Beyond borders: LyTheatre goes international

Troupe performs ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ in Stuttgart, Germany

KARACHI: LyTheatre, The Lyceum School acting troupe headed by popular comedian Shehzad Ghias, performed Peter and the Starcatcher in Stuttgart, Germany on Friday. According to a press release, as the director of the play, Ghias also put up a special stand-up comedy show at the University of Stuttgart on Sunday.

The troupe flew to Germany just last week, after a successful performance of the play back home in Karachi. According to Stuttgart Nachrichten, a German newspaper, the 15 students have been doing much more than just performing, as their tour includes living with host families and sightseeing in and around Stuttgart.

In fact, the tour has been organised by a cultural cabinet in Germany. “This is our third exchange with Pakistan,” shared cabinet managing director Kathrin Wegehaupt. As part of the project, Pakistani cultural ambassadors first visited the European country four years ago.

When asked what had convinced him to travel to Germany, Ghias, who is a part-time food critic, jokingly replied, “The food was the only reason.” He went on to appreciate the aim behind the entire exchange programme and said, “There should be more exchanges. It is in personal encounters within a foreign country that you realise people have much more in common than what one expects.”

Published in The Express Tribune, July 18^th, 2016.

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