I once thought it was impossible to present the magnitude of the novel on stage.
‘Nil Chhaya' connects the Indigo Revolt to the oppressions faced by present day garment factory workers in Bangladesh.
I found myself looking for him beyond the pages of Elias's novel, among the old men who beg on the streets of Dhaka, or in the madman lying on the footpath, trying to say something in a huff or lost in a hallucination on the open road.
A three-day-long national dance-drama festival has begun in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. The festival will be inaugurated today, and will continue on July 24 and 25.
Popular theatre troupe, Prachyanat is ready to stage their popular play “Khawabnama” at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday.
Celebrating the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence and their journey of 50 years, noted drama troupe Theatre has launched a year-long initiative. Marking Independence Day, they will be staging well-known plays.
The 20 minute technical show was showcased at the Liberation War Museum. Directed by differently abled British theatre director, Ramesh Meyyappan, the play emphasised on the theme of the 1971 genocide and Liberation War without the use of any dialogues.
Commemorating the struggle of our Liberation war, Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence and birth centenary of the Father of The Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. noted cultural and theatre personality Liaquat Ali Lucky, Director General of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), has conceptualised and organised ‘Gonohotta Poribesh Theatre’. Based on the mass genocides in 1971, the plays are being staged in 64 districts across the country.
Sudip Chakroborthy, a theatre artiste from Bangladesh recently designed the lights for a popular musical named Jew You Love Me? in London.
Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore's Shey will be staged at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at 7:15pm today.
After 14 years and 180 exhibitions, Aranyak Natyadal, one of the most well-known theatre troupes in Bangladesh, held the final show of their popular production Rarang. The show was staged on July 18 in the Experimental Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Kinu Kahar er Thetar is a vastly discussed play of writer Manoj Mitra. Many groups in Bangladesh have staged the play before and the audience has also been full of praise for it.
Shunyan Repertory Theatre's applauded monologue Lal Jomin is based on the struggle of a woman during the liberation war in 1971 and it's aftermath.
Bahurupi Natya Sangstha, a leading cultural group in Mymensingh organised a two-day theatre festival which concluded on Satruday at
Marking the 37th anniversary of Loko Natyadal, a celebration programme, featuring discussion and staging of the play Ratha Jatra will take place at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) at 5pm today.
Padatik Nattya Sangsad celebrated the 'silver jubilee' show of its monologue, Gohon Jatra on July 5 at Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy yesterday.
Drishtipat Natyadal staged their production Raja Himadri yesterday in Jatiya Natyashala, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
For close to two decades, Monirul Islam Rubel has been associated with theatre. Although he began with acting, he is now a regular writer for theatre and television.
