DESIGN: ESSA MALIK
LAHORE: Interfaith tolerance and the feeling of insecurity caused by terrorist attacks were the subject of three performances staged on the second day of the 14th Interactive Theatre Festival.
The theme for this year’s festival, arranged by the Interactive Resource Centre (IRC), is peace.
The Lahore Female Theatre Group staged the first play. It was about citizens’ fear of bomb blasts at places they visit regularly.
The second performance of the day, a play by the Sojhla Theatre Group, focussed on the protection of minorities.
The IRC and Mandwa Theatre performed the play, titled Bandar Killa. It paid a tribute to Pakistani women, including Malala Yousufzai and Benazir Bhutto.
The festival, launched in 2000, has been organised in association with the Umeed-i-Jawan Peace Network, the National Democracy Endowment Fund and the Fund for Global Human Rights. It will continue on Sunday (today). Three performances are scheduled every day.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 7th, 2015.
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