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Rafi
Peer Theatre Workshop's previous festivals left a wealth of experience
from the cultures of the world with the audience of Lahore and made
it possible for the theatre workshop to introduce a new task from
the time of creation it has been clearly established that the workshop
will do its best to secure the community and society through the
means of performing arts. Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop this year is
conducting a Youth Theatre Festival solely for the first time. This
venture was carried out initially in the third International Theatre
Festival 99 during which there were in different groups participating
from various schools and colleges and other splinter bodies. Youth
Theatre Productions have become an integral part of coverage life.
In this field we have found that students are full of innovation
and creativity along with commitment towards their passion. This
festival aims to develop this aesthetic inclination of these young
theatre groups and educate them to a better class of theatre. This
will also help to reincarnate our diverse cultural and artistic
heritage, which has also been the driving force behind the last
festivals. We believe that by conducting this festival solely we
will be encouraging the young talent and the dramatic arts of the
present times. The theme of this year's festival is “Peace and Harmony”
for which we will be holding a mural exhibition. 15 schools have
been invited to take part in this effort by contributing to the
painting of the mural the festival will be held from the 19th to
the 28th of January. It will be held on one central site, the Alhamra
Cultural Complex Qaddafi Stadium, featuring are performance everyday.
We intend to create youth co-productions between colleges and schools
of other cities making this a yearly venture. We also plan on making
this into an international festival, which will allow us to recreate
the cultural niche all over the world. This will give the audience
the opportunity to savour would clean theatre by international participation.
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