A new theatre troupe named Mad Thetar (yes, you read right) comprising of playwright Asadul Islam, his wife Sonia Hassan and their daughter Arya Meghdut recently began its journey in performance art.
Mad Thetar is set to stage its first production Naddiu Natim, a play based on literary great Humayun Ahmed’s novel Ke Kotha Koy.
Asadul Islam has directed the play with the assistance of Anisul Haque Barun while Foyez Zahir has designed the set and lighting with Sonia Hasan in charge of costumes. The score is composed by Arya Meghdut. The play will be staged on Saturday, January 23 at 6:30pm at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The play, Naddiu Natim was inaugurated on October 30, last year.
The storyline of Naddiu Natim revolves around a man named Matin who thinks of himself as a poet. Gradually, he turns himself into Naddiu Natim, an eccentric poet who is in love with his classmate Nishu. However, due to financial constraints, Matin calls off his urge to write, temporarily, and takes up a well-paid job as a private tutor for an intellectually challenged child named Komol. The child shares a secret with Matin which brings him to a point where he has to make a serious choice between life and death.
Tickets for the play are available online at ticketchai.com.