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 […]
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 […]
Theatre Wally (TW) bring you the Acting Class every Monday and Thursday. It is a 3-month course starting on August 04, 2020. We will keep physical distance and provide sanitizers. Handwashing facility has always been there. Anyone and everyone should attend these basic level acting classes even if they are not planning to adopt acting as a career. The Acting […]
Rung School of Music and Arts and Theatre Wally bring you the Acting Class every Tuesday and Thursday. It is a 3-month course starting on February 04, 2020. Anyone and everyone should attend these basic level acting classes even if they are not planning to adopt acting as a career. The Acting Class will help you gain confidence to speak […]
Zindagi Tamasha is a new film – everything about this film is new or at least relatively new. Khoosat Films is a new company, Sarmad Khoosat and Kanwal Khoosat, though not new to films or theater, but definitely new producers. Almost all the actors are new actors – Arif Hassan, Eman Suleman, Ali Kureshi are new actors and it is […]
Theatre Wallay, in collaboration with Migrant Resource Center (MRC), performed its new production ‘Bhago – A Play on Illegal Migration’ at various venues in Gujranwala, Gujrat, and Mandi Bahauddin – 3 performances in each district. It toured the target districts in Dec 2019. Illegal migration, helped by a network of human smugglers, is a decades old phenomenon in Pakistan. illegal […]