KARACHI:
‘The Khawatoons’ maintain coming again to District 19. They’ve beforehand accomplished greater than 5 exhibits there. Now, the all women comedy group is scheduled to carry out on the place this Friday in Karachi. The occasion will go on from 7:30pm to 9:00pm on September 19.
The present guarantees an evening “full of contemporary jokes, fast wit, and the type of laughter you don’t wish to miss.” It’s rated to be 16+ and we are able to count on some grownup comedy from the group, in accordance with their Instagram.
Speaking to The Specific Tribune, Ashika Shaikh, group member of The Khawatoons mentioned that it’s a girls solely present. “It is a secure area for girls to take pleasure in grownup comedy,” she mentioned. “Our exhibits are tremendous interactive and closely depending on viewers participation so a girls’s solely present permits the women to return out of their shell and let unfastened with us so that is what it is best to count on.”
Tickets for the occasion will be bought at Ticketwala and on the entrance of the venue. Every ticket prices 1500 rs.
The occasion is organised by District 19 which is a multi-functional city area that brings collectively people able to stretch their minds with new experiences. It’s for like-minded people, each locals and vacationers. It is usually an alternate hotspot for gathering in Karachi with an area to create and share, co-work, study and socialize.
The Khawatoons was based in 2016 by Faiza Saleem. It was and nonetheless is Pakistan’s first all-women comedy troupe, which has been going sturdy for 9 years now and Ashika has been a part of it for eight years.
Reflecting on working in a largely male dominated comedy discipline in Pakistan, Ashika mentioned that she has to work twice as onerous to face according to her male counterparts. It is because they aren’t simply doing comedy, they’re additionally actively combating the stereotype that girls aren’t humorous. “So that you’re working additional onerous to appease an viewers that desires you to not be humorous,” she mentioned.
Providing a extra optimistic outlook on their private journey, Ashika mentioned, “We’ve been fortunate and we’ve been at this for therefore lengthy that we’ve discovered our voice and we’ve discovered our place and folks.” Their present troupe members consists of Faiza, Ashika, Jaweria Khan, Amtul Baweja, Nimra Ali Zaidi, Amtul Baweja, Shanzeh Ishtiaq and Zemal Amin.
The group has carried out in several places round Karachi all year long similar to IBA metropolis campus and Habitt Metropolis and is gearing for his or her subsequent present.
So collect your pals and count on some banter from the women this week!
