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 the second phase, the play […]
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 money to be made in […]
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. […]
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) […]