LAHORE: The yearly Alhamra Theatre Festival, which concluded on July 29, attractedlarge audiences at performances. The 25th edition of the parallel theatre festival was held at Alhamra Art Centre. The seven-day festioavl concluded with Ajoka`s two plays before a jam-packed audience.

The first play was worl( by Ajoka`s Art of Writing student Ummer Amin, performed by Art of Acting students. The play, Suicide Point, was a scathing yet entertaining satire on the hopeless conditions of life where even death has become a costly option. The play revolves around a company called `Suicide Point` which offers people fed of living, an `attractive` package to end their lives. The play was directed by Ajoka Institute director Nirvaan Nadeem. The cast included R ai Kamran, Mian Meesam, Nyle Imtiaz, Haifa Ambreen, Shehroz, Zainul Abideen,MuzamilKhokhar, Ibtihaj Ahmad, Hammad Yousaf and Ahmed Shaykh.

The second play was an adaptation of Manto`s world acclaimed short story `Toba Tek Singh`, based on the events of the 1947 Partition when the governments of India and Pakistan decided on an exchange of lunatics on communal grounds. The central character is a Sikh resident of Punjab district Stovall Tek Singh and is worried about the fate of his birth town as a result of the Partition of Punjab.