Artistes enact a scene from Ishsoror Dinlipi at Rabindra Bhawan. File picture

July 12: The city is waiting with bated breath to enjoy Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, on Sunday.

Produced by JB Production of Tezpur and directed by Amrit Borgohain, the play will be staged at Rabindra Bhawan on July 15 from 6pm.

It is said the play, the second of Ibsen’s realist plays, is a criticism of the 19th century marriage norms.

Nora, the protagonist of the play, represented the feminist message and rocked the stages of Europe when the play was premiered.

A city-based production house today said it was making a play based on lost childhood of students. It will be staged next month.

The rehearsal of Imman Amoni! Abeli produced by Oracle Entertainment, was staged yesterday in the presence of veteran actor Pranjal Saikia.

Producer Hitesh Mahanta said the play will highlight how children these days are deprived of their childhood because of tight work schedule from morning to evening which include going to school, attending coaching classes and doing homework.

This is the maiden attempt of the production house in theatre which otherwise works in various TV productions and advertisements.

The play, written and directed by Kushalkrishna Devgoswami, will be staged at Rabindra Bhawan on August 21 and 22 from 6.30pm.

“From now on, we will organise a play every year. Each of our plays will deal with some specific problems, including those of elderly people and teenagers in changing society,” Mahanta said.

“This year we have decided to come up with the problems faced by children. Problems of others will be highlighted in the years to come,” he said.

Mahanta said around 12 child artistes will perform in the play. The protagonist will be a 10-year-old girl who will be seen by the audience as a student who, after returning from school, cannot enjoy the afternoons because of homework and tuitions.

“We think it is a very relevant subject in today’s society where the kids are under tremendous pressure to make it to the top,” Mahanta said.