Drama festival begins at Natmandal
January 8, 2010
The post-graduate students of theatre department of Dhaka University staged Nobel Laureate English playwright Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming” on Wednesday evening at Natmondol auditorium.
‘The Homecoming’ translated by Professor Abdus Salim and directed by Ziaul Haque Titas will be staged every evening at the venue till January 11.
Pinter’s “Homecoming” involves a six-member working class family in North London. Teddy, the eldest son of the family, is a professor, who teaches philosophy at an American university. The plot focuses on Teddy’s homecoming along with his wife Ruth, a mother of three, who Read more
Weeklong theatre festival in Rajshahi
January 5, 2010
Rajshahi Theatre is holding a weeklong drama festival at Rajshahi Medical College auditorium to celebrate its silver jubilee.
The festival drew local theatre enthusiasts who crave quality shows.
“Visitors queuing up for shows is quite rare in this city,” said Ahsan Kabir Liton, a cultural activist and senior member of Ritwik Film Society. He added that theatre is mostly Dhaka-centric but the audience in Rajshahi are just as keen on performing arts as in the capital.
An 18-member team of theatre artistes from West Bengal, India is participating in Read more
Kakoli Sen Gupta enthrals Dhaka audience
December 26, 2009
Paris expatriate classical singer Kakoli Sen Gupta performed in a solo musical soiree at Bengal Shilpalaya at Dhanmondi in the city recently.
Kakoli Sengupta began with a classical song, then, she sang one after another the songs from different genres: Nazrul Sangeet, Rabindra Sangeet, classical, Lalon song, bhajan and modern songs.
Kakoli Sengupta started her training in classical music at the age of five. Her mentor was Gopal Biswas. In 1974, she left India and moved to Paris, France. Over the last three decades Sengupta has been practising and regularly performing at musical Read more
In search of primitive life
December 25, 2009
The inexplicable nude body of a girl with two heads as it appears in Lala Rukh Selim’s painting ‘Divided 1’ done on brush, ink and pastel was one of the 79 works on display in exhibition ‘Triad’ that ended at Galleri Kaya in Uttara on Decmber 22.
The 12-day long exhibition displayed the works of three artists – professor Nasima Haque Mitu, writer Kaisar Selim and professor Lala Rukh Selim.
The similarity that the trio tried to portray was human bodies and the primitive aspects of relationship between human beings, nature and animals, particularly of life from anthropological point of Read more
Traditional horse race competition held in Panchagarh
December 22, 2009
The traditional horse race competition was held at Shaldaga village under Debigonj upazila in Panchagarh on Friday afternoon.
Thousands of people from the adjacent Thakurgaon, Panchagarh and Nilphamari districts came to view the race.
The race started at about 4:00 pm beside the field of Dulijhari Girls’ High School in Shaldanga union under Debigonj upazila in Panchagarh.
The competition had 24 participants from Thakurgaon, Panchagarh and Nilphamari districts. Of the participants 10 were selected for the final round after primary Read more
Programme upholds Dhaka’s heritage
December 17, 2009
A daylong cultural programme titled ‘One mile square’ on preservation of the heritage, archaeological sites and ecological balance of old Dhaka was held at seventeen different locations in the city on December 4.
The programme jointly organised by Dhaka-based organisation Britto Arts Trust and London-based organisation Visiting Arts included mixed media installations and presentations, video installations, film screening of documentaries and drama performances.
Thirty-eight local and foreign artists displayed and presented their respective works in Read more
Cartoon Vs Corruption
December 17, 2009
Exhibition by Transparency International Bangladesh
It is of prime importance to encourage anti-corruption attitudes among the youth. That is exactly what Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has set out to do. Over the last four years, the organisation has held countrywide competitions and exhibitions with participants in the age groups 13-18 and 19-35.
In keeping with this endeavour, the ‘Cartoon Against Corruption Exhibition 2009′ was held at Zainul Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts from December 10-16. Prior to this, December 9 saw the inauguration ceremony and Read more