Culture Desk
The Street Drama Festival 2017 started on Wednesday at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital. Moloyshree Hashmi, veteran Indian theatre activist inaugurated the festival. The week-long festival marks the 25th year of street drama presentations by Pathnatak Parishad, the organising body.
At the inauguration International Theatre Institute’s president Ramendu Mazumdar, thespians Mamunur Rashid and Nasir Uddin Yousuff, Sammilita Sanskritik Jote’s president Golam Kuddus, Dhaka University’s Professor Dr Biswajit Ghosh, Group Theatre Federation’s president Mannan Hira and senior vice-president Jhuna Chowdhury were present.
Almost forty troupes are taking part in the festival. Some of the troupes will present dance recitals only, after the end of each day’s drama renditions. Monipuri dance will be presented today under Warda Rihab’s leadership by the Dhriti troupe.
Prior to that Narshingdi’s Bangla Natyam, University of Dhaka’s Loko Natyadal, Barnali Theatre, Utsho and Prachayant will present their dramas one after another.
