On November 10, 2025, Batighar Theatre Troupe staged its 26th performance of the political play “Monkey Trial” at the Experimental Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
“Monkey Trial” reimagines the 1925 Scopes trial — the landmark courtroom clash over the teaching of Darwinian evolution in an American classroom. The play follows an ordinary schoolteacher who, after introducing evolution in class, is prosecuted under reactionary law and thrust into a national controversy that exposed the fault lines between dogma and reason.
Today turns out to be a festive Friday of cultural programmes as three marvelous cultural events greet the audience in different parts of Dhaka.
