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Category Archives: Theatre

Dara to Rule the British Stage

21 Friday Nov 2014

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Dara Shikuh

For the first time in the history of Pakistani theatre, a stage play has been adapted by a British production team and will open at the National Theatre in London on January 20, [2015]. Originally written by acclaimed playwright Shahid Nadeem, Dara has been commissioned by National Theatre director Sir Nicholas Hynter, directed by associate director Nadia Fall and adapted by Tanya Ronder.  The cast members are well-known British actors, many of them of South Asian origin.

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Rohina Malik’s Play Unveiled Addresses Negative Stereotypes About Muslims

07 Tuesday Jan 2014

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Rohina Malik Unveiled

All stereotypes have the potential to be harmful, but negative stereotypes about a group of people are really dangerous,” says Rohina Malik, a Chicago-based playwright and actor, who was recently awarded the Lorraine H Morton Woman of Promise Award by the Evanston YWCA for her critically acclaimed play Unveiled.

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Kite Runner Conjures an Epic Journey

20 Wednesday Mar 2013

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Kite Runner

“What happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.” — The Kite Runner. Last summer three Canadian theatre artists — director Eric Rose, lighting designer Kerem Cetinel, sound designer Matthew Waddell — found themselves on the hilltops of Mardin, one of the ancient cities of Turkey. In the mist they could see the Syrian border. They could hear the calls to prayer.

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