Theater
A festival for a cause
Ershad Kamol
It is almost a year and a half since the 37-day theatre carnival titled Dhaka Drama Festival- 2004 was held by the Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation (BGRF). Starting today, the group has organised another 10-day festival in Dhaka at the Experimental Theatre Stage of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The title of the festival is "For the welfare of Mujibur Rahman Dilu and other theatre activists". The programme is a fundraiser for the treatment of the popular theatre activist Mujibur Rahman Dilu, who has been suffering from GBS. Included in the theatre festival are 10 top popular stage plays of Dhaka: Inggit, a Dhaka Padatik production, Projapati, a Natyakendra production, Gharjamai, a Dhaka Theatre Mancha production, Bhaddarnok, a Natyachakra production, Binodini, a Dhaka Theatre production, Kanjush, a Loko Natya Dal production, Circus Circus, a Prachyanat production, Nitya Puran, a Desh Natok production, Raktokarobi a Nagorik Natya Samradaya production and Raarang a Aranyak Natya Dal production. The festival will wrap up on December 12. Keramat Moula is the convenor of the festival committee. Preview: As part of the drama festival arranged by the Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation (BGTF), Dhaka Padatik will stage Inggit, directed by SM Solaiman, at 7 pm at the Experimental Theatre Stage at Shilpakala Academy. Dhaka Padatik's plays revolve around people who are struggling for their livelihood. S M Solaiman's satirical play Inggit is no exception to this trend. In the play, the dramatist focuses on people who confront social discrimination and calls for a change. In the play, he mocks our education system, politics, administration, cinema, and the government. The play ends with a satirical puppet show. Jamil Ahmed is the set designer while Aminur Rahman Azam is the light designer of the play.
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Actors of Dhaka Padatik performing in the play, Inggit |