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.
On an autumnal evening, when everyone else was exhausted from the heat, a group of people worked relentlessly to set the stage where the work of one of the country’s greatest playwright’s work would come to life.
Students from the Department of Drama & Dramatics of Jahangirnagar University recently staged the musical production, Man of La Mancha, at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Written by Dale Wasserman and inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’
Utpal Natyadal staged the 50th show of their play, Haree Phatibe, at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), recently.
Commemorating the victims and their memories of the horrific grenade attack that took place on August 21, 2004, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) organised Muktijuddher Chetona Binashi Dhongshojoggo Sthapona Shilpo at the Nandan Moncho of BSA recently.
Mohakal Nattya Shamproday will stage Srabon Tragedy at Dhaka Officers’ Club, Baily Road today, to commemorate National Mourning Day. The play will be staged in the auditorium of the Officers’ Club complex as a tribute to the Father of the Nation. This would be the
Renowned theatre troupe Padatik Natya Sangsad staged their popular play ‘Shey’, yesterday at the Experimental
In the group’s 54th production, Tonima takes the stage in Eka Eka Nari. Based on Franca Rame’s A Woman Alone, the script was translated by Abdus Selim. The play was directed by Debarasad Debnath.
As a part of celebrating the Chinese Cultural Month 2019, theatre artistes from Bangladesh and China collaborated recently, to stage the plays Chitra and Rath Yatra by Rabindranath Tagore, at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA).
North South University Cine and Drama Club (NSUCDC) staged Shokuntola, written by the great poet Kalidas, at the university auditorium recently.
Shabdali Group Theatre (SGT), a theatre troupe of Barishal, is starting a tour with their production, Baishakhini.
