LAHORE: The Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture (Pilac) was on Saturday abuzz with excited and talented children attending the end of course event of Ajoka’s Art of Acting-Kids Edition, where two batches presented extracts from the group’s two plays for children – The Last Tree and Band Gali Kay Bachay – based on environmental themes.

The performances had been mentored by Ajoka Institute director Nirvaan Nadeem, along with trainers Yusra Irfan and Nida Malik.

The children’s energetic performances were followed by dramatic readings of four original scripts developed by Art of Writing class students under the mentor ship of Shahid Nadeem.

The new writers included Sania Umair, Sameen Rafaqat, Obien Mayo, Sunia Dar and Umair Ismail. They were assisted by Ajoka acting and writing students, including Fizza Tirmizi, Fahad Amir, Hassan Zaidi and Anam Jalil.

The event was held in collaboration with Pilac.

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2022