'Life stories' attract holiday crowd at theatre festival.

LAHORE -- Akas Theater staged its play 'Zindagi Kahaniyan' on the third day of the week-long Lahore Arts Council theatre festival at the Alhamra Art Center on Sunday.

A good number of people turned up at the cultural venue to enjoy the holiday. Alhamra's Hall 2 was jam-packed and even stairs were filled with the audience. Earlier, two theatre groups staged their performances -- the Mass Foundation staged 'Book of Love' and Salamat Productions 'Rahay Koie Naghma Gar Salamat'.

Sunday's play 'Zindagi Khahniyan' was an adaptation of short stories by an Indian writer. It was an experimental play having no set. There were mime and dance performances and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the production. The play was reflective of life and issues related to people, their emotions, feelings, the social fabric of society.

Afzaal Nabi, the...