Theatre Groups
Theatre Groups organisations that perform plays. herasim steppanovich lebedeff established the first Natyagosthi in calcutta in 1795, which made zamindars (landlords) and connoisseurs of drama interested in the theatre so that they began establishing one dramatic club after another. Though the people of dhaka did not response to the theatre with much enthusiasm as the people of Calcutta, a number of dramatic groups eg, namely Illisium Theatre (1888), Crown Theatre (1890-92), etc, were established in Dhaka during the pre-partition period. Some of the drama groups worth mentioning that were established outside Dhaka are Khulna Theatre (1900), Coronation Dramatic Club, Tangail (1911), Dinajpur Natya Samiti (1913), etc. Dramatic Clubs and groups established after the partition of India in 1947 in Dhaka include Habib Productions (1952), Drama Circle (1955), Kheyali Group Theatre (1969), etc. A number of dramatic groups became active in independent Bangladesh after 1971, which gave a new momentum to the theatre movement. Short list of some dramatic clubs those are popularly known as below:
| Name | Place | year |
| Baghbazar Amateur Theatre | Kolkata | 1867 |
| Great National Theatre | Kolkata | 1873 |
| Ilishiam Theatre | Dhaka | 1888 |
| Crown Theatre | Dhaka | 1890-1992 |
| Diamond Jubilee Theatre | Dhaka | 1897 |
| Khulna Theatre | Khulna | 1900 |
| Coronation Dramatic Club | Tangail | 1911 |
| Dinajpur Natya Samiti | Dinajpur | 1913 |
| Gananatya Sangha | Bangalore | 1941 |
| Habib Productions | Dhaka | 1952 |
| Drama Circle | Dhaka | 1956 |
| Nabarupi | Dinajpur | 1963 |
| Shikha Sangsad | Rangpur | 1966 |
| Nagarik Natya Sampraday | Dhaka | 1968 |
| Kheyali Group Theatre | Barisal | 1969 |
| Aranyak Natyadal | Dhaka | 1971 |
| Theatre (Baily Road) | Dhaka | 1972 |
| Natyachakra | Dhaka | 1972 |
| Baguda (Bogra) Theatre | Bogra | 1972 |
| Bahubachan | Dhaka | 1972 |
| Theatre (Arambagh) | Dhaka | 1972 |
| Dhaka Theatre | Dhaka | 1973 |
| Arindam Natya Sampraday | Chittagong | 1974 |
| Tirjak Natyadal | Chittagong | 1974 |
| Ganayan Natya Sampraday | Chittagong | 1975 |
| Jatrik Natyagosthi | Comilla | 1975 |
| Rangarup Natya Academy | Dhaka | 1975 |
| Narayanganj Theatre | Narayanganj | 1976 |
| Nandanik Natya Sampraday | Dhaka | 1977 |
| Barisal Natak | Barisal | 1977 |
| Janantik Natya Sampraday | Comilla | 1978 |
| Dhaka Little Theatre | Dhaka | 1978 |
| Tarun Sampraday | Sirajganj | 1978 |
| Padatik Natya Sangsad | Dhaka | 1978 |
| Shabdabali Group Theatre | Barisal | 1978 |
| Ananya '79 | Kushtia | 1979 |
| Anushilan Natyadal | Rajshahi | 1979 |
| Bodhan Theatre | Kushtia | 1979 |
| Dhaka Padatik | Dhaka | 1980 |
| Baguda (Bogra) Natyagosthi | Bogra | 1980 |
| Lokanatya Dal | Dhaka | 1981 |
| Sandhani Natyachakra | Sylhet | 1981 |
| Anirban Sanskritik Sangathan | Darshana | 1983 |
| Surma Theatre | Sylhet | 1983 |
| Natyakendra | Dhaka | 1990 |
| Tirjak Natya Gosthi (Chittagong) | Chittagong | 1990 |
| Faridpur Theatre | Faridpur | 1990 |
| Theatre (Topkhana) | Dhaka | ? |
| Theatre '73 | Chittagong | 1973 |
[Shamima Akhter]
See also theatre stage.
