Prachyanat
Prachyanat - প্রাচ্যনাট
Founded1997
FounderAzad Abul Kalam
TypeTheatre
Headquarters278/3, Kataban Dhal, New Elephant Road, Dhaka 1205. (Beside Ashta Byanjan Hotel)
Location
  • Kataban, Dhaka
Area served
Worldwide
ProductPromote knowledge of Art and culture through performance.
Websitehttps://prachyanat.com

Prachyanat is a theatre group of Bangladesh founded in 1997.[1]

Productions

In the last twenty five years Prachyanat had fifteen full length productions. Among these, two plays are written by the members of Prachyanat. One play of Prachyanat is a translated version of A Man for All Seasons, by the British playwright Robert Bolt.[2] Another play of Prachyanat is "Gondar" (The Rhinoceros) from playwright Eugene Ionesco.[3] In 2009 Prachyanat brought out a modernist version of Rabindranath’s symbolic play Raja ebong Onnanno.[4] In 2009, Ibsen’s play "Punarjonmo" was made.[5] Another is "The Hairy Ape", which is written by Eugene O'Neill and directed by Barker Bakul.[6] Koinna, a play which is directed by Azad Abul Kalam, Murad Khan's script is based on a myth from the north-west of Bangladesh about ‘Koinnapir’.[7] A play titled "Kinu Kaharer Thetar" is performed which is written by Manoj Mitra and directed by Kaji Taufiqul Islam Imon.[8] In 2010, Prachyanat staged titled "Mayer Mukh", a translation of Arnold Wesker’s play.[9] In the year of 2014, Prachyanat produced a play titled "Tragedy of Polashbari", script and directed by Azad Abul Kalam.[10]

Prachyanat Musical Ensemble

Prachyanat has a strong musical team. Prachyanat Musical Ensemble is a group with a fluid membership, mostly theatre performers with musical abilities rather than professional musicians. Its first performance was in 2002.[11] It specializes in the folk music of Bangladesh and West Bengal, and also renders popular songs from Prachyanat's plays, such as "Matitey Milay Matir Manush" from A Man for All Seasons, and others from Circus Circus and Koinya.[12][13]

The musical ensemble took their production Phul, Phaki O Nodi'r Gaan (Music of the flowers, birds and rivers) on tour to Kathmandu, Nepal. The five-day tour in July 2009 was at the invitation of the out-going Bangladeshi Ambassador, Imtiaz Ahmed. Pieces performed included Shah Abdul Karim's song "Jhilmil jhilmil" as well as new compositions. According to a review in The Himalayan Times, "most of the numbers had an ethnic folk touch and the musicians played traditional as well as modern instruments".[12][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Prachyanat. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Prachyanat staged 'A Man for All Seasons'". The Daily Star. 28 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Prachyanat stages Kinu Kaharer Thetar". New Age. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Rabindra Theatre Fest '11". The Daily Star. 15 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Punorjonmo (When We Dead Awaken)". Prachyanat.
  6. ↑ "Prachyanat stages Bon Manush". Daily Sun. Dhaka. 3 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Prachyanat stages 'Koinna' Aug 13". The Independent. Dhaka.
  8. ↑ http://newagebd.net/28985/prachyanat-stages-kinu-kaharer-thetar/#sthash.QAQNZmAt.dpbs
  9. ↑ "Prachyanat to stage Mayer Mukh". Dhaka Tribune.
  10. ↑ "'Tragedy Palashbari' to be staged in Kolkata Int'l Theatre Fest". The Independent. Dhaka.
  11. ↑ "Musical Ensemble". Prachyanat. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Prachyanat's Musical Ensemble to go to Nepal". The Daily Star. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  13. ↑ Mahmud, Jamil (12 June 2011). "'A Man for All Seasons': When Silence Doesn't Mean Consent". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Bangladeshi beats and art". The Himalayan Times. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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