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Post lockdown, performing art activities have now halted in the observance of Muharram LAHORE: The coronavirus pandemic jammed the wheels of economy around the world and it may take a long time for several sectors to bounce back globally. However, during the last six months, certain areas of work were allowed to operate with precautionary […]
Taking to Instagram Mir wrote, “To be or not to be? Unfortunately not this year!” Popular television actor and theatre performer Ahad Raza Mir announced on Friday that the production for his adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with The Rose Theatre has been postponed to next year. Taking to Instagram Mir wrote, “To be or not […]
With the risk attached to indoor theatres, floating cinemas can allow more people to catch a film in the open TEL AVIV: Film-goers boarded boats floating on the shimmering waters of a Tel Aviv lake on Thursday for a test screening at Israel’s first sail-in cinema. With indoor film theatres shut because of coronavirus restrictions, Tel […]
Ajoka Theatre’s acclaimed documentary Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret: Lahore Museum has won an award at the Indus Valley International Film Festival stated a press release. The documentary also received a Jury’s Special Mention Award. Its screening was followed by a question and answer session conducted by the festival’s curator Harsh Narayan with the documentary’s director […]
The play has been directed by Usha Ganguli, a veteran theatre actor, director and activist from India. PHOTO: fb.com/ajokatheatrepk LAHORE: News of the government’s orders to open cinemas and theatres across Punjab from Monday due to easing of lockdown may have given a new lease of life to artistes, producers, directors and technicians. As soon […]
LAHORE: Renowned comedian and stage actor Farrukh Shah, who in recent years gained fame for his resemblance to and mimicry of Prime Minister Imran Khan, passed away earlier this week. Buried in Lahore on Wednesday, he expired after suffering a major heart attack. According to peers and family of the late actor, despite having an […]
LAHORE: Renowned performing arts group Ajoka Theatre streamed an online play this weekend. Produced entirely on the cloud meeting platform Zoom, the play was called Manto Online and based on Shahid Nadeem’s much renowned play Kaun Hai Yeh Gushtakh.As the name suggest, the play – directed by Nirvaan Nadeem – is an amalgamation of different stories essayed by […]
LAHORE: Theatre artists across Lahore have taken to the streets to protest against the indefinite closure of halls in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The community is demanding that theatres be allowed to resume activities on the coming Eid and have urged the government of Punjab to take their plight into account and […]
Dr. Sadaf, recently appointed DG at PILAC shares her vision for the language and the institute LAHORE: Dr. Sugra Sadaf, a renowned poet and literary writer, has been appointed by the Punjab Government as the new Director General of Punjab Institute of Language Art and Culture (PILAC). Sadaf had already served as DG PILAC for […]
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc said on Thursday it plans to reopen theaters at about 450 locations in the United States on July 15 and expects returning to full seating capacity around Thanksgiving. The world’s largest movie theater operator also said it would reopen the remaining 150 theaters in the country in time for opening of […]
