Entertainment Desk

Noted theatre troupe BotTala will stage their two acclaimed productions at Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Bangladesh Mahila Samity in the capital today. The two plays “Bannyatherium” and “Rise and Shine” will be staged at 11:00am and at 7:00pm respectively.

“Bannyatherium” is adapted from Sukumar Ray’s story “Heshoram Hushiyarer Diary”. The play is scripted and directed by Ivan Riaz. The play revolves around a zoological organisation “Wild Vision” that discovers a new, strange cow species. Under orders from the company’s president, Haru, the cow is captured. Finding such exotic and rare creatures makes Wild Vision famous. Miss Hooky, a wildlife trader, rushes to the news; she wants to find more cows.

Meanwhile, Chandrakhai, the nephew of the famous researcher Professor Heshoram Hushiyar, brings strange animal and nature discoveries. Chandrakhai himself is a scientist, researcher and nature lover. Hearing the story of Professor Heshoram’s strange expedition from Chandrakhai, other organisations and scientists also chase after it, without concern for nature. As they pursue profit, they ignore the consequences for oxygen, the food cycle and future generations and start dreaming of turning the green nature gray.

The cast of the play includes Taufique Hasan Bhuiyan, Mahbub Masum, Hafiza Akter Zhuma, Nongor Rasel, Muhammad Sayeed, Evan Riaz, Sumit Tewary, KM Muttakee, Shahadot Hossain and others.

On the other hand, “Rise and Shine” is adapted from Italian playwright Dario Luigi Angelo Fo and his wife Franca Rame play in the same, Muhammad Sayeed directed the production. Eminent academic, writer and translator Abdus Selim translated the play into Bangla.

The original play was about a female factory worker and the play “Rise and Shine” also revolves around the struggles of a young female factory worker. Kazi Roksana Ruma has portrayed the lead character in this drama while Taufique Hassan, Hafiza Akter Zhuma, and Shahnewaj Efte have played the chorus.