Between the 23rd of October and the 14th of December 2025, Theatre Wallay staged 7 performances of its new play Do Dafa Ka Zikr Hai (Twice Upon a Time). Supported by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Islamabad, this original production marked another step in our ongoing journey of taking quality theatre beyond the major cities. Designed […]
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Fizza Hasan’s Interview published in the International Arts Manager Magazine Fizza Hasan, founder and Artistic Director of Theatre Wallay in Islamabad and an ISPA fellow, has spent nearly two decades using the stage to challenge injustice, amplify marginalised voices, and ignite vital conversations. She discusses the power of socially conscious theatre to foster empathy, provoke dialogue, and drive change in […]
In May 2025, as tensions rose across the region, a group of actors chose the stage over silence. Their play, “Manzil Khushhali, Rasta Aman”, became a moving exploration of how everyday aggression transforms into wider societal violence — and how dialogue can restore harmony. Written and directed by Safeer Ullah Khan, the production avoided conventional storytelling. Instead, it used symbolism, […]
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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 […]
by Imran Iftikhar About a month and a half ago, I received a WhatsApp notification on Farmers in the Dell, the group which contains the general members of Theatre Wallay. It was a call for a meeting. There are 35 people in that group, a motley collection of different people connected by their love for theatre. Now we are all used […]
By Ali Akbar ANote from Theatre Wallay Theatre Wallay and Rung School of Music and Arts joined hands to start a three-months long acting class. Theatre Wallay conducts the class while Rung School provides logistic and administrative support. It was started as a pilot in February 2019, and will conclude with a theater performance in the last week of June. […]