Pakistan’s first Urdu improv troupe:
The formation of the group took around nine months and Azfar believes that classic theatre is facing a debacle due to socio political unrest and this is the right time for an Urdu improvisational troupe to emerge. “If you try to teach literature, philosophy and metaphors to the people in the theatre hall, then it would never work because TV in today’s Pakistan is continuously feeding the masses with serious sensational content and the people need a break,” Azfar said.
He further said that theatre was a replacement to cinema which had now become nonexistent and the purpose of both the media was to provide escapism to the audience so that someone who came to the theatre could forget all the political mishaps for an hour and get pure entertainment.
Previously: Saad Haroon.
