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.

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.

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.

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 realist memory play written and directed by Ahon Gooptu, developed between 2019 and 2022 in the United States. Three friends in Chicago find love and connection with each other, until compelled to reckon with questions about their identity, queerness and the root of their relationship. Sachi is preparing to give birth while Josh, the […]

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.

Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

A realist memory play written and directed by Ahon Gooptu, developed between 2019 and 2022 in the United States. Three friends in Chicago find love and connection with each other, until compelled to reckon with questions about their identity, queerness and the root of their relationship. Sachi is preparing to give birth while Josh, the […]

An original play written by Rakesh Ghosh and directed by Santanu Das, on Girish Ghosh's historic production of Chaitanya Lila in which Nati Binodini stunned audiences with her male impersonation, while Ramkrishna nurtured Radha's feminine bhava in himself and ultimately blessed Binodini after watching her performance.

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

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.

A realist memory play written and directed by Ahon Gooptu, developed between 2019 and 2022 in the United States. Three friends in Chicago find love and connection with each other, until compelled to reckon with questions about their identity, queerness and the root of their relationship. Sachi is preparing to give birth while Josh, the […]

A realist memory play written and directed by Ahon Gooptu, developed between 2019 and 2022 in the United States. Three friends in Chicago find love and connection with each other, until compelled to reckon with questions about their identity, queerness and the root of their relationship. Sachi is preparing to give birth while Josh, the […]

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 […]

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.

Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

A dance-drama interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth directed in Bharatanatyam style by Soumalini Sengupta.

Samuel Beckett’s classic Endgame, translated into Hindi by Uma Jhunjhunwala and directed by S. M. Azhar Alam. Recommended: ★★★★. Read review here.

Harold Pinter’s early drama translated into Bengali and directed by Arindam Mukherjee.

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: ★★★★. Read my review.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Sudrak’s new, so-called “uneducated” satire on education written and directed by Debasis Majumdar. Read my review.

Revival of the old production. To quote from my review in 2015: "written by Summana Ahmed and Saif Hyder Hasan, and directed by the latter. It presented the relationship between Amrita Pritam and Sahir Ludhianvi, based on her autobiography. Perhaps because of the depth of the source text, and no doubt the poetic ore of […]

Performance by Guru Malay Kumar Sahu and his ensemble from Seraikela, Jharkhand.

A comedy about a divorcee juggling two lovers. Written and directed by Paritosh Painter.

A women's empowerment play in English written by Elina Dasgupta Dutta and directed by Sumit Lai Roy.

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.