A week-long national theatre festival is being organised in the city under Rangmandal series of theatre at Bharat Bhavan.
The festival would present seven different plays of unlike genres before the audiences. The festival would begin from Thursday and would conclude here on October 23. Notably, eight theatre personalities from different cities of the country would present plays before the Bhopalites. The festival would begin on Thursday with a play ‘Hum Mukhtara’. The play is directed by a noted theatre artiste Usha Ganguly. It would be staged by the artistes of Rangkarmi Natya Sanstha Kolkata.
On October 18 ‘Bare Foot in Ethane’ would be staged at Bharat Bhavan, Antrang Auditorium. The play is directed by a noted and distinguished theater personality of lucknow Rajesh Bisariya. The play would be staged by The Theatre Workshop, lucknow.
On October 19, another play ‘Evam Indrajeet’ would be presented. Directed by another renowned theatre personality Satyavat Rout, the play would be staged by Avarth Theatre Group, Hyderabad. The festival would be followed with the play ‘Gasha’ staged on October 20. Directed by Abhishek Majumdar, the play would be presented by the artists of Indian Ensemble Theatre Group, Bengalore.
On October 21, play ‘Mohan Das’ would be staged. Directed by Rajendra Nath, the play would be staged by the artists of Sri Ram Centre, New Delhi. The festival would be followed with the play, ‘Jahaji’ that would be staged on October 22. The play is being directed by Randheer Kumar and would be presented by the artists of Raag Theatre Group, Patna.
The event would conclude on October 23 with an English play translated to Punjabi language ‘The last Day’. Directed by Neelam Maan Singh Choudhry, the play w would be presented by The Company Theatre Group, Chandigargh. It would be a treat for the theatre-goers of the city to watch Urdu plays of different genre under a single festival.