Theatre Wallay takes its latest production ‘Zard Patton Ka Bann’ to Karachi. It will be performed in Pakistan American Cultural Center (PACC) in Karachi on 7th and 8th April, 2018. Entry Free – Register here for free passes “Zard Paton Ka Ban” is a theatrical performance based on our experiences and perceptions of public space, and how public spaces are […]
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Theatre Wallay kept its tradition of its annaul Urdu literary event ‘Shaam e Sukhan’ alive. The 7th edition of Shaam e Sukhan was organized on Feb 25, 2018 at the Farm – TW Studio in Islamabad. It was titled “Goshay Mein Qafas Ke” (from the corner of the prison). This year TW decided to read excerpts/poems from books written during […]
Mezrab: On Saturday, 9th September, Theatre Wallay hosted an evening of classical music. Renowned sitar player Wajih Nizami, and Tabla maestro Irfan Khan serenaded us with soothing tunes and ragas dating back centuries. Mazaq Hi Mazaq Mein: A reading of humorous Urdu texts took place on Friday, 15th September. Original works by Shaukat Niazi, Asad Raza, and Safeer U Khan […]
Five performances, five standing ovations from over three thousand people and incredible audience reviews; Theatre Wallay’s 2017 tour to the United States was a resounding success. Theatre Wallay has been working since September of last year on its latest project “On Common Ground”. This project resulted from a collaboration between the group, Ithaca College Department of Theatre Arts, Oregon Shakespeare Festival […]
[huge_it_slider id=”7″] 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 – the title […]
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 by our city’s administrative policies. […]
As we were planning to organize our annual event ‘Shaam e Sukhan 2017’, our dear friend, a senior member of our team, Salman Haider went missing on Jan 06, 2017. That was a devastating incident not only for the the TW team, but also for his family, friends, and innumerable fans. Safeer and Salman (the organizers of Shaam e Sukhan) […]
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. Many foreigners working in Islamabad […]
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 signed up. As we had […]
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 (and by extension their parents) […]