Awami Theater Festival 2018

“Munjamid Aansoo” 8th play of Awami Theater Festival 2018

April 23, 2018 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Today was the 8th day of Awami Theater Festival, the play "Munjamid Aansu" directed by Mujeeb Qureshi was performed in...

“Patghal Bacha’ 7th Pashto play of Ami Theater Festival 2018 was on stage

April 22, 2018 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

"Patghal Bacha' the 7th Pashto play of Ami Theater Festival 2018 was on stage today Sunday, 22nd April at Open...

6th Play of Awami Theater Festival “Bazoo” in Saraiki Language

April 21, 2018 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Saraiki play "Bazoo" directed by Zahoor Malik was performed on 21st April 2018 at Open Air Theater at Arts Council...

5th day of Awami Theater Festival: Comedy Play “Meharban Kaisey Kaisey”

April 20, 2018 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Today was the 5th day of Awami Theater Festival 2018, The family comedy play "Meharban Kaisey Kaisey" was performed, written...

2nd Play “Mohallah Pony 8” was staged today

April 17, 2018 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

The Urdu Comedy & family stage play "Mohallah Pony 8" was staged today. The show was enjoyed by a houseful audience. It was...

Awami Theater Festival 2018 kicks off today with the play “

April 16, 2018 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Opening of Awami Theater Festival was held today at Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, Open Air Theater. The 13 days Awami...

Arts Council goes digital under Covid19

With the onset of COVID19, Arts Council has taken the initiative since March 2020 to make premium artistic content available digitally to its loyal members, supporters and art enthusiasts. Efforts on every artistic front is underway to make music, poetry, storytelling, theater and dance performances available to the youth and public so that this challenging time under quarantine and lockdown can be eased for everyone. Apart from making performances, poetry, lectures and talks available online, Arts Council is working to begin a digital Music talent hunt competition and plan its execution digitally in order to revive original Pakistani musical compositions.

There is a dire need to support the artists, youth and elderly all over the globe post this devastating pandemic. Thus the Council is striving to keep the performing arts alive with its digital resources and limited staff members who are all committed to the organization’s goals fostering artistic camaraderie and dedicated to serve digital content to keep music, dance, theater and fine arts alive in Pakistan as well as across our borders.

The hope is that millions of starved art, music, theater, dance and poetry lovers will join our digital community to make this hope a reality as we move forward with Arts Council’s myriad digital and artistic campaigns.

The Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi is the most happening institution in the field of arts and arts education in the country and we have utilized this interim lull period to make several new developments in infrastructure and educational curriculum. We have designed the way forward and that way is definitely digital.

Since Karachi has rapidly adapted to the changing work environment post the global pandemic of COVD19. Whilst in-person gatherings have ceased due to intensive social distancing, our organization has continued to grow digital initiatives and we are proud to announce four major new programs under our Digital Production House. These initiatives include, but are not limited to:

ACP Poetry: Celebrating Poets of Yore

This initiative will be seen reviving an archive of over 400 works of poetry through a digital video library which will include poets of both current and even have orators recite works of legendary poets posthumously. Few poets who have come forward to recite their own work include: Mr. Ahmed Naved, Anwar Shaoor, Rehana Roohi, and Ajmal Siraj. Posthumous poetry archive will include but not be limited to legends such as Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Alama Iqbal, Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib, and Mir Taki Mir.

ACP Readings:

Celebrating Legendary Writers

This digital initiative will digitally record, archive, produce and publish an audio-visual version of the country’s finest Urdu writers through dramatic recitation and re-enactment by our organizations finest Theater artists and professors. The works include but are not limited to these legendary writers: Sadat Hassan Manto, Ismat Chugtai, MushtaqYusufi, Pitras Bukhari, and Ibn e Insha.

ACP Music:

Creating Original Pakistani Musics a proud initiative of the Council to utilize hidden musical talent and record, mix, produce and digitally release original music recordings, records of Eastern and Western instruments, and new compositions which will encapsulate local talent.

ACP Dramas

This video, digital and stage initiative will come together to produce original theater plays, teleplays and radio plays which will be made accessible to everyone nationally and internationally via a digital platform. Artists will come together to script, act, direct, design and produce content which will be par excellence and will breathe a fresh air into the world of content consumption at a global level. This initiative will also revive the country’s golden era of television and theater by reproducing and adapting Pakistan’s most loved scripts such as Ankahi by Hasina Moin, Aangan Tehra by Anwar Maqsood and many more.

ACP Talks:

Educational, informational knowledge and lots of infotainment will now be available for all on the official YouTube channel of Arts Council. Talks, lectures, discussions and panels will be filmed on youth related topics, arts and entertainment will be filmed and uploaded for public viewing on a regular basis. Another component of ACP talks will be interviews with prominent personalities and key public figures.

Awami Theater Festival 2018

“Munjamid Aansoo” 8th play of Awami Theater Festival 2018

“Patghal Bacha’ 7th Pashto play of Ami Theater Festival 2018 was on stage

6th Play of Awami Theater Festival “Bazoo” in Saraiki Language

5th day of Awami Theater Festival: Comedy Play “Meharban Kaisey Kaisey”

2nd Play “Mohallah Pony 8” was staged today

Awami Theater Festival 2018 kicks off today with the play “

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Awami Theatre Festival 2020 kicks off today

“Ankahi” going to be staged on 20th October at Arts Council

Exclusive tour of Arts Council by President Ahmed Shah (S.I)

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