A five-day-long zone-level theatre festival would be kicked off on January 8 in the premises of the Ganjam Kala Parishad in the city.
The festival would organise by the district administration and the Ganjam district cultural council along with city-based Odisha Natak Samaroha Samiti and Odisha Natya Sangha of Bhubaneswar. The Odisha Sangeet Natak Academy has provided fund Rs 2.5 lakh for the festival, official sources said.
Under the guidance of Ganjam Collector, a team has been constituted. The team headed by Brahmapur Sub Collector Bijay Kumar Das has seven members. Five teams of different districts would participate in the festival.
On January 8, theatre group Kalatirtha of Brahmapur would stage a drama ‘Nisanga Nayika’, while theatre group Creative Arts of Parlakhemundi would stage drama ‘Maa, Mati, Mamata’ on the very next day. On January 10, Sankhanada Sanskrutika Sangh of Boudh would enact a play ‘Jay Kisan, Jay Jawan’ while Sursangam Sanskrutika Sansad of Balangir would enact a play ‘Chaiti’ on the next day.
However, the last play would be performed by the Mahanadi Sahitya Sansad of Subarnapur on January 16.
A seminar on drama would also be conducted during the festival, said a official sources.