Published on 12:00 AM, August 03, 2019

Tonima Hamid on stage with ‘Eka Eka Nari’

Popular television actor Tonima Hamid has been involved with the theatre for a long time. The name of her theatre group is Nattyachokro. She has been a part of this group for many years, performing in numerous stages plays with her team.

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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.

Eka Eka Nari was first staged on March this year. It will be staged at Bangladesh Mahila Samity today at 7 pm.

Tonima plays Maria, a lonely woman who has to live through a life of humiliation and oppression. Maria, who is imprisoned in a high-rise building, portrays centuries of physical and mental abuse, oppression, injustice inflicted upon women across the world.

The light design, sound design, costume design and stage planning of the play was done by Nasirul Haque Khokon, Ahsan Reza Tushar, Irin Parvin Lopa and Zunaed Yusuf respectively.