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Shilpakala theatre opens to public in December

AVIK SANWAR RAHMAN
The Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will open its experimental theatre hall to the audience in the first week of December.
"Last moment adjustments have been made and it is now ready to be opened to the public," said Ahmad Nazir, the director general of the academy.
To find out any faults with the hall before its opening, the academy staged a drama named 'Sea Morog' recently.
"We detected some flaws and those have been fixed, " said an official of the National Drama Theatre Construction Project.
The authorities are determined to finally inaugurate the experimental theatre hall as eight years have already passed after the foundation stone of the Jatiya Natyashala (National Drama Theatre) was laid in December 28, 1995.
According to the original project plan the Natyashala would be a seven storied build-
ing on 1,04,000 square feet with a conventional proscenium auditorium accommodating 750 people, an experimental theatre hall for 300 people, and an open-air amphitheatre.
There will be other facilities like administration and technical rooms, make-up room, theatre museum, library, seminar hall, rehearsal room, fitness room, audio video lab, photography lab, costume, sets and props stores.
The construction work was supposed to be completed in two phases. But fund crisis has hampered the original plan and adjustments were being made.
"The estimated expenditure of the first phase of the Natyashala is Tk.36 crore. Its deadline was June 2004, but we are completing it earlier than schedule," said the Nazir.
In the experimental hall, the artists will be able to perform any form of drama. It has been built as an open thrust theatre hall. The stage and the gallery are designed to move
according to the demand of the drama.
"The conventional Proscenium form requires the stage in front of the audience. The thrust form needs a stage which is used for our traditional 'Jatra' and the arena form needs a gallery encircling the stage," explained a project official.
The experimental hall has computerised lighting facilities, acoustic sound system and central air conditioning. The facilities have been designed to provide better service to the theatre groups and to promote quality drama.
"The maintenance cost of the hall per day will be Tk. 12,000. Part of the cost will be covered by the revenue earning from renting the facility which has been fixed at Tk.4,000 per show," said the academy's DG.
"We have to manage the rest of the money with earnings from the main auditorium. The main auditorium is expected to be completed by January next year which is also ahead of the deadline," he added.