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Thespianz Theatre
Thespianx foundation
Company type Not-for-profit arts organization Industry Entertainment Educational and Social Genre Urdu and English Theatre plays, String Puppet Theatre, street theatre & theatre for peace and spreading love. Performing arts for development Founded Feb 2005 – Karachi, Pakistan Founder Faisal Malik Headquarters Karachi, Pakistan Key people
Faisal Malik, Sheikh Sameer Nadeem Website
www .thespianzfoundation .org
Thespianz Theatre is a social
performing arts organization established in 2005 in Pakistan
[1] staged more than 56 social theater,
string puppetry and
mime
[2] plays including education,
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[4] gender inequality,
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women's rights
[6] drugs prevention,
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[8] anti book
piracy theatre and
flash mobs ,
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[10] HIV Aids
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[2] and
water scarcity
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[13] around the country. All are solely directed by the artistic director Faisal Malik and his associate director Sheikh Sameer Nadeem.,
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[10] who took the Thespianz Theatre troupe to 18 countries around the world
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Thespianz Theatre revived old dying art of string puppetry in Pakistan
[15] and staged Pakistan's biggest string puppetry festival with more than 300 performances in 79 areas of Karachi, Pakistan.
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In October 2016, the theatre organised the
Pakistan String Puppetry Festival in
Karachi . The festival lasted from October 2016 to January 2017. The festival endeavors to charm audiences, raise awareness and urges the rejection of extremism and violence.
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Thespianz – Performed
References
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b Awan, Saeed (April 16, 2015).
" "(Foreigners) feel that we can only hold guns, not the pen or paint brush." " . The News International . Retrieved April 16, 2015 .
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c Magazine, Inpaper (May 27, 2012).
"Theatrics: When actions speak louder than words" . The Dawn . Retrieved May 27, 2012 .
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b Bin Ajmal, Umer (March 29, 2015).
"A little bit of theatre never hurt anyone" . The Dawn . Retrieved March 29, 2015 .
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"Taleem-e-Balighan to be revived" . The News International . March 2, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2009 .
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b Qamar, Saadia (May 20, 2011).
"Spotlight: Gender inequality" . The Express Tribune . Retrieved May 20, 2011 .
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b Magazine, Inpaper (June 18, 2011).
"Front Seat: Never a dull moment" . Dawn . Retrieved June 18, 2011 .
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"Street theatre delivers a 'smoky' performance at Sea View" . The Express Tribune . December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2013 .
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"Announcement in Metro Events" . Dawn Metro Events . March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014 .
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b Our, Correspondent (January 18, 2014).
"Grave and groovy: Flash mobs dance to send anti-piracy message" . The Express Tribune . Retrieved January 18, 2014 .
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b Staff Reporter (January 28, 2014).
"A genuine play on piracy" . The Dawn . Retrieved January 28, 2014 .
^ Our, Correspondent (May 17, 2012).
"Theatre on wheels: Silent young actors fall back on music and gestures to convey tough messages" . The Express Tribune . Retrieved May 17, 2012 .
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"Water vows" . The Dawn . October 18, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2009 .
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"For the love of theatre" . The Dawn . October 5, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2009 .
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"Children are growing up rapidly these days, they don't really believe in miracles now" . Dawn News . July 31, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"Reviving puppetry: Hand in glove | The Express Tribune" . The Express Tribune . 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2018-07-03 .
^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2016-10-27).
"String puppetry festival begins" . DAWN.COM . Retrieved 2018-07-03 .
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"Art of storytelling: Exploring the world of puppetry | The Express Tribune" . The Express Tribune . 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2018-07-03 .
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"Bahria College, Thespianz celebrate Quaid's birthday" . Weekly Corporate Ambassador . 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2018-07-03 .
^ Desk, Entertainment (2014-09-26).
"Thespianz Theater brings string puppetry to PACC" . DAWN.COM . Retrieved 2018-07-03 .
^ Forward, Pakistan.
"Karachi theatre prompts spectators to shun extremism" . Pakistan Forward . Retrieved 2018-07-03 .
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"Longest Thespianz String Puppetry Festival" . LiveRostrum . 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2018-07-03 .
^ Staff Reporter (October 27, 2016).
"String Puppetry Festival Begins" . Dawn . Retrieved October 27, 2016 .
^ Mir, Ayesha (October 27, 2016).
"Art of Story telling exploring the world of String Puppetry" . Express Tribune . Retrieved October 27, 2016 .
^ Mahmood, Javed (December 1, 2016).
"Karachi theatre prompts spectators to shun extremism" . Pakistan-Asia-News . Retrieved December 1, 2016 .