753 Mehedibag, Chittagong, Bangladesh

18th Issue April-June 2019

18th Issue April-June 2019

Recently BITA theatre Core Team re-staged Megher Vela. ‘Megher Vela’ theatre depicts a heart-rending narration of coastal people who survives through continuous life-struggle at the backdrop of climate change. This theatre production is made on the basis of news and feature on sad stories of displaced people caused by climate change published in different newspapers. Life-sketch of coastal Bangladesh and Orissa of India are mostly similar. Noted Theatre Director of India Subodh Patnaik mainly prioritized his experience of Orissya and coastal region of Chattogram centering climate demonstrates changed lifestyles of people due to shrimp culture hampering eco-system. Climate change resilience got much importance in the theatre. Sisir Dutta worked in planning where Subodh patnaik played as Director of the theatre. BITA staff and grassroots artists performed. In this spell, Megher Vela was displayed at different coastal upazilas like Sitakunda, Banskhali, Anwara, Ukhiya, Teknaf of Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar districts. This year, in the next performance, ‘Megher Vela’ will be displayed in coastal areas of Khulna and Bagerhat.


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