The first Karachi Theater Festival will start from July 22 to Aug 7.
In a press conference, Ahmed Shah announced that Arts Council of Pakistan has organised the first Karachi Theater Festival which will start from July 22 to Aug 7.
Briefing about the event activities, Shah said the festival would begin with Intizar Husain’s play Khwabon Ke Musafir, directed by Mr Mohyeddin. It would end with Siachen penned by Anwar Maqsood. Among the noted senior individuals whose dramas would be staged, he named Talat Husain, Sajid Hasan, Khalid Ahmed, Zain Ahmed and Anjum Ayaz whereas the young directors include the likes of Fawad Khan, Uzman Sabeen and Sunil Shankar.
He said there were more than 17 plays on the list which was why on weekends there would be more than one production.
it’s a first of its kind event in which almost all renowned theater directors of the country would display their talent. He said when the idea struck him, he immediately went to the renowned theater person Zia Mohyeddin, who agreed to participate in the festival, he said
Mr Shah said it was not a ticketed event because the aim was to focus on intellectual elite and the younger lot to come and experience the realm of the theatre. He said anyone in the city could come, show their ID cards and grab the tickets for the play.
