PAST PROJECT
"School pupils [were] completely absorbed by the serious environmental tale... and the highly inventive physical and visual storytelling style and evocative soundscape - a really effective small-scale touring production."
Daniel Buckroyd,
Artistic Director, Mercury Theatre
DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST
The yolk of the sun is yet to start melting down the horizon over the Sundarbans - the dense mangrove forest that spreads from the southern shores of Bangladesh to the easternmost corner of West Bengal. A ship, an oil tanker, appears on the river, breaking through the wisps of fog. The ship is slowly sinking.
PERFORMED AT
Redbridge Drama Centre
Mercury Theatre
Drum Theatre
Dugdale Centre
Rich Mix
Half Moon
Blue Elephant
Stratford Circus
CREATIVES
Written and Produced by
Leesa Gazi
Directed by
Filiz Ozcan
Set Design by
Caitlin Abbott
Costume Design by
Bryony Taylor
Music and Sound Design by
Sohini Alam +
Khiyo
Thick, dark-gilded liquid seeps from the hulk, approaching the Sundarbans like the jaws of a dragon to swallow it. It will claim everything, choking trees and animals alike in its sticky coils. Enraged by the dark tide, vengeful demons awake in the souls of the Sundarbans tigers, and they begin to feast on humans who venture into the forest. Who will save them?
This is the tale of Bonbibi, a girl left in the Sundarbans as a child and raised by the creatures of the forest. Trouble looms when the greed of humans threatens nature, and conflict between man and beast becomes inevitable. She must embark on a quest to restore the balance between the two, and save the forest.
Previously researched and developed by Culturepot Global and Runi Khan for 'A Season of Bangla Drama' Festival.
Made with support from
Daughter of the Forest is an exciting and colourful adventure for all ages. Komola’s new family theatre piece creates the magical world of Bonbibi through puppetry, physical theatre and contemporary storytelling, with music by acclaimed British-Bengali band Khiyo.
