Lahore (NUT-DESK)
Ajoka students presented their scripts developed during their Art of Writing course at an in-line dramatic readings event on Saturday. This was the 11 th session of new writings developed under the mentorship of playwright Shahid Nadeem. The writers included students from Uk, Australia, Qatar and Pakistan snd were joined by Ajoka acting class students for the presentation on zoom.
First script was the work of Omar Abad from Qatar. Titled “Johor Kay Paon”, the theme was the deceptive human smugglers who exploit Pakistani youth’s desire to go abroad. This was followed by Islamabad’s Nida Qasim Khan’s “Exposed” which deputed an imaginary world where gender roles are reversed and men are the subordinate gender. The third script was by Atta ur Rehman from Melbourne who addressed the story of a former actress now settled un Australia and trying to cope with her traumatic memories in his “Salma Sitata”. The last script was by UK’s Dr Kamran Abdullah. “ Nusrat” was the story of a middle-aged gynaecologist who is accused of sexual harassment by her male assistant. The writers were assisted by Madeeha Syed, Usama Shah, Sabahat Moazzam and Fahad Amir in the readings. The dramatic readings were coordinated by Qurrat Taj.
At the end of the event, course mentor Shahid Nadeem congratulated the writers fir their competent narratives and innovative ideas. Ajoka Institute director Nirvaan Nadeem also appreciated the efforts of the team and hoped they will remain involved in creative writing.
The writers and actors expressed their gratitude for Ajoka for providing them guidance and a platform to develop their talent.
The event was live-streamed on Face Book.
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