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World Service,22 May 2018,9 mins

Pakistan's Theatre Revolution

Witness History

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In 1984 a group of young people formed the Ajoka theatre group. Created at a time of heightened tensions and censorship due to the state of emergency imposed by the then military dictatorship of General Zia ul-Huq, it pioneered theatre for social change in Pakistan. Farhana Haider has been speaking to Fawzia Afzal-Khan who acted in the company's first original play. (Members of the Ajoka theatre group 1988; Credit Fawzia Afzal-Khan)

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