Prangonemor Theatre Fest
Raktakarabi staged
Theatre troupe Prangonemor staged Tagore’s classic Raktakarabi on the fourth day of the ongoing theatre festival at the Music and Dance Centre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday.
Prangonemor celebrates its 10th founding anniversary through organising an eight-day festival featuring all the eight productions of the troupe. he fourth production of the troupe Raktakarabi, directed by Nuna Afroz, symbolically portray the vices of capitalism and totalitarianism through a fictitious tale of an imaginary state where the citizens behave like machines as the tyrant king of the state has transformed the town into a ‘fort’.
The materialistic life of the ‘barren land’ changes as the beautiful maid Nandini, who symbolises life, arrives in the town to ‘rescue humanity’ trapped behind tyranny.
‘We tried to articulate the inner message of the Tagore’s symbolic play through our simple but artistic endeavour,’ director of the play Nuna Afroz told New Age.
Nuna Afroz herself played Nandini while Ananta Hira enacted the role of the king.
A good number of audience enjoyed the show.
-With New Age input
