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  Covid forced theatre troupes to go digital: Repon

  Nahid Riyasad | Updated at 11:27pm on July 10, 2021

  The chief secretary of theatre troupe Swapnadal, Zahid Repon, said that the Covid-19 situation has presented a window of opportunities for theatre activists in Bangladesh....

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  Mannan Hira remembered

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:24pm on July 09, 2021

  Theatre troupe Aranyak Natyadal organised an online programme on Zoom platform to commemorate the life and work of the late renowned theatre activist, writer and...

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  Six named for Lok Natyadal Gold Medal

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:28pm on July 08, 2021

  Theatre troupe Lok Natyadal will honour six veteran theatre activists with Lok Natyadal Gold Medal 2021 at an online programme marking its 40th anniversary. The...

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  Swapnadal participates in online Indian theatre fest

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:25pm on July 08, 2021

  Bangladeshi theatre troupe Swapnadal is participating in an online theatre festival arranged by Indian theatre troupe Tiljala Writu. The five-day theatre festival titled ‘International Theatre...

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  Avignon masks up for return of feted French theatre festival

  Agence France-Presse . Avignon | Updated at 12:20am on July 07, 2021

  One of the world’s biggest theatre festivals gets underway Monday in the southern French city of Avignon after a year-long hiatus caused by Covid-19, with...

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  Stage should have a universal language: Jyoti Sinha

  Nahid Riyasad | Updated at 11:57pm on July 06, 2021

  Theatre activist Jyoti Sinha, who has been performing on stage for 25 years, said that theatre has a universal language, which she attempts to explore....

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  UK composer vows to defy govt on theatre reopening

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:04pm on June 09, 2021

  Theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber said in an interview published Wednesday he is prepared to be arrested if the British government does not lift all...

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  Momtazuddin Ahmed’s 2nd death anniv today

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 02, 2021

  Today is the 2nd anniversary of death of the Ekushey Padak-winning playwright, language movement activist, theatre activist and actor Momtazuddin Ahmed. He was born in...

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  Swapnadal attends virtual theatre fest

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:40pm on May 31, 2021

  Theatre troupe Swapnadal’s mime production titled Jadur Pradip was streamed online on the opening day of the 2nd International Theatre Festival Online on Sunday. The...

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  Theatre troupes keep Nazrul, his ideals at arm’s length: thespians

  Rakib Hasan | Updated at 10:40pm on May 24, 2021

  Though Nazrul enthusiasts have been working to spread the ideals of the rebel poet since Bangladesh’s independence, theatre troupes in Bangladesh mostly ignored his life...