark political satire on power titled Police, adapted and directed by Arpita Ghosh.

A bilingual production inspired by Franz Kafka's A Hunger Artist, in which the circus magician Patol practises the art of surviving without eating. Dramatized into Bengali and English, and directed by Abhishek Roy Karmakar.

Written by Anirban Sen and directed by Abir Ghosh, concerning a professor who tells his students about Che Guevara.

Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.

A satirical "modern Puranic story" about the mythical Panchakanya, written by Sharmila Maitra and directed by Suranjana Dasgupta.

Written and directed by Chandan Sen, Ekanāyaker Sesh Rāt depicts an imaginary strife-torn African nation where a military dictator took over but now faces a popular revolution.

Badal Sircar’s mysterious comedy directed by Prokash Bhattacharya.

Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.

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.

Based on the Netflix webseries Criminal, exploring the scars of sexual harassment in the context of an unresolved police interrogation. Adapted and directed by Dipankar Sen.

A Good Samaritan doctor comes to the aid of a single woman. Written by Pradipta Bhattacharya and directed by Kishore Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review

Director Saurav Palodhi’s adaptation of Clifford Odets’s 1935 socialist classic, Waiting for Lefty, about the poverty of taxi drivers in the USA.

Final performance of the revival of Chetana’s classic production, written and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay.

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

Dramatized from Manik Bandyopadhyay and directed by Arun Mukherjee. The story revisits the historic Tebhaga Movement of 1946-47 in Bengal, where Haran, an old sharecropper, has gone half-mad after police killed his son.

Translated by Arun Mukherjee from Ajit Dalvi’s play on Gandhiji’s relationship with his son, and directed by Sujan Mukherjee. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

The record-breaking comedy that has had an uninterrupted run since 1972, with over 1200 performances. Written and directed by the late Saroj Ray for his own group Natasena.

A satirical play in Hindi by Sharad Joshi adapting the well-known parable of the blind men and an elephant into a depiction of contemporary politics, societal apathy and inaction. Directed by Vinay Sharma.

Final performance of Chetana’s classic production Jagannath, adapted from Lu Xun’s The True Story of Ah Q and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay.

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.

Kolkata Centre for Creativity Arts Lab’s Ravan Reloaded, written and directed by Debasish. The son of a Ramlila performer in Ayodhya moves to Mumbai to join the film industry but things don't go as he wanted. Highly recommended: ★★★★★. Read my review.

Story by Sunil Gangopadhyay about a fictional 19th-century British officer in Bengal, dramatized by Sounava Basu and directed by Ashoke Chattopadhyay.

Sudrak’s new, so-called “uneducated” satire directed by Debasis Majumdar.

A metaphorical Bengali play written and directed by Ayan Banerjee about the all-encompassing system that runs our lives, which simultaneously makes and breaks, preserves and destroys us.

From Howard Fast’s novel about the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, dramatized and directed by Kaushik Chattopadhyay.

The highly popular 1932 play written by Rabindranath Maitra, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

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.

Based on Manik Bandyopadhyay, about how three desperate homemakers dominated by their husbands in different socioeconomic conditions empower themselves. Dramatized and directed by Somnath Gupta.

A dastan based on the life of legendary Thumri singer Naina Devi, born in Kolkata as Nilina Sen, granddaughter of Keshub Chunder Sen. Written and performed by Mahmood Farooqui.