Harlesden High Street
Date: 12 September 2025
Time: 6:30 PM onwards
Venue: KCC Amphitheatre
Language: English and Bengali
Kolkata Centre for Creativity presents Harlesden High Street, a powerful play that travels into the heart of London's immigrant neighbourhoods and multicultural boroughs. Written by renowned playwright Abhishek Majumdar, this production by Whole 9 Yards follows the lives of three South Asian immigrants — Karim, Rehaan, and Ammi — as they try to find stability and meaning in a world of uncertainty.
While selling toilet paper and jackfruit on the streets of Harlesden, their daily battles speak of survival, love, migration, and fractured identities. The narrative navigates through poverty, longing, bureaucratic hurdles, and the quiet resilience that binds communities of colour in hostile urban landscapes.
Directed by Abhrajit Sen and performed by Suhotra Mukhopadhyay, Ananya Sen, and Debopriyo Mukherjee, the play features live music and interactive staging, making it a uniquely sensory and emotionally layered experience. It also explores what happens when public spaces turn political, when love becomes transactional, and when the idea of “home” dissolves into memory.
Harlesden High Street is a searing yet lyrical response to migration, exclusion, and survival — holding up a mirror to how policy, race, and prejudice shape the lives of those who remain unseen.
Come and join us for a stirring evening that challenges perceptions and celebrates resilience in the face of adversity.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Abhrajit Sen is the man behind popular shows like Dakghor, Andarmohol and several shorts and TVCs. Since he created Whole 9 Yards, he has put forth many acclaimed and well received theatre productions like Love Is The Best Medicine, Tram Jatra, Taramandal and Harlesden High Street. With most of his youth spent under the guidance of Anjan Dutt, whose philosophy of theatre and style of storytelling has been a big influence, Abhrajit soon made his own mark with his brand of site-specific performances.
ABOUT THE CAST
Suhotra Mukhopadhyay is a versatile actor who is best known for his performances in projects like Indu, Gora, The Eken Series, Suhotra is known for his commanding presence and his ability to get under the skin of every character he portrays. It was, however, with Dakghor that Suhotra made his breakthrough and forced audiences to sit up and take note of his talent.
Ananya Sen has often been described as a powerhouse. Be it in acclaimed international projects like Mira Nair’s A Suitable Boy or Bengali films like Mainak Bhowmick’s Ekannoborti, for which she also went on to win several awards, Ananya always manages to leave a deep impression on her audiences.
Debopriyo Mukherjee is an actor who has worked in all formats of the Bengali film and Television industry, Debopriyo is known for his powerful and transformative performances. Be it playing Gandhi on television or a Marathi police officer in Shabash Feluda, or a grave digger in Rabindranath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Ashenni, his performances always leave a mark.
