Two visiting Indian troupes will stage their respective productions at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy as part of the ongoing five-day-long theatre festival arranged by Padatik Natya Sangsad (TSC).
Kolkata-based theatre troupe Aneek will stage Chi-kissa at the National Theatre Hall of the academy at 7.15pm. Chi-kissa, a theatrical adaptation of Molière’s comedy The Physician in Spite of Himself, depicts a drinking, gluttonous carpenter Doyal who makes life a living hell for his wife and family. As revenge for his sloppy existence, his wife, Doyel, plays a trick on him. She hears two servants working for a rich family mention that they need a doctor, and so she tells them that Doyal is the greatest doctor in the world. Amalesh Chakraborty has adapted this for stage while Malay Biswas has directed the farcical comedy.
Rangakarmee will present Antaryatra at the Experimental Theatre Hall. Directed and played by Usha Ganguli, the monologue depicts a whole history of Indian womanhood played out in large enough social space covering middle class homes and the urban working woman to the rural woman at extreme margins.
With the staging of two plays everyday, the festival will conclude on Saturday.
