“Pakistan Theater Festival 2023” under Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi will be inaugurated on Friday, September 8. Various theater groups from all over Pakistan and 7 international theater groups including USA, Iran, Turkey, Germany, Sri Lanka etc. will participate in the Pakistan Theater Festival. The 30-day theater festival will feature 45 shows and various workshops and discussions.
Addressing the press conference organized regarding “Pakistan Theater Festival 2023”, President Arts Council Karachi Muhammad Ahmad Shah said that Arts Council has provided a platform in which theater groups and artists from Pakistan and around the world will participate. It will be the biggest theater festival of Pakistan.
He said that we have theater groups coming from seven countries, which will have 45 shows in 30 days. In the theater festival, theaters will be presented in Urdu, English, Persian, Sindhi, Punjabi languages.
He said that the media has a great role in showing the positive face of Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi worldwide, I thank the media for promoting such a big brand as World Urdu Conference, Pakistan Literature Festival, Youth Festival.
President Arts Council Karachi said that I came to America, we are more civilized people than the West, the West does not allow its negative things to come out through its civilization and culture. India has packaged its big artists and cashed them all over the world, through its films India has made heroes who were supposed to be heroes, and made villains who were meant to be villains.
He said that we worked tirelessly to run theatre, music and dance academy. Now hundreds of people are working. The Arts Council also promotes art and culture worldwide at the civic level. Conducted theater festivals across Sindh including Karachi. Now the names of Pakistani artists will be announced at the global level.
He said that we are introducing a new brand in the name of Pakistan Theater Festival. An artist came to us from America, she went back and told the people about the positive image of Pakistan. We want the artists there to come to us and our students to go there.
He said that we are focusing more on teaching, the festival includes many workshops. Theater people do not get jobs, we are trying to include theater in the curriculum.
On this occasion, director and actor Manoor Saeed said that Pakistan Theater Festival is a great success of Ahmed Shah and Sajid Hasan, I am sure that the mood of theater will be seen again from Pakistan Theater Festival.
He said that I am proud that I got the opportunity to study in Aligarh Muslim University. There used to be All India Intervarsity Youth Festivals, which used to have drama, singing, group dance, I also did theater there.
Manwar Saeed said that for a long time we did theater but it was not considered permissible to use a microphone in the theatre. Then voice training, theater through it. Even today I tell my children about it.
Actor Sajid Hassan said that Ahmed Shah’s journey is a history, we are not worried on his part that the work is going well. Despite the conditions in Pakistan, making the theater festival a success is a great achievement, I am proud to be a part of this team.
He said that we used to dream during our youth, there has been an emergency in this country all our lives, we have to do all the work under the theory of necessity.
Sajid Hasan said that we will move forward from literature itself, Pakistan is a very enlightened country, this theater promotes all these things, international cooperation is an important thing, Ahmed Shah has taken this big step.
Tickets for Pakistan Theater Festival shows are Rs 1,000 for the general public, while members of the Arts Council can get a 50 per cent discount.
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