Alternative Living theatre is one of the prominent theatre group in the country based in Kolkata. Since it's inception in 1977 the group has been performing in major festivals all over India. The group members represent an amalgam of diverse social-economical groups of our society including the youth from lower strata and impoverished lower middle-class families. Thus the theater presented by ALT is shaped by struggle and sufferings of common man especially the downtrodden people of present day urban society. Through their plays the group has consistently attacked communalism, and political apathy while attempting to build up new ideals and sow the seeds of change in human minds.

The group has been experimenting with ideas to evolve a new aesthetic of theatre where physical movements are a means of communication. The group has its own big training centre - AAKHRA, in a calm and quite environment at Madhyamgram, 20 kilometers off from Kolkata.

Some of the notable productions are: Samudra Asthir, Ekhon Majhraat, Rat Din, Yours most obediently, Tritiya Juddha, Jaibati Kanya, Shilari, Amma, Victimized, Namkeen Pani, Theru Jatra, 1857-a neglected past, Dhusar Pandulipi, Bela Abela Kalbela, Ghare Ferar Gaan, Desire For Rainbow(1), She, Bushadkal, Krishnakali to name a few.