Festival of in-house plays of Prachyanat which were initially staged on the rehearsal floor.
Original : RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
Author : Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Dramatization and Direction : Farhad Hamid
Premiere Show:
25 June, 2009
Prachyanat Rehearsal Floor, 22, Dilu Road, Magbazar, Dhaka -1217
‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is a tremendous epic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. We read this text as a short story in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) syllabus. As we present the story in our drama , an old sailor who happens to stop by a marriage ceremony while strolling tells the tale about his last journey to a curious young man. He tells how killing an Albatross changed the fate of his men and himself. Albatross is believed to bring good luck for the sailors but the old sailor killed an albatross in his journey a long ago . As a result, the sailors on the old man’s ship were cursed with scarcity of drinking water and died. The moral of the story is ‘one must have love for all the creations of God’.
I agree with the moral but I have also added a bit of my interpretation and thought in the storyline of this play. In my opinion, humans can sometimes bring blessings for others by sacrificing their own life.
The dialogues of this play are in English. I believe the performers gave good effort. Thanks to all performers on and off the stage who turned my dream into a reality.
Farhad Hamid
Heera Chowdhury (Old Sailor/ Columbus)
Asaduzzaman Suman (Young Man/ Edmond)
Sanjida Anwar Preeti (Linda/ Albatross/ Woman)
Shahriar Ferdous Sazeeb (Stanley/ Thunder Voice 1)
Kazi Rajesh (Charley/ Thunder Voice 2)
Allen Shuvro Gomes (Simon)
Hashnat Ripon (Peter)
Set and Light : Hashnat Ripon
Props : Jakir Hossain Jony
Costume : Sheikh Pavel Mehedi and Farhin Haque
Music : ABS Xem
Keyboard : Neel Kamrul
Percussion : Rifat Ahmed Nobel
Chorus : Farhin Haque and Sabrina Aupe
Translation Assistant : Jyotirmoy Das
Leaflet and Poster : Mumit Mahbub
Production Manager : Al-Amin Khandaker
Concept, Arrangement and Direction : Saiful Islam Jarnel and Monirul Islam Rubel
Premier Show:
12 October,2008
Prachyanat’s Rehearsal Floor, 22, Dilu Road, Magbazar, Dhaka -1217
Outer view inside the inner view
We are the men of one life
Yet, we have thousand minds
Life-death-joy-agony
Are the dreams of different colors
These are surrounded by drapes
Just like it is in a bioscope!
From daily life to the whole of it –
In Dreams
In Love
In Joy
In Faith
The effect and magnificence of the modern bioscope exist everywhere.
You and I may support it or not. Well, at least we can talk about it!
This is one such effort of us, to utter our thoughts.
It is only up to you to decide whether it has become ‘amazing’ or not.
Saiful Islam Jarnal and Monirul Islam Rubel
12.10.2008
Monirul Islam Rubel (Man 1)
Saiful Islam Jarnal ( Man 2)
Set : Rinkon Shikder
Light : Rafiqul Islam
Music : Shariful Islam, ABS Xem, Rifat Ahmed Nobel, Parvin Sultana Kolly, Neel Kamrul
Props : Ferdous Eti, Asaduzzaman Sumon, Al-Amin Khandaker
Choreography : Parvin Sultana Kolly
Photography, Leaflet and Poster : Mumit Mahbub
Play and Direction : Rinkan Shikdar
Premier Show:
02 December, 2008, Tuesday
Prachyanat’s Rehearsal Floor, 22, Dilu Road, Magbazar, Dhaka-1217
** This play is dedicated to the memory of Sanjiban Shikdar.
If it is known that he is no more,
then the search for him becomes as certain as death.
I heard, he was here once, so he went back …
But the quest still goes on
I search for him or for someone else
The quest does not end
Even after knowing the inevitable truth
There are some truths like the fairy tales
They are born out of faith, even though it is more than a truth
Yet, this quest goes on…
Keramat…oh… Keramat…
Rinkon Shikder
02.11.2008
Rifat Ahmed Nobel
Mohammad Rafique
Hashnat Ripon
Nasir Ahmed Shimanto
Akhtaruzzaman Shawon
Jayita Mahalanabish
Set : Rinkon Shikder
Light : Abul Hashnat Ripon
Music : Rifat Ahmed Nobel
Music Assistance : Saiful Jarnal, Bilkis Jahan Jaba, Jayita Mahalanabish, Ayesha Shanta, Farhin, Aupe, Sourov
Leaflet and Ticket : Mumit Mahbub
Production Manager : Asaduzzaman Suman
Play and Direction : Rinkon Shikder
Premiere Show:
31 July 2008, Thursday
Prachyanat’s Rehearsal Floor, 22, Dilu Road, Magbazar, Dhaka -1217
A conversation.
Me.
Us.
Our wholesomeness, our struggle of life, our fight for survival.
The questions that arise from the depth of mind…???
The answers…
They turn out to be some sonorous sensations whistling through the ether.
Obstacles …
Destiny…
Or opportunities …
I look beyond the window.
“May the Almighty Bless Us All”
Mitul Rahman
Rinkon Shikdar
Ayesha Begum Shanta
Set : Rinkon Shikdar
Set Arrangement : Jakir Hossain Jony
Light : Hashnat Ripon
Music : ABS Xem, Rifat Ahmed Nobel
Props, costume : Rinkon Shikdar, Bhola, Jaba, Shanta, Aditi
Production Manager : Asaduzzaman Suman
Play and Direction : Rantik Bipu
Premiere Show
3 July, 2008, Thursday
Prachyanat’s Rehearsal Floor, 22,Dilu Road, Maghbazar, Dhaka-1207
… This is a game, a game of leaves. In the open fields, under the banyan tree or by the bank of the dried up river would this game be arranged long ago. Snake poison would be soaked into the stem of a banana tree through worship and spells. The poison would pass into the leaves of the trees from the stem. In this game, each leaf was treated as a human individual. The snake charmer would then compete with each other to show how many leaves aka human bodies each could poison.
The tradition of this game is now almost extinct. The game is not set to play in the calm air of the late afternoon anymore. But, in another sense, is the tradition really lost? Or, is the game still being played within the society, just in an altered gesture, in a different pattern? In this set of inhouse play, we have been trying to seek for the truth of it in this whirl of time.
Rontik Bipu
Mohammad Rafique
Hashnat Ripon
Rifat Ahmed Nobel
Akhtaruzzaman Shawon
Mominur Rahman Monti
Jayita Mahalanabish
Ferdous Eti
Sabrina Aupe
Set, Light and Costume : Abul Hashnat Ripon
Light Projection : Allen Shubra Gomes
Music : Rifat Ahmed Nobel
Music Application : Uttam Chakrabarti, Saiful Jarnal, Ayesha Shanta, Neel Kamrul, Farhin Haque, Sushanta, Sohel, Opu, Nurul
Tune collection : Rantik Bipu, Neel Kamrul
Choreography : Snata Shahrin
Leaflet and Ticket : Mumit Mahbub
Production Manager : Hashnat Ripon
Concept and Direction : Heera Chowdhury
Premiere Show:
25 September, 2008
Prachyanat’s Rehearsal Floor, 22, Dilu Road, Magbazar, Dhaka -1207
Improvisation is a very common word in theatre. The actors apply the technique of improvisation to avoid any unexpected or accidental moment while acting on stage. Also, it is a very comprehensive exercise to practice improvisation for the learners and beginners in theatre. There is a belief that the person who improvises well is indeed a good actor. This play is a test of improvisation for the actors. May the audiences have patience and prayer for the performers.
Heera Chowdhury
Parvin Sultana Kolly
Rifat Ahmed Nobel
Set : Sumon Habib, Rifat Ahmed Nobel
Light : Abul Hashnat Ripon
Music : ABS Xem, Rifat Nobel, Shahriar Shaon
Costume and Choreography : Parvin Sultana kolly
Leaflet and Ticket : Mumit Mahbub
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