Staging the best
Four Bangladeshi productions will be staged at the upcoming 13th International Ganga-Jamuna Theatre Festival 2010 in Kolkata. Reputed theatre troupe of Kolkata, Anik, is arranging the festival. The festival starts tomorrow (December 24) and will continue till December 31.
The Bangladeshi productions to be staged at the festival are -- Mahakal Natyasampraday's “Shikhandi Kotha”; Nagarik Natyangan's “Pragoitihashik”; Shomoy Natyadal's “Shesh Sanglaap” and “Bhager Manush”.
Mir Zahid Hasan of Mahakal informed that “Shikhandi Kotha” would have two shows at the festival -- one on December 25 and the second on December 27.
“Shikhandi Kotha” zooms in on the intersex community in Bangladesh. Everyday joys, woes and frustrations of the intersex community are highlighted in the play. The play was written by Aanan Zaman. Rashid Haroon directs the play.
Nagarik Natyangan's much-acclaimed play “Pragoitihashik” was previously staged at the Ganga-Jamuna Theatre Festival. The play is an adaptation of a short story by Manik Bandyopadhyay. Mahmudul Islam Selim has done the adaptation. Lucky Enam directs the play.
Shomoy's production “Shesh Sanglaap” has been regularly staged at Dhaka. Aktaruzzaman directs the play. The play is an adaptation of Taufique Al Hakim's work by Syed Jamil Ahmed and M. Saiful Alam Chowdhuryan.
“Bhager Manush” will have its 150th show tomorrow at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The play was written by Mannan Hira. Aly Zaker directs the play.
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