Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play inspired by a foreign film about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.

Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya and written by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay, about a man who dutifully takes care of his ailing father but in doing so risks alienating his wife.

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

Revival of Sayak's production dramatized by Chandan Sen from Amar Mitra's short story “Akal”. In a poor, remote backwater, the young Damini serves virtually as a caregiver to three generations of ineffectual, doddering men: she wangles government dole for them, using her charm to achieve her ends while keeping her dignity. The apparently social drama […]

Badal Sircar’s mysterious comedy directed by Prokash Bhattacharya.

Dramatized by Sumantra Chattopadhyay from Abby Mann’s Judgment at Nuremberg about the Nazi trials and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay.

Written by Shib Mukhopadhyay as his second dramatization of the epic, this time concentrating on the Udyoga Parva. Directed by Arna Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s magical story about Gaur, who loves to play the flute, and is loved by the ancient folk in his village, threatened by the arrival of a man who wants to take over everything. Dramatized and directed by Suman Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★

Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play inspired by a foreign film about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.

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.

Samaresh Basu’s 1967 novel subsequently banned for obscenity (the Supreme Court overturned the judgment in 1985), dramatized and directed by Debashis Basu.

Harold Pinter's Ashes to Ashes adapted and directed by Supriya Samajdar. Inaugurating Bibhaban's 24th Antaranga Natyotsab, which continues on May 12, 13 and 14 with two different productions every evening, at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Actress Sukumari Datta’s historic 1875 play directed by Ishita Mukhopadhyay.

The production that won five META awards this year, including Best Production, Best Script, Best Design, Best Female Supporting Actor and Best Male Actor. Designed and directed by Suman Saha, set on the last day of Krishna’s life.

Revival of Habib Tanvir's Chhattisgarhi adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Hugely entertaining and the rustic Mechanicals a riot. Recommended: ★★★★.

Habib Tanvir’s timeless contemporary classic, continuing in the production originally directed by him. Recommended: ★★★★

Written and directed by Malay Ray, inspired by Mallika Sengupta’s novel on Sita’s story rather than Rama’s. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Dramatized from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's Ek Āshcharja Pheriwālā by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay and directed by Debasish. A mysterious hawker sells seemingly useless things, which evil people conspire to capture, while an eccentric scientist pursues his thirst for knowledge, Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Saadat Hasan Manto’s classic story dramatized and expanded by Rajesh Kumar and directed by Aloke Chakravorty in Hindi.

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.

A “non-sense” production with child and adult actors, written and directed by Sujan Mukhopadhyay. Alibaba, accompanied by his trusty donkey, opens the door to the cave and discovers no treasure but ancient, worthless artifacts and a rusted lamp from which emerges the Genie. Meanwhile, the band of thieves finds themselves devoid of any occupation in […]

A blind and wheelchair-bound youth, highly intelligent, wants to know about light from his physicist father. Written and directed by Suman Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

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

Translated from Lillian Hellman's awardwinning Watch on the Rhine (1941) about an anti-Fascist German visiting the US during World War II, and his encounter with a Nazi supporter. Directed by Asit Basu.

Utpal Dutt’s historical play about Ram Mohun Roy’s anti-sati activism, revived and directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

Based on research in the Sundarban about the secular worship of Banbibi, rights to water, jungle and life, and the terrible menace of trafficking. Written and directed by Kingshuk Bandhopadhyay.

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.

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.

Rabindranath's classic revived, directed and acted by Chaiti Ghoshal.

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.

Shakespeare's tragedy performed in English by a student group.

Shakespeare’s classic directed by Koushik Sen in a Bengali translation by Chaiti Mitra. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

An original play in English, part of the series "Feminism is not anti-men", written and directed by Piyush Daga.

A psychiatrist is visited by a young man who has severe hallucinations that connect him to Van Gogh and his paintings, questioning his own reality and that of his surroundings, and longing to visit the alternate reality in the paintings. Excerpts from Van Gogh’s life show nearly parallel crises. Dramatized from Srijato’s novel and directed […]

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.