Dhaka, April 4 -- Members of a mosque committee and other local residents have blocked a theatrical performance in Gazipur's Kapasia Upazila.

A performance of a play titled "Apon Dulal" was scheduled at the Raniganj Udayan Sangha ground in Durgapur on Thursday.

Raniganj Udayan Sangha, the organiser of the performance, said it had made preparations to perform the show and had held rehearsals for the last month. Local cultural activists have been staging performances of plays, musicals, and folk ballads on the ground for the last 52 years. The cancelled performance was to be the 52nd annual performance.

Khandaker Shahadat Hossain, a local theatre activist and organiser, said he and other members of the group had been at the local bazaar ...