HATTAK
Hathak’ or ‘The Insult’ is a story about the life of a prostitute during the last phase of India’s struggle for Independence and in the first decade of Independent India. In this feminist story, Manto paints the life of Sughandhi, who is too sentimental to be a perfect prostitute
RISHTIYAN DA KI RUKHIYA NAA
Although the basic element of the plot is bifurcation of the forgotten inmates of a mental asylum after the cruel ‘drama’ of partition was over, yet the playwright like the story writer has been able to achieve a certain inwardness with which he often tends to approach both the individual/collective psyche of Punjabi community
FILM NAGAR (STORY REVIVAL KI)
Filmnagar (Story Revival Ki) is a satirical play that throws light on different eras of the Pakistani cinema through characters and talks about the issues that revolve around the revival of the cinema. The play is about the son of Mr Era and Ms Story, who once earned the title of ‘Golden Era
KING OF NOTHING
“King of Nothing” is a journey of realization of a man that has come too late as he looks back at the different stages of his life and relations which he lost due to his toxic masculinity. It is a wakeup call that it’s time for men to sack up and have the balls to stop using gendered language that equates the male body with strength and the female body with weakness
ASEER-E-AZADI
The play revolves around the freedom movement of Indian occupied Kashmir. The play highlights the brutality of Indian army in IOK where they have raped thousands of innocent women and have killed thousands of men already
BOOK OF LOVE
As a performance for TYA, “BOOK OF LOVE” is a well acclaimed nonverbal performance by Maas Foundation. This story is about ALI a kid of five years old, who suddenly finds himself in front of a book with sketches of a teenage boy and a girl. He starts to portrait the vision of that book in which different scenes build up a cute loving relationship which is building b/w both girl and boy.
SIPAHI MAQBOOL HUSSAIN
“Sipahi Maqbool Hussain” was a biopic of the life of Siphai Maqbool who was captured by Indian army in 1965 and kept him alive but not as war prisoner but as a private captive, torched him for many years and even cut his tongue. This performance was a tribute to this national hero who sacrificed his young age for safety of the country
TEEN TARAY
“Teen Taray” is a production for the younger audience depicting a story of three children who live in a land of imagination. They dream of moving to a place full of fairies but soon face the bitter reality of finding themselves as beggars on the street.
SURAJ CHACHU
“Suraj Chachu” is a TYA production by Maas Foundation emphasizing the importance of climate change and its effects on nature and human lives. Three kids living in a remote area suddenly find themselves in trouble as uncle sun decided to not come out because Sun is angry as these kids didn’t bother to clean the surface of earth and always spread garbage..
