Bedari Theatre Team prepared a play “Yeh Shadi Nahi Ho Sakti” (this marriage must not take place) raising the issue of girls’ early marriages and its consequences. It is a story of Saba who comes to know that a Bubbly – a 10 years old girl from her neighborhood – is being married to a 40 years old man. She decides to save Bubbly from such a disastrous marriage. However, she comes to know that the law is deficient, and reporting to the police does not solve the problem. She is not disheartened by her failure to protect Bubbly. She decides to raise awareness and do lobbying for changing the law.

It has been performed twice:

1. At working women’s festival organized at Lok Virsa, Islamabad on March 11, 2012
2. At the National Conference on the Impact of Girls’ Early Marriages held in Islamabad on March 20, 2012,

Bedari theater team performed its play ‘Ab Darnay ki Baat Nahi Hai’ at various locations in Attock. It creates awareness about the newly enacted laws to protect women from sexual harassment. Bedari team is actively engaged with district education and health department to establish anti sexual harassment committees in district Attock, and has successfully managed to establish 14 such committees in the district. Following are some photographs of the performances held at various locations:  

Solar Disinfection (SODIS) is a very simple method to disinfect water. Sustainable Policy Development Institute (SDPI) was doing a project on this issue and organized a poster competition among students of various schools of the twin cities. At this occasion, they requested Bedari to perform a play signifying the ease to disinfect water through SODIS method. Bedari theater team developed a play ‘SODIS Paani Zindabad’ (long live SODIS water), and performed at the prize distribution ceremony held in Islamabad on March 18, 2011.

Bedari has been doing a project on violence against women with specific focus on domestic violence. As there is no law in Pakistan to criminalize domestic violence, the culprits in such cases always go scot free.

Bedari had premiered this play at Rural Women Conference in Islamabad, and has since held 25 performances in various communities in Chakwal District. Bedari Theater Team would be performing the same play in the communities where its sister organization Cavish Development Foundation is working on the same issue in 25 communities of Rawalpindi District by the end of this year.

'Larai Larai Maaf Karo’ (Let’s Fight No More) is another play on domestic violence. It focuses on the negative impact of domestic violence on the community in general and on children in particular. The children also become violent and take violence as a justified way of settling scores.

Bedari Theater Team has performed this play in more than 40 villages of three districts – Chakwal, Jhelum and Attock.

'Mukhlisabad ki Ghumman Ghereyan’ is a play that focuses on the confusion of the Pakistani youth. Different forces and vested interests are trying to pull them in different directions, and our youth has lost direction in this confusion.

Fasad Nahi, Amn (Say No to War, We want Peace) was developed in the backdrop of religious terrorism and increasing Talibanization of the society. The play encourages the people to claim their culture of music, dance and other peaceful recreations. It also focuses on the negative impact on women and children of the terrorist activities. The play ends with a demand for peace.