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The staging of Rabindranath Tagore's play “Tasher Desh” by students of Dramatics Department of Chittagong University (CU) captivated theatre aficionados of the port city on Tuesday.

Theatre troupe Swapnadal's anti-war production “Tringsha Shatabdi” has been selected for London Tower Hamlets Counsil's 'A Season of Bangla Drama', a month-long festival starting November 1.

Theatre troupe Batighar will organise a four-day theatre festival at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) from October 23-26. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will inaugurate the festival as chief guest on October 23 evening. Veteran thespian Ramendu Majumdar, Sara Zaker, and BSA director general Liaquat Ali Lucky will attend the inaugural ceremony as special guest.

Theatre troupe BotTala staged “Jatugreeho”, a street play at Zamgora in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital on Friday as a mark of

Natyakendra, one of the leading theatre troupes of the country, will celebrate its 25th anniversary today at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Marking the occasion, the troupe is staging two new productions--“Bondukjuddho” and “Gadharhaat”.

An enthusiastiuc audience enjoyed a theatrical performance from tea garden workers from Habiganj on Sunday, at Sindurkhan tea garden at Srimangal Upazila of Moulvibazar. The play, “Nijbhume Porobashi”, was staged at a programme marking the 43th death anniversary of martyred singer Bosonto Bunarjee.

Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Goshthi will stage its much-popular productions “Half Akhrai” and “Bou-Basanti” in India as part of Ganga-Jamuna Theatre Festival. Members of Udichi's theatre unit have travelled to West Bengal, India on an invitation from the organisers of Ganga-Jamuna Festival. Udichi will stage “Half Akhrai” today at Burdwan Sangskritik Manch, while another play “Bou-Basanti” will be staged on October 3 at the same venue.

Culture is a great leveler. Even as India and Pakistan are on edge with each other, there is always an avid audience in India for Pakistani music, theatre and films. Unsurprisingly, expectations ran high recently when Lahore -based Ajoka Theatre brought four productions to Delhi for its four-day Theatre for Peace Festival. Under the banner of “Humsaya”, Ajoka ('contemporary' in Punjabi) won many hearts with its presentations of “Bullah”, “Dara”, “Kaun Hai Yeh Gustakh” and “Lo Basant Ayee”

Ensemble Theatre, a prominent theatre troupe of the town staged “Pushpitar Mukti” at Shilpakala Academy auditorium September 15.

It’s not too often that tickets for a theatre play run out six days before the staging in Bangladesh, but for the penultimate day’s showing of the Ganga Jamuna Theatre and Cultural Festival at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday, it was the least of surprises.

As part of the ongoing Ganga- Jamuna Theatre and Cultural Festival, Padatik Natya Sangsad Bangladesh staged their much-acclaimed production “Poramati” at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday evening.

Only the veterans of the country's theatre scene have seen Abul Hayat commanding the stage. The towering figure of Bangladeshi TV and

The Ganga-Jamuna Theatre and Cultural Festival, one of the major theatre festivals of the country, opened at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on September 4 evening to a warm reception.

The Ganga-Jamuna Theatre and Cultural Festival, one of the major theatre festivals of the country, will see its curtains rise at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on September 4.

After eight long months, theatre troupe Prangonemor will stage their popular production “Irsha” at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy today at 7pm.

The 63rd staging of drama “Droho” was held by Bogra Theatre, one of the leading cultural organisations of Bogra district, in association with college theatre and Bangladesh Gram Theatre at Shaheed Titu Millenayatan in Bogra town this week. It depicted the struggle of the people living on the banks of river Jamuna in Shariakandi upazila of the district. The event marked the 66th birth anniversary of eminent thespian Selim Al Deen.

A solo exhibition of artist Mohammad Iqbal will be inaugurated today in Galleri Kaya in the capital's Uttara, said a press release.

Theatre troupe Aranyak will stage their much-acclaimed production “Rarang” at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy today at 7pm.

Selim Al Deen, perhaps the most celebrated name of Bangladeshi theatre in the post-Rabindranath era, was born on this day in 1949.