Theatre Art Unit will premiere its latest production “Na Manushi Jomin” tomorrow at 7pm, at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The troupe will also stage its third technical show of the play today at the same venue.
Saif Sumon, the director of the play adapted the story from Anisul Haque’s acclaimed novel with the same title.
The play depicts a number of underprivileged people whose lives are disrupted when they face eviction from their homeland. In order to start afresh, they try to enter another country and faces rejection from there as well. With no where else to go, the unfortunate group gets stranded in “No Man’s Land,” a neutral piece of land that belongs to no-one in particular and separates the borders of countries.
Among the group, a pregnant woman dies after giving birth to a baby. The individuals are then faced with the inevitable question, which country will the baby belong to?
The drama features Prasanta Halder, Sujon Rezaul, Hasnat Pradip, Syed Alik, Tania Chowdhury Shilpi, Shahnaz Shanu, Nuruzzaman Babu, Adib Mahmud, and Asif Mamun.
Theatre Art Unit was formed by late noted theatre activist SM Solaiman in 1992. From then on, the troupe has already brought 16 productions on-stage including acclaimed plays “Amina Sundari” and “Court Martial.”