Binodini, The Tempest to be staged Popular troupe Dhaka Theatre will leave for Kolkata tomorrow to participate in an international theatre festival in India. It will stage acclaimed productions- Binodini and The Tempest- at the Rabindrabhaban in Chandangar, Kolkata as part of the Moitree International Theatre Festival. Binodini will be staged in the morning
Art & Culture
Good Night Ma staged
Agony of a widow and her ailing daughter has been featured in Good Night Ma staged on Tuesday at the Edward M Kennedy Center for Public Service and Arts (EMK Center) in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The play is an adaptation of Pulitzer winning play Night Mother by noted American playwright Marsha Norman. Adapted by Mita Chowdhury, ... Read more
Savar horror documented in photographs
The heart-wrenching sufferings of the victims of the recent building collapse in Savar have been captured by 17 photographers whose works have been exhibited at Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi. The six-day exhibition titled Tragedy Noy Hottakando displays 47 untitled images of wounded garments workers, deformed dead bodies, lamentation of the poor and helpless people over ... Read more
Sohanur Rahman to launch film institute
Commercial film director Sohanur Rahman Sohan is planning to launch an institute very soon which, he intends, will be a place for enthusiasts to learn acting, direction, cinematography and other film related skills from efficient and noted professionals. Mainly self-financed, the institute will be named Universal Performing Arts Institute.
The marginalised on focus
Just like the ‘pied piper of Hamelin’ of the medieval Germany, the ruling class, especially the politicians, in the contemporary Bangladesh are playing and dictating to the marginalised people, who dominate in terms of number. This fact has been depicted in an epic canvas by Mainuddin. Hundreds of human figures portraying
Street children emerge as actors
Deprived street children will play different characters in two teleplays based on Tagore classics. Eminent actor-director Mamunur Rashid has adapted the teleplays from Tagore’s Totakahini and Daakghar. He will also direct the plays titled Hiramoni and Akash Kusum under the sponsorship of Plan-Bangladesh’s ‘protection of vulnerable
Farooki initiates two new films
Mostafa Sarwar Farooki announced to make two new films at press conference held at the Channel-i office on Monday. He has written the story and screenplay of the films titled Pipra Bidya and Duboshahor. He also informed the details of the upcoming projects at the conference. Pipra Bidya features struggles
50 Nazrul singers perform
Over 50 prominent and promising singers from inside and outside Dhaka presented Nazrul songs at the Bangladesh National Museum Auditorium. The two-day Nazrul birth anniversary celebrations programme organised by Bangladesh Nazrul Sangeet Sangstha ended on Sunday featuring music, dance and recitations performed by the reputed and young artistes.
Artist laments disappearance of green
Vast green fields where thousands of cattle graze have been disappearing because of selfish encroachments by humans. Flora and fauna are also perishing in the same way like grazing fields. These unfortunate disappearances have been grieved by artist Abul Hussain Dhali Tomal, who has revealed his earnestness to preserve natural habitats in two series of ... Read more
Adity Mohsin presents popular Tagore songs
Popular Rabindra Sangeet singer Adity Mohsin presented an array of Tagore songs in solo musical programme on Saturday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Banani. The Shantiniketan trained Rabindra Sangeet singer Adity Mohsin entertained the audience presenting one after another popular numbers in her distinctive style.
Screenplays called for making digital films
Screenplays have been called for making digital films at a press conference held on Saturday at the Bangal Shilpalaya in Dhanmondi. The organisers also informed that the newly formed Bengal Film Development Forum, an enterprise of Bengal Foundation, which was launched on the day, has the plan to produce at least 10 digital films a ... Read more
2 Nazrul exponents honoured
Two distinguished Nazrul researchers and singers Asadul Haque and Murshid Jahan were honoured with the Nazrul Sangeet Shilpi Parishad Padak on Friday at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. It was the opening day programme of the two-day Nazrul’s as part of the opening ceremony of two-day
Chhayanaut launches book on Nazrul
Chhayanaut launched a collection of essays on the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam titled Bisway Ami Biswha Bidhatrrir on Friday at its Ramesh Chandra Dutt Auditorium. Edited by Chhayanaut chairperson Dr Sanjida Khatun, the book contains different types of essays by young and renowned scholars of the country.
Waqeel presents baul fusion
Syed Waqeel Ahad entertained the audience presenting as array of baul fusions from his album titled Waqeel-er Gaan on Friday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan. He fused western instruments while presenting baul songs composed by leading bards like Fakir Lalon Shah and Shah Abdul Karim in his signature style.
Northern studio theatre festival ends
The eight-day studio theatre festival organised by Northern University Bangladesh based troupe named Northern Theatre ended on Friday. Traditional lathials from Nababganj, Dhaka displayed their tricks with sticks as a major attraction of the concluding day programme at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Sarbanam presented a number of folk
Six Artists’ inner cry for peace
Peace is perhaps what this country and its people need the most at the moment. Everywhere and in all spheres of our lives, there is excessive chaos. A group of six conscientious artists have expressed their inner demand for peace through their artworks currently on display. Their group exhibition titled Peace is being held at ... Read more
Santacruzan festival of Philippines celebrated in Dhaka
Vibrant traditional Filipino festival Santa Cruz De Mayo, also popularly known as Santacruzan festival was held at the Baridhara Park in the capital on Friday. Cruz De Mayo, which is considered to be the Queen of Filipino Festivals, is a fiesta to celebrate May, the most beautiful month in Philippines. The festival was first introduced ... Read more
Dur Ghotona staged by BUET Drama Society
The Bangla word durghotona (accident) becomes a good pun with the phrase ‘dur ghotona’ (distant incident). This pun has come to signify the truth of people in our self-centered society who treat an accident as a distant incident and insignificant in their lives as long as they do not get directly affected. This phenomenon has ... Read more
Mother, son explore nature through art
The mother and son artist-duo have adored nature in their artworks using different mediums—the mother Ferdousy Priyabhashini upholds nature through sculptures and installations while her son Karu Titas depicts nature in abstract and semi-abstract paintings. Priyabhashini has dealt with nature through the use of branches, trunks and roots of dead trees; bamboo; soil and
Mukti Mukti staged
Helplessness of a father desperately searching his abducted son during the War of Independence touched the hearts of the audience while they witnessed the play Mukti Mukti at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Repertory staged the play as part of the ongoing theatre festival organised by