When Parents Quarrel At Home, It Is A Vutre Bunul
by Mehru N Nisa
SRINAGAR: It was Vutre Bunul that marked the beginning of the Annual Drama Festival at Tagore Hall, Srinagar. Vutre Bunul is...
Horrors of Drug Abuse Staged in Dakh-e-Loor At Tagore Hall
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: Given the rise in drug addiction in Kashmir, the seventh play of Theatre Festival Kashmir 2023 staged the consequences of the...
Premchand Story Attempted Addressing Dumbfounded On Stage
by Mehru N Nisa
SRINAGAR: In the ongoing Annual Drama Festival at Tagore Hall, Reshi Rashid’s Wathh was appreciated for its simple storytelling by the...
Nam Te Maaz Explained the Strong Communal Bonds of Kashmir
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: In Kashmiri language and culture, Nam te Maaz depicts an unbreakable bond. This phrase was the title of the last play...
In Tagore Hall, Shakespeare Watches Tragedy Of His Characters
by Mehru N Nisa
SRINAGAR: William Shakespeare continues to be the world’s most known playwright. On March 26, 2021, the ongoing Annual Theatre Festival saw...
Arinmaal Staged Kashmir’s Afghan Era Poetess’s Love Story
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: The curtains rose to the sound of water gushing and birds chirping, offering an idea of a serene spot lacking noise...
Artists Displayed How Timely and Better Tankha Binds Families
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: It is something that is basic to almost everybody – Tankha, the salary. It is always a matter of concern for...
Basic Life Challenges Had Audience Overwhelmed On Sunday
by Mehru N Nisa
SRINAGAR: In 2019 sci-fi, Ad Astra Brad Pitt’s character Roy McBride says: “We go to work, we do our jobs and...
Tike Lal Was Enacted Again, Audience Loved The Protagonist
by Mehru N Nisa
SRINAGAR: With subtle hints to the increasing unemployment, pollution and abandoning the endemic culture; materialism and women’s rights were the major...
In Tagore Hall, Sarkaar Was In Suspended Animation
by Mehru N Nisa
SRINAGAR: It was yet another performance-based in playwright Dr Sohan Lal Koul’s Sarkaar that Shafiq Qureshi directed as part of the...
Lost In A Laugh
A theatre festival conducted after a gap of two years lacked an adequate audience, new works and any change in respectable remunerations. But the...
In Tagore Hall, It Was a Bold Confession
by Mehru N Nisa
SRINAGAR: Dr Sohan Lal Koul’s Confession directed by Hassan Javaid, was perhaps a bold theme that the on-going 13-day Annual Drama...
Theater of the Wronged
Kashmiri theatre is beginning to find its feet again with artists evolving original plays. Arshad Mushtaq’s Watterpaed will have a series of shows in...
Chakdar, Kardar Returned On Stage To Revive Kashmir’s Pre-47 Memories
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: It was the return of the last two centuries on stage when a group of artists staged Chakdar Pather in Tagore...
Curtains up on Drama festival
A play on Dal Lake mesmerizes audience
Tanveen Kawoosa
To strike a chord with theatergoers, the weeklong Drama festival (from March 18 to 25) organized by...
