Dhaka, July 22 -- A new theatrical production is bringing together protest, puppetry, and Rabindranath Tagore's poetry in a bold artistic reimagining of resistance.

Titled 'Aguni', the musical puppet drama, directed and conceptualised by actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed, is set to premiere on August 8 at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy with support from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, said a press release.

At the heart of 'Aguni' lies Rabindranath Tagore's 'Roktokorobi', a work long associated with anti-authoritarian thought.

But Nawsaba has reshaped it, interweaving stories from Bangladesh's history of resistance, from farmers' movements to the July 2024 uprising to create what she describes as "a symbolic and...