Jammu: The Academy of Art, Culture & Languages Tuesday declared open Jammu Theatre Festival 2018-19.
Excise Commissioner J&K, Talat Parvez, Secretary J&K Cultural Academy, Aziz Hajni, Director Information & Public Relations, Tariq Ahmed Zargar, Artists and other prominent citizens were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, the Secretary Cultural Academy impressed upon the artist participants to work hard to achieve their desired goals. He suggested to stage plays in Dogri language so that local culture is promoted in the native language in the region.
During the current festival, 22 plays will be staged in which 300 artists shall participate.
The festival which opened Tuesday with the play ‘Dozakh’ will culminate on the 7th December with Dogri translation of Shakespeare march.