Garnering huge admiration from this year’s edition and a promise of another grand edition next year, the seven-day long national theatre festival ‘Notuner Utsab 2019’ concluded on Thursday evening in the capital.
The closing ceremony of the festival was held at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), where celebrated theatre personality Tariq Anam Khan, playwright professor Abdus Selim and senior members of the troupe Nagorik Natya Sampradaya were present as special guests.
Presided over by Abul Hayat, convener of the festival, vice president of Nagorik Natya Sampradaya Sara Zaker delivered speech at the programme.
This year, four renowned theatre personalities were honoured for their remarkable role in Bangladesh’s theatre activities at the closing ceremony of the festival. The recipients were, Ferdousi Mazumder, Lucky Enam, Jyotsna Biswas and Shimul Yousuf.
Regarding the festival, Abul Hayat said, “These past seven days, seven successful plays were staged with an incredible number of crowds. We are all really pleased for the support and also glad to honour these four celebrated artistes in Bangladesh’s theatre arena.”
Organised by Nagorik Natya Sampradaya, one of the prominent theatre troupes in the country, the festival was arranged with the support of Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Unilever, Berger Paints and Dhaka Bank Limited.
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