TheatrEX Bangladesh is all set to stage its debut production Kobor by Munier Chowdhury today at the venue where the play was first staged for public viewing—Curzon Hall. To mark the month of language movement and paying tribute to the intellectual martyr Munier Chowdhury, TheatrEX comes up to revive history by staging the play at the momentous venue after six decades.
Munier finished writing Kobor on January 17, 1953 and the drama was staged on February 21 on the same year in the prison cell where he was captivated. In 1956, Kobor was staged publicly at Curzon.
Directed by Nila Saha, designed by Sudip Chakroborthy, the story is based on the brutal killing of the Language Movement of 1952.
“We have put emphasis on the art design of the stage. We used countless roots of trees on stage, as a symbol of our language. The roots define our identity and the stage has been set up as a broken graveyard to give an ambiance of the darkness and fear of the grave,” said chief director of TheatrEX, Sudip Chakroborthy.
Along with twelve former students from the department of Theatre and Performance Studies, TheatrEX has staged Kobor on February 21-22 in Belonia, India.
Sudip Chakroborthy, a multitalented and passionate theatre activist, has recently founded TheatrEX with the aim to give a platform for theatre practice to the ex-students of DU theatre department. The troupe aims to bring together and produce outstanding theatre that entertains, inspires, challenges and informs both audiences and participants alike. The promising theatre troupe participates in national and international seminars, discussions, workshops in home and abroad.
