Tag: Theatre

The head of a Shakespeare troupe in Berlin said Thursday he has been forced to auction off on eBay a life-sized replica of the...

Shahid Mehmood Nadeem, director at the Ajoka Theatre on Thursday delivered a lecture on representation of workers rights and labour movements in theatre at...

Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop and Alliance Francaise de Lahore celebrated the World Music Day at the Rafi Peer Cultural Center on Tuesday. The celebration intended...

A five-member bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on petitions against construction of car parking plaza and IMAX theatre...

A Russian theatre has banned an irreverent new play about the tandem of President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that also features...

KARACHI - The first 'Youth Theatre Festival' would be organised from April 27, Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs Faisal Ali Subzwari announced on Monday. Presiding over a meeting held at his office, the minister said that the two-day event would be organised in collaboration with the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi.
He further pointed out that the festival would help provide a platform to youngsters to display their talents and abilities. Sindh Youth Affairs Secretary Shoaib

LAHORE - Lahore District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ahad Cheema on Saturday ordered implementation of the new theatre policy, which was prepared after consensus of the Alhamra Arts Council, Punjab Home Department, Punjab Excise and Taxation Department, theatre owners and representatives, and the environment district officer's (DO) Staff Officer Tariq Zaman. He was chairing a meeting to review the theatre policy.
Participants of the meeting agreed on the following points: All

LAHORE - Members of the Ajoka Theatre, led by Madeeha Gauhar, along with Usman Peerzada from the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop and Samina Ahmed from Samina Ahmed Productions will be holding a press conference at the Lahore Press Club on February 25 at 6 pm on Friday.
The conference will be held in response to the statement of the Interior Minister Rahman Malik in which he said that all artists will require an NOC prior to leaving the country. The statement came after prominent

LAHORE - A street theatre group 'Goonj' organized a street play "Maut ka Khel" at Jain Mandar Chowk, Lytton Road on Monday. A large number of people from diverse backgrounds came to watch the theatre. The theme line of the street play was creating awareness about increasing involvement of the Americans in the internal matters of the country and to show solidarity with the deceased shot down by Raymond Davis, the American national.
The street theater was arranged at the same place

LAHORE - A decision was taken on Monday to enforce strict measures to check 'obscene' dances, dual meaning sentences and vulgarity in commercial dramas and stage shows and owners of theatres and cinemas would be held responsible for violation of this code of conduct.
This decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Punjab Culture Minister Dr Tanvirul Islam Rana. The Punjab home special secretary informed the meeting that an amended draft of the Drama Act 2010 has been finalised

The country is in disarray! This is what the opposition parties and a treasury member, who is a minister too, explained as the National Assembly began its 28th session on Monday. The helplessness of the numbers-weak and crises-ridden government is, however, understandable as the choices for it are limited and problems enormous. But its slipshod approach to asserting its authority and the obduracy with which it disowns its own actions are indeed alarming, if not downright frightening.

LONDON
British actress Keira Knightley is set to make a comeback on the stage after acting in 'The Misanthrope' last year.
The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star took to the stage in December 2009 in an adaptation of playwright Moliere's classic, opposite Damian Lewis and Tara Fitzgerald.
Knightley's performance was, however, mauled by critics who branded her inexperienced and inadequate. However, she is returning to the stage with a production of Lillian Hellman's 'The