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A theatre group will help to change yourself first, then others too

By Mehedi Shamim | 31 Aug, 2022

A theatre group will help to change yourself first, then others too
In school, I was into cultural activities. I used to perform at Udici, and Shilpokola Academy. Whenever Pohela Boishak, Bijoy Dibosh, or Ekushe February was coming. We used to prepare ourselves to perform the show on stage. That time was so colourful and festive. We learned about our liberation war, the language movement, and much more. I have realized that theatre can be an important tool to mobilize people to create a social movement against different social causes.
TIB has allowed me to perform at people’s theatres. It was a great platform to spread anti-corruption messages across 45 locations in our country. I was part of the Madaripur district later in Dhaka. We are picked up through a rigorous process to use drama as means of reaching out to the community with powerful messages to fight corruption in health, education, local government, land, and climate finance areas.
We staged a street theatre show 43 times in different places in Madaripur and Dhaka. We reached almost 42 thousand people with the thoughts of the anti-corruption social movement. Those were the big things of my life I had experienced in my school and college time. I could recall so many people at that time who was a part of our movement.
This initiative helped me understand how to transform information into a story and engage people with something that makes a difference. I will suggest to everybody that if you want to build your career in the marketing profession, you should join theatre at least once in your life. It will teach you a lot. The process of performing a theatre show is thoughtful. It will make you understand the power of every little thing that you need to communicate effectively.
On top of that, if you get a chance to get involved with a theatre that works for creating awareness and social movement, that would be a blessing for you because we all should give back something to the community. And a theatre group will help to change yourself first, then others too.
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