On the occasion of the group's 30th anniversary, their older production written by Shubhashis Khamaru revived by Parimal Piri.
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Revival by director Arpita Ghosh of Manoj Mitra's powerful 1980 political satire disguised as a fairy tale. Through the innocent sheep and the fearsome demon, the play explores corruption, abuse of power and the suffering of ordinary people, showing how those who promise to protect society can become the very oppressors they once opposed, making […] |
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On the occasion of the group's 30th anniversary, their previous production written and directed by Banaphul Ahmed.
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Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay. |
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Rangroop's old production, dramatized by Mohit Chattopadhyaya from Kabita Sinha’s story, and directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★
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A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner gradually starts narrating his story and the miraculous journey of a young Gomira dancer from a small village in Dinajpur to the world of Kolkata commercial theatre, as well as the complicated lives of others around him. Written and directed by […]
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Shohan’s new production, “an unknown house … and a story of known people” to upgrade your life. Kaushik Chattopadhyay’s play directed by Anish Ghosh. |
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Albee's classic drama directed by Tathagata Chowdhury. Love as a battleground, words as weapons. In this interpretation, Martha plays the piano as she belts out classics that complement Albee's surreal ambience.
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An actor passes himself off as an affordable alternative to the famous Jatra star Shantigopal and even plagiarizes the latter’s famous scripts. Written by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay and directed by Sudipta Datta.
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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 […] |
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Four childhood friends from the 1990s grow up and go different ways, passing through youthful romances, heated arguments and political movements, testifying to changing times through the decades. Dramatized from Rahul Arunoday Banerjee’s stories and directed by Saurav Palodhi. The only production from Kolkata to reach the final round of META 2026, Delhi, where it […] |
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Premiere of a Bangla play about Hidimbi, Bhima's first wife and eldest bride of the Pandava clan. A tale of love, motherhood, sacrifice and loneliness, it explores her struggle against social prejudice and her journey from a forest woman to a warrior mother. Written by Soham Gupta, directed by Ambali P Praharaj. |
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A so-called “uneducated” satire on education written and directed by Debasis Majumdar. Read my review. |
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Bengal Repertory's new production, a journey of re-search through the Ramayana and Indian philosophies, written by Suman Saha and Anupam Dasgupta. Suman Saha directs, following classical guidelines and traditional practices harmonizing with modern urban forms. |
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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 Sri Ramakrishna nurtured Radha’s feminine bhava in himself independently and blessed Binodini after watching her performance. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
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A play written by Parthapratim Deb dramatizing the story of Krishna, directed by Sohini Sengupta. |
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Inspired by Badal Sircar’s Mani-Kanchan and directed by Ayan Banerjee. The play anticipates the future through the act of a famous magician couple. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here. |
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dapted from Beckett’s classic Waiting for Godot and directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay. |
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Four childhood friends from the 1990s grow up and go different ways, passing through youthful romances, heated arguments and political movements, testifying to changing times through the decades. Dramatized from Rahul Arunoday Banerjee’s stories and directed by Saurav Palodhi. The only production from Kolkata to reach the final round of META 2026, Delhi, where it […]
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Selim Al Deen’s play about a village fair in Bangladesh where a troupe goes to perform, directed by Saurav Palodhi. |
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Tagore’s classic revived, directed and acted by Chaiti Ray Ghoshal. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
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Revival of Chetana’s classic production, written and directed by Arun Mukherjee. |
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One of Bohurupee’s best productions from the 1990s, written by Manoj Mitra, directed by Kumar Roy, and now revived by Sanjay Banerjee on Roy's birth centenary. Read my review of the original. |
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Mangolik's latest production, of Mohit Chattopadhyay's play about a man's resolve to save life. Directed by Samir Biswas. |
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Four-day festival with two or three productions every evening by Bengali groups from Kolkata and suburbs. For details, call 93829 46083 / 98300 34978
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Created in 2016, internationally award-winning modern retelling of the Greek myth. Dave is single, at the bar; Eurydice is a tree nymph. A tale of impossible, death-defying love told through spoken word by Alexander Wright and acoustic soul music by Phil Grainger. Two performances, at 5 pm and 8 pm.
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Written and directed by Debashis. Based on the freedom fighters arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review. |
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Ritwik Ghatak’s long-forgotten but highly relevant drama that has a simplicity and warmth at a human level. The first half is set in Calcutta during a post-Partition riot and the second half in the milieu of a village family in East Bengal. Directed by Kaushik Ghosh. Read my review.
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Created in 2020, the show is performed as an immersive live gig theatre of the 12 tracks on their album of the same name, telling four stories, upon three stages which surround the audience, in an uplifting communal experience which invites you -- the gods -- to take up your own power. Written by Alexander […] |
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Premiere of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's classic novel dramatized and directed by Debasish. |
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Based on the exceptional life, works, thoughts and times of renowned astrophysicist and nuclear scientist Meghnad Saha, one of the greatest figures who shaped modern India. He fought against caste-based discrimination, orthodox beliefs and divisive politics. His weapon was science. Bengali play written by Sudipta Bhawmik and directed by Chandan Sen.
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An intimate experimental production with character-driven of original and adapted monologues by the ensemble, Kolkata- and Chennai-based writers. Directed by Sadaf Afreen Mondal. |
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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 […] |