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07-02-2016, 05:52 AM
Khwabon Ke Musafir, directed by Zia Mohyeddin, and written by the late Intizar Hussain, will kick off proceedings while Anwar Maqsood’s Siachen, directed by Dawar Mehmood, will close the festival.
CurtainRaiser
The inaugural edition of the upcoming 17-day long festival will bring together theatre’s biggest names.
Karachi
One can**t deny or reduce the importance and power of theatre, **t just as a medium of entertainment, but as a tool that can spread awareness about social, eco**mic and political issues. It can engage people in a fashion that informs as well as entertains. And though theatre isn’t as popular as say cinema, the past few years have seen an increase and shift in the audience.
While NAPA International Theatre Festival has remained a permanent fixture on the theatre calendar for the past few years, this year will see the birth of a**ther theatre initiative that should appeal to anyone who is remotely curious about the magnetic pull of the stage.
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The Arts Council Theatre Festival will make its inaugural appearance later this month in the city by the sea, Karachi. Beginning from July 22, the festival aims to bring together almost all of theatre’s big names including **tables like Zia Mohyeddin, Anwar Maqsood, Khalid Ahmed and Zain Ahmed (from NAPA), Sheema Kermani, Sunil Shankar and Sajid Hasan. Aside from the big names, the festival will also include young and promising directors who will be presenting their plays as well.
Scheduled to begin with Zia Mohyeddin’s play, Khwabon Ke Musafir - which has been written by the late Urdu literature master, Intizar Hussain – the 17-day long festival will come to an end on August 7 with Anwar Maqsood’s Siachen - a play that pays a tribute to Pakistani soldiers.
“When I approached Zia sahab for the festival, he gave his **d without wasting a minute,” Ahmed Shah, Festival Director told Instep on the sidelines of the press conference an**uncement on Thursday.
More good news is that NAPA’s Zain Ahmed and Khalid Ahmed will also be participating in the festival. “This is **t the first time that NAPA people have collaborated with the Arts Council; the two have been working together since the very beginning,” Ahmed **ted in a conversation with Instep.
Khalid Ahmed, meanwhile, will be presenting “two one-act plays; one before the interval and the other after that”, he told Instep. The first one, titled Naqal Makani (Shifting House) is penned by eminent writer Rajinder Singh Bedi while the second one, Marne Se Pehle Jannat is penned by Bee Gul, who is a TV writer and has written plays like Talkhiaan and Pehchan.
Other plays that will take center-stage during this festival include Tehrik-e-Niswan’s Manto Mera Dost and Jinnay Lahore Nahin Vekhya, Imran Aslam’s Choti Moti Tota aur S M Shahid (for children), which has been directed by Khalid Anam and Zain Ahmed’s Gurya Ghar, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.
NAPA’s Akbar Islam will also take part in the festival and will present his play Aarfy, which is an adaptation of Mary Chas’s Harvy. “The play is about an invisible character, Aarfy who is a rabbit,” Islam told Instep. He is also acting in the play and will be essaying the role of Aarfy’s friend. “It’s a comedy play but aims at highlighting some tough issues,” he **ted.
With such prominent directors participating, the festival is bound to be a success and the fact that it is open to the public for free is the cherry on top.
“The purpose of this festival is to promote arts and theatre in Pakistan,” Shah stated. “The festival is against all sorts of biases and aims to inform, educate and entertain the masses.”
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CurtainRaiser
The inaugural edition of the upcoming 17-day long festival will bring together theatre’s biggest names.
Karachi
One can**t deny or reduce the importance and power of theatre, **t just as a medium of entertainment, but as a tool that can spread awareness about social, eco**mic and political issues. It can engage people in a fashion that informs as well as entertains. And though theatre isn’t as popular as say cinema, the past few years have seen an increase and shift in the audience.
While NAPA International Theatre Festival has remained a permanent fixture on the theatre calendar for the past few years, this year will see the birth of a**ther theatre initiative that should appeal to anyone who is remotely curious about the magnetic pull of the stage.
http://apne.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/magazine/2016-07-02/132357_1_122844_mag.jpg
The Arts Council Theatre Festival will make its inaugural appearance later this month in the city by the sea, Karachi. Beginning from July 22, the festival aims to bring together almost all of theatre’s big names including **tables like Zia Mohyeddin, Anwar Maqsood, Khalid Ahmed and Zain Ahmed (from NAPA), Sheema Kermani, Sunil Shankar and Sajid Hasan. Aside from the big names, the festival will also include young and promising directors who will be presenting their plays as well.
Scheduled to begin with Zia Mohyeddin’s play, Khwabon Ke Musafir - which has been written by the late Urdu literature master, Intizar Hussain – the 17-day long festival will come to an end on August 7 with Anwar Maqsood’s Siachen - a play that pays a tribute to Pakistani soldiers.
“When I approached Zia sahab for the festival, he gave his **d without wasting a minute,” Ahmed Shah, Festival Director told Instep on the sidelines of the press conference an**uncement on Thursday.
More good news is that NAPA’s Zain Ahmed and Khalid Ahmed will also be participating in the festival. “This is **t the first time that NAPA people have collaborated with the Arts Council; the two have been working together since the very beginning,” Ahmed **ted in a conversation with Instep.
Khalid Ahmed, meanwhile, will be presenting “two one-act plays; one before the interval and the other after that”, he told Instep. The first one, titled Naqal Makani (Shifting House) is penned by eminent writer Rajinder Singh Bedi while the second one, Marne Se Pehle Jannat is penned by Bee Gul, who is a TV writer and has written plays like Talkhiaan and Pehchan.
Other plays that will take center-stage during this festival include Tehrik-e-Niswan’s Manto Mera Dost and Jinnay Lahore Nahin Vekhya, Imran Aslam’s Choti Moti Tota aur S M Shahid (for children), which has been directed by Khalid Anam and Zain Ahmed’s Gurya Ghar, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.
NAPA’s Akbar Islam will also take part in the festival and will present his play Aarfy, which is an adaptation of Mary Chas’s Harvy. “The play is about an invisible character, Aarfy who is a rabbit,” Islam told Instep. He is also acting in the play and will be essaying the role of Aarfy’s friend. “It’s a comedy play but aims at highlighting some tough issues,” he **ted.
With such prominent directors participating, the festival is bound to be a success and the fact that it is open to the public for free is the cherry on top.
“The purpose of this festival is to promote arts and theatre in Pakistan,” Shah stated. “The festival is against all sorts of biases and aims to inform, educate and entertain the masses.”
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