LAHORE: After their amazing performances in The Glee Club, a hugely popular musical theatre production that ran for three days straight at the Alhamra Arts Council, students from The City School's Ravi Campus emerged as new talent for Lahore's performing arts activities.
The Glee Club is about a club at a fictional William McKinley High School that competes as a show choir while its diverse members struggle with family, racism, teen relationships, collaboration, and other societal issues, according to writer and director Hassan Raza after the most recent performance.He claimed that, like the original, the play focused on the club's members and their relationships as couples, how their love of singing and desire for popularity conflicted with their membership in the "low-status" club, and how they dealt with the numerous difficulties of high school and adolescence. We attempted to tell the story of a group of ambitious misfits trying to join a club led by a dedicated transfer student in order to escape the harsh reality of high school, he added.
Misbah Qamar, the school's principal, and Mahnaz Khan, the vice principal, said they always did their best to provide pupils with opportunities to showcase their creativity in front of audiences both inside and outside the school's walls. "I have considered theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share a sense of what it is to be a human being,” said Almas Imran, production head of the play.“For me, events create an environment of fun and vibrancy, resulting in a strong sense of connectivity among communities,” said Sana Asif from the play’s production. Besides Aamir Nawaz as director of Set & Light, Saeed Rehman was the music director, while amazing choreography was done by Shahid Baloch who has already proven his worth in Lahore’s annual plays. “I can say, these young artists did what I expected from them,” said Hassan Raza, the writer and director of the play, who tried his level best to give this production a new life.
Mujtaba Asim Syed said that it was an honour for him to play the role of Finn Hudson, a motivational and an energy booster role which reflects his personality. Shayan Shahzad said that he has good working experience overall as he had a great opportunity to learn new skills such as singing and playing guitar.