Dhaka: Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in association with Jatra Biroti, is bringing a cultural highlight to the interested audience during Ramadan with a unique performance of Austrian writer Peter Handke’s novel ‘Storm Still’ combining elements of literature, music and theatre.

The performance will be staged on 25 June at Goethe Institut auditorium in Dhanmondi and again on 26 June at Jatra Biroti in Banani’s Kamal Ataturk Avenue.
Both of the show will be started at about 8:00pm.

The audience will get free entrance on first come, first serve basis.

The novel was adapted for the stage by musician Varun Kishore and actor Tanaji Dasgupta. Varun Kishore composed the music which creates a new environment for the text. Tanaji Dasgupta interprets the text visually.

Peter Handke’s many works of fiction include The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1969), which was later made into a film by Wim Wenders, and The Left-Handed Woman (1978), which was made into a film by Handke himself and was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He is also a writer of acclaimed plays, including Till Day You do Part, or a Question of Light (English translation published by Seagull Books, 2010). In 2012, Storm Still received the Muelheim Dramatists Prize, the Nestroy Award for ‘Best Piece’ and was adjudged the ‘Piece of the Year’ by the prestigious Theater magazine.

Peter Handke has won numerous prestigious awards including the America Award in Literature (2002) and the Franz Kafka Prize (2009). In 2014, he won the International Ibsen Award. The awards ceremony included a German performance of Storm Still, using the English translation by Martin Chalmers (Seagull Books, 2014) as subtitles.