Punjab’s Minister of Information and Culture Azma Bokhari announced on Tuesday that the provincial government will be taking steps to revive family-friendly theatre performances.
In a video shared by Lahore’s Alhamra Arts Council, Bokhari announced the initiative, saying the government was well on its way to updating the existing laws governing stage performances in the province and will be hosting theatre plays as part of Independence Day celebrations at Alhamra next month.
The minister said she had personally worked on identifying the problems people had with the existing theatre landscape ever since she became part of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s cabinet.
“You’ve seen me going to places where public theatre performances are being held, which the public complains is inappropriate and not representative of our culture,” Bokhari said.
“The best news,” she had was that “the revival of theatre will take place at Alhamra” with both senior actors and a number of “passionate” and “very talented” youngsters that audiences could look forward to seeing on stage next month as part of the festivities around August 14.
