kobita bikel
Embrace the world through art
Bangla
Fest
Sydney
2019
November 2 Wiley Park 2 -10 PM
An initiative to showcase Bangla art forms through
performance poetry, classical and folk music,
contemporary dance, drama and
theatricals acts, photography exhibition, and films.
Event support by NSW government.
MOUSHUMI BHOWMIK
Songs Unbound
Kolkata based acclaimed singer, song writer, researcher Moushumi Bhowmik will perform and talk about her journey through the rich and varied folk music of Bengal for the Travelling Archive project capturing field and home recording of ‘Songs Unbound’
Music | Amphitheater | 8 PM | Free
Soliloquy for an unknown river
JOHN PROBHUDAN and Friends
A musical journey performed by John and his friends in a soliloquy interweaving introspective verses and songs of the unknown Bengali song-smith, Tothagoto Cohen.
Music | Amphitheater | 7:40 PM | Free
দেবী সর্পমস্তা
Debi Sorpomosta
AANGIK THEATRE
Presented in traditional pre-colonial "Paala" form, Debi Sorpomosta, is less of a story of a mythical goddess but a tale of greed, power, love and nature.
Play : Manoj Mitra, Design : Rahul Ganguly
Drama | Amphitheater | 7 PM | Free
হাড়েরও ঘরখানি
House of carcasses
kobita bikel
A house that has taken the blood and lives of our dear ones to be built – is now swarmed with worms and weeds. How we wish it gets scorched with the fire of our rage! kobita bikel presents a poetical representation of Rudro Muhammad Shahidullah’s much referenced poem “Harer-o Ghorkhani” that depicts the frustration and wrath of a generation.
Performance poetry | Amphitheater | 6:30 PM | Free
টোনা টুনির দেশে
Where the Sparrows are
kobita bikel : Parompora
kobita bikel kids will take the audience through a musical journey traversing time to the days of innocence.
Script and Design : Tamima Shahreen
Rhymes | Amphitheater | 4:30 PM | Free
নিঠুর বনে বিধুর নিরুপম
The Ballad of a Geek
A DEBASHIS DAS film
Gittu, an introvert milkman, regularly goes to an abandoned local temple to smoke after delivering milk from door to door. While smoking in solitude, he gets to know the secret of the temple.
Film | 2 PM | Amphitheater | Free
Heros of Life
Photographs of GMB AKASH
‘Heroes of life’ is real life experiences of some incredible human beings who encounter hardship, suffering and struggles but always find their way to love and light. They belong to the lowest chunk of the society and their voices and stories remain unheard and undiscovered.
Akash tells human stories through lens and intends to be the voice of the voiceless. Born and brought up in Bangladesh, Akash has won over 80 international awards and his work has been featured in over 70 international publications, including The Guardian, Vogue, The Sunday Times, Marie Claire and The Economist to name a few.
Exhibition | All day | Horizon Theatre Studio | Free
Contact
KOBITA BIKEL (INC1800592) is an amateur ensemble, nurturing and upholding Bangla culture and literature though performance arts targeted towards Bangla speaking diaspora in inner western Sydney. The group runs quarterly indoor literary sessions, annual performing arts workshops, public performance and multicultural events with a vision to tell the stories of the migrants and their second generation as they work towards shaping up an intricate, global identity of their own.
General queries : +61 425 353 570 | Stalls : +61 426 502 247 | Performing acts: +61 422 714 678
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