Ajoka to host online dramatic reading today.

LAHORE -- The Ajoka Theatre will host an exclusive online dramatic reading to showcase the creative skills and talent of aspiring writers on Sunday (today) at 3pm.

The first of its kind online reading will be streamed live on Ajoka`s social media platforms through Zoom. Four talented writers of Ajoka Institute`s Art of WritingBatch 6 will present their stories, which they have written under the mentorship of playwright Shahid Nadeem during the three months writing course.

The writers, namely Tariq Amin, Huda Imtiaz, Amna Shahzadi and Oneeb Khan, have written scripts with contemporary relevance to the social and personal impacts of the coronavirus and subsequentlockdown.

The writers will be joined by Ajoka`s acting class students, including Anam Jalil, Hamza Omar, Sabahat Moazzam and Sajjad Cheema.

During the three-monthlong writing course, the students learned the techniques of concept and plotdevelopment, characterisation and script-writing and explored thought-provoking topics with a great blend of sentiments of joy, happiness and humour with social awareness themes...