ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Plan B brought laughter to Islamabad as the hour-long theatrical play performed on Saturday night at the Aiwan-e-Quaid Auditorium F9 Park exhilarated the audience.

“The theatre had enough magic to deliver crowd-pleasing entertainment,” said Maria Abbasi from the audience.

The stage play was part of the day-long National Peace Summit which brought activists, political leaders, social entrepreneurs and media together to mark action for peace building in Pakistan.

Loaded with theatrical energy, Plan B revolved around a director trying to get his cast to deliver but failing terribly yet hilariously.

Directed and produced by Fahim Azam and Azfar Jaffri, who was the common thread throughout, the play was a treat to the ears and eyes as songs were tossed in along with amusing dance moves.

In the beginning, the announcer on stage seemed to randomly pick members from the audience daring them to act. Those who were selected were obviously actors already placed among the crowd.

The impression given was that members from the audience were picked up and, through a comedy of errors, dealt with constant conflicts through dialogue and peace.

The cast, led by Azfar Jaffri, was continuously applauded by the audience throughout the play.

“It is a show that seemed to make a few false steps so funny,” said Babar Shah, also in the audience.

Azfar Jaffri and his team members – Sulmeen Ansari, Huraira Ansari, Salman Sami and Fahim Azam – exhibited their talent on stage as they performed and somersaulted to deliver pure joy to the audience.

The entrance of Sulmeen Ansari, the only girl on stage, changed the ambience in the theatre while Salman Sami held the stage with his ridiculous dances and funny one-liners.

Azfar Jaffri grabbed the spotlight with authority when it found him on the stage, and the audience knew a talented actor had taken the stage when Huraira Ansari arrived.

“There was pure joy in the play. This will be the feeling the audience will have as it floats out of the theater after the last song dies out,” said another member from the audience Behzad Khan.

The stage drama was the first such production by the Black Box Sounds media company.