International Ibsen Conference : Socio-political Aspects of Ibsen's Plays
The international conference will include scholars and theatre practitioners from Asia, Europe and Africa. Keynote speaker will be Merete Morken Andersen, novelist and writer of The Ibsen's Handbook, Norway. There will be three main speakers: Mitsuya Mori, professor, Department of Art Studies, Seijo University, Tokyo, Japan, Jon Nygaard, professor, Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo, Norway and Munzur-i-Mowla, poet and writer, Bangladesh. The conference will take place during the period 11-13 May at Hotel Purbani International in Dhaka.

Theatre festival : Staging Ibsen in Asia
The festival will include theatre troupes from Bangladesh, India, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan and Taiwan. There will be performances every day at 19.15 during the period 11-20 May. Venue: National Theatre Auditorium, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka.

Theatre festival : Ibsen's Plays through Young Eyes
This festival will provide opportunity to learn how the young generation in Bangladesh interprets Ibsen's plays, and it includes productions made by several theatre groups of the country, including from five public universities, notably Chittagong, Dhaka, Jahangirnar, Khulna and Rajshahi. There will be performances every day at 17.00 during the period 11-17 May Venue: Experimental Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka.

Exhibition : Images of Ibsen's Life and Plays
The exhibition will feature works by 32 master and young painters of Bangladesh who have been assigned to make paintings on the basis of Ibsen's plays. The exhibition will also include documentary material on Henrik Ibsen's life and work. The exhibition will be inaugurated on 10 May at 17.30 by HE Aud Lise Norheim, Ambassador of Norway to Bangladesh. The exhibition will be open to the public daily 10.00-17.00 during the period 11-20 May. Venue: National Art Gallery, Fine Arts Department, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka.
 
Exhibition : To be a poet is to see - Ibsen in our time
Exhibition showing the socio-political aspects of Ibsen's production and their continuing relevance today, produced for Ibsen Year 2006 by The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History/The Henrik Ibsen Museum in Oslo for the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The exhibition will be open to the public daily 10.00-17.00 during the period 11-20 May. Venue: National Art Gallery, Fine Arts Department, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka.
 
Film shows : Ibsen Crossing Borders
There will be a series of film shows with feature films and documentaries everyday at 17.30 during the period 11-15 May. The film shows will open with the documentary Ibsen in Bangladesh directed by Faridur Rahman. Visual artist Mustafa Monwar will inaugurate the event on 11 May at 17:30, Fine Arts Department, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka.

Activities at universities : Ibsen Moving with Academia
Five public universities of Bangladesh are arranging a series of seminars on the same theme as the international conference, Socio-political Aspects of Ibsen's Plays. Each university is also staging one of Ibsen's plays in Bangla.

• Ibsen Commemoration Committee of Academicians, Chittagong: Seminar and staging of Rosmersholm on 26 January.

• Khulna University: Seminar and staging of An Enemy of the People on 4 March.

• Jahangirnagar University: Seminar on 16 April and staging of Love's Comedy on 17-18 April.

• Rajshahi University: Seminar and staging of John Gabriel Borkman on 20 April.
  Dhaka University: Seminar 26 April and staging of The Lady from the Sea on 9 May.