National Theatre Festival begins tomorrow
Ershad Kamol
The National Theatre Festival, arranged by Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation (BGTF) in association with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, begins tomorrow. In the 23-day festival, 46 troupes will stage one production each at two venues of the academy-- National Theatre Stage and Experimental Theatre Stage. The slogan of the festival is Katbe Andhar Nobin Praner Srijon Tane. Vice President of BGTF, Keramat Moula is the convenor, while Probir Sardar is the member secretary of the festival committee. The festival will be inaugurated by Professor Zillur Rahman Siddiqui. Ferdausi Majumdar will be the special guest of the opening ceremony.In this connection the Federation arranged a press conference at its office on March 3. Presided over by M Hamid, the chairperson of BGTF, Jhuna Chowdhury, Liaquat Ali Lucky, Aktaruzzaman, Ahmed Gias and Hafizur Rahman were present at the press conference. M Hamid pointed out that besides 23 troupes from Dhaka, 20 members of BGTF from outside Dhaka are participating at the festival. Moreover, one representative each from Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy University of Dhaka and Jahangirnagar University will stage shows. To quote him, "We are grateful to Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy for providing its two venues free of cost. Experimental Theatre Stage is already very popular, but through the festivals we believe the National Theatre Stage will become an important venue for the theatergoers." In future Hamid asserted that the Federation would regularly arrange national theatre festival biennially. "This year we plan to arrange the SAARC Theatre Festival," said Hamid.
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