Fizza Hasan Artistic Director, Theatre Wallay First produced during the German occupation of France, Antigone is a story of resistance, of a young woman’s stand against an authoritarian ruler. Anouilh’s rewriting of the ancient Greek play turns it into a political and social commentary, as well as a moral one; this in turn makes it a play relevant to all […]
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Recently, the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and Theatre Wallay (TW) joined hands to use theater to raise awareness about issues faced by persons with disabilities (PWDs). We organized 5 performances – 3 in Islamabad, and 2 in Peshawar – of our play ‘Majboor Hum Ko Mat Kaho’ written and directed by Safeer Ullah Khan. Photos from some performances […]
Imran Iftikhar (Member Core Team, Theatre Wallay) reflects on his other-worldly relationship with Lata Mangeshkar I was on a plane when I first heard that Lata had passed away. I wasn’t really shocked – she was 92, had just contracted pneumonia and Covid, and had been on a ventilator for the past few weeks. It was the news that I’d […]
The art world has been extremely hard hit by the covid-19 pandemic over the last year and half. Cinemas and theatres have been in darkness and concert halls silent. Performers and artists have found themselves without work, and cultural activity of all kinds has been at a standstill. Under these circumstances, many spaces that lived off the art world have […]
Mr. I.A. Rehman didn’t sound too keen when I called him up, but he couldn’t refuse his friend, and I was learning to be something that didn’t come naturally to me – pushy.
by Adil Yousuf Life goes on. It is the tagline advertisement of modern hope. However, it doesn’t mean that the journey is smooth. This particularly appears true in the case of modern man, the child of enlightenment who lives in the era of buttons, available at his service at the cost of an imposed routine, a life whose success is […]
Theatre Wallay (TW), in collaboration with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, performed ‘Feminism Apna Apna’ to a sizeable crowd that could be accommodated in the small courtyard at the Farm at Banigala (Islamabad) with Covid2019 restrictions in place. The performance was held on March 16, 2021. Since ‘Aurat Azadi March’ has started in Pakistan, it generates a heated debate on social media […]
by Zehra Abid In a world where too many people are separated from their loved one’s today, people from both sides of the border have seized this opportunity to reconnect, digitally restoring long-severed ties with intellectual and cultural engagement online that bring together Indians and Pakistanis, finally, on the same forums. Aakhri Salute is a reminder of how unbreakable these bonds […]
Recently, Intellia Advisors approached Theatre Wallay (TW) to help them improve their team work by employing Improv games. We, Team Theatre Wallay, always believed that theater and improv games can do magic in boosting team spirit, improving team coordination, and helping people think out-of-the-box. This was a rare opportunity to prove our hypothesis which was there in our minds for […]
Theatre Wallay is a collective of theatre artists based in Islamabad, Pakistan. As the space for freedom of expression around them shrunk, these dreamers decided to create a safe space for the arts. A place that could serve as a hub of civil discourse, where debate could be held, where art could flourish and kids could learn to embrace diversity […]