Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi and Tehreek-e-Niswan Nida-e-Aman jointly organized the Community Theater Festival based on the outstanding performances of students from backward areas of Karachi at Arts Council Auditorium II.
Students from Saeedabad, Maripur, Gulzar Hijri, Pehlwan Goth, Shereen Jinnah Colony, and Ibrahim Haideri are participating.
Expressing his views on the occasion, Arts Council President Mohammad Ahmad Shah said that “Sheema Kirmani and her team deserve congratulations on the successful organization of this great theater festival.
It’s been at least 35 years since they’ve been doing this all their lives, this fight has grown and we are very few, the enemy of peace, love, light, civilization, culture, and this city is very powerful but this is the way.
We have no cannons, no swords, so we understand that the effects of this struggle and how children have been engaged, and how children’s minds have been developed through theater and music will be lasting.
Yes, this city has been ruined by design, now the ownership of this city will have to be taken by the citizens of this city and Insha’Allah the hope is that everyone will take it towards betterment you will take as much as you can The children are here and they will all be taken away”.
The plays that the students are presenting, they have written, learned, and made by themselves.
Different groups of students performed plays reflecting various social issues which were highly appreciated by the audience. In the end, the audience enjoyed Sheema Kirmani’s tremendous performance.
