{"id":489,"date":"2017-07-17T21:48:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T21:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/?page_id=489"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:01:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T15:01:20","slug":"489-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/?page_id=489","title":{"rendered":"MAD BEES IN DHAKA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April, supported by the Arts Council\/British Council Artist&#8217;s International Development Fund, I went to Dhaka, Bangladesh, to workshop my play MAD BEES RIOT IN THE LIGHT.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t had time yet to properly put together a narrative of the whole trip, but here are some images I tweeted at the time. Hopefully they give you a flavour of the amazing time we had.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<div id=\"attachment_493\" style=\"width: 914px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4556-e1500328320546.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-493\" class=\"size-large wp-image-493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4556-1024x746.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"904\" height=\"659\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AIDF workshop, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka. photo: Niazul Islam<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just arriving home after a dream <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AIDF?src=hash\">#AIDF<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BritishCouncil\">@BritishCouncil<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ace_national\">@ace_national<\/a> trip to Bangladesh to workshop my play <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MADBEESRIOTINTHELIGHT?src=hash\">#MADBEESRIOTINTHELIGHT<\/a> &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zW4Ddcvwhb\">pic.twitter.com\/zW4Ddcvwhb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Musgrave (@BenMusgrave1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenMusgrave1\/status\/855015784053133312\">April 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A wonderful company capture magic, heartbreak and chaos in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MadBees?src=hash\">#MadBees<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AIDF?src=hash\">#AIDF<\/a> workshop at Shilpakala. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ace_national\">@ace_national<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bdBritish\">@bdBritish<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BritishArts\">@BritishArts<\/a> &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bPcPWi3zaQ\">pic.twitter.com\/bPcPWi3zaQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Musgrave (@BenMusgrave1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenMusgrave1\/status\/855018135736516609\">April 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our intl team in thrilling collaboration, bringing together artists from across the Bd theatre scene. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AIDF?src=hash\">#AIDF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BritishArts\">@BritishArts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ace_national\">@ace_national<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3if5ge31CJ\">pic.twitter.com\/3if5ge31CJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Musgrave (@BenMusgrave1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenMusgrave1\/status\/855019966604738561\">April 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All power to incredible Rosamunde Hutt, Ishrat Nishat, Naila Azad, who made something from nothing in 3 days <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AIDF?src=hash\">#AIDF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BritishArts\">@BritishArts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bdBritish\">@bdBritish<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NNgoIyhx1C\">pic.twitter.com\/NNgoIyhx1C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Musgrave (@BenMusgrave1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenMusgrave1\/status\/855024909491286017\">April 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ro\">Magnificent Imogen (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForeignBodyPlay\">@ForeignBodyPlay<\/a> ) and Lisa in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MADBEES?src=hash\">#MADBEES<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AIDF?src=hash\">#AIDF<\/a> showing at EMK centre in Dhaka. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5jJtYaE9ZV\">pic.twitter.com\/5jJtYaE9ZV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Musgrave (@BenMusgrave1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenMusgrave1\/status\/856093707417903105\">April 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April, supported by the Arts Council\/British Council Artist&#8217;s International Development Fund, I went to Dhaka, Bangladesh, to workshop my play MAD BEES RIOT IN THE LIGHT. 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