The name “Theatre Wallay” literally translates to “theatre people”. The group was formed in 2005, but got its name in 2011, after a four-hour long conference call consisting of five people, three ...
Read more »"On Common Ground" is a collaboration between Theatre Wallay, Ithaca college theatre department and Oregon Shakespeare Company. The project aims to explore public spaces and people's changing relationships ...
Read more »It was an outcome of our project Voices of Partition. TW tea collected stories of Partition, and developed this play. It was performed in Urdu in Pakistan, and in English in USA.
Read more »Here is your opportunity to connect with Theatre Wallay team, and learn the basics of theater performance. Remember! there would be no lectures or presentations but a lot of fun activities and exercises. Age Limit: Minimum age 16 years, there is no bar on maximum age. We have limited seats. Book in advance by filling […]
Theater Wallay performed its latest production “Aao Drama Dekhen” at the Farm – TW Studio on 11th and 12th March 2017. The performance consisted of two one-act plays written by Saadat Hassan Manto in 1930s. Manto had written these comedies for radio; Theatre Wallay decided to stage them. He wrote a series of 10 plays […]
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Theatre Wallay started its project Voices of Partition in December 2014, and completed it in November 2015. In the first phase, the stories of partition survivors were collected, and a play titled ‘Dagh Dagh Ujala’ was developed based on those stories. The play was performed in Islamabad and Lahore in April and May 2015. In […]
by Fizza Hasan The number of theatre groups in Pakistan I can count on the fingers of one hand. Two in Karachi, I think, a couple in Lahore, and our group in Islamabad. Over the years there have been a few groups that have popped up and then disappeared when they realized there was no […]
by Atif Siddique Pakistanis love chicken. See, for a country still struggling with poverty, chicken is kind of a treat. I’m not bringing this up because of our legitimate love for food. This is actually about having a third space to do theatre. Ok, so we’re a theatre group. And we’ve been recently rendered homeless […]
Theatre Wallay organized performances of two short plays of Anton Chekhov in Islamabad on 19th and 20th November 2016. The performances were held in Aiwan-e-Quaid Auditorium in F-9 Park. The two selected plays were “The Proposal” and “The Bear”. It was a well-attended event. TW came up with an English performance after a long time. […]
A workshop titled ‘Theater Basics for Beginners’ was organized by Safeer Ullah Khan – a member of PUAN (IVLP 2013). Financial support was provided by PUAN and US Embassy Islamabad, while technical support was provided by Theatre Wallay – an Islamabad based theater group. The workshop was announced through Facebook, and more than 35 people […]
Theatre Wallay engaged children aged 10-18 year old through its project ‘Theatre for Tolerance and Peace.’ The project was implemented with support from Critical Connections USA, Karuna Center for Peace, and Peace and Education Foundation. It was a pilot project – 6 months long – to make experimental use of theater techniques to engage children […]
Report by Ammar Khalid Theatre Wallay held their annual tribute to Urdu literature, Shaam e Sukhan, at Go Organic (in Islamabad, Pakistan) on January 20, 2016. Shaam e Sukhan has been a regular feature of our annual calendar for which we gather and celebrate Urdu literature. This was the fourth edition of the annual event. […]
