Loko Natyadal’s most popular theatre production “Konjush” will be staged at the American Association of Community Theatre World Fest on June 17 and 18 in Florida, USA. Stage dramas from seventeen countries including Australia, Italy, Argentina, Canada, China, Russia and others are taking part in the international prestigious festival. The theatre troupe informed, the 646th and the 647th staging of the play will be staged on the occasion.
The play “Konjush” is an adaptation of “The Miser,” by the famous French playwright Moliere. Popular theatre personality and veteran actor Tarik Anam Khan has adapted the play while Liaquat Ali Lucky, the troupe president and the director general of BSA, directed the drama.
It portrays a “Dhakaiya” (a resident of old Dhaka) as central character, a rich and hilarious old man named Haider Ali whose local Dhaka accent language punches into the play. Through Haider Ali’s story, “Konjush” attacks the selfish and opportunistic tendencies of the privileged class.