A Storyteller at the
Heart of Pakistan's Theatre
Muhammad Ali Farooqi is a nationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning theatre director, actor, television producer, and academic based in Islamabad. As the Founder & CEO of The Curtain Raiser Productions, he has spent over a decade transforming Pakistan's performing arts landscape — staging socially conscious theatre on the country's most prestigious platforms.
His work spans live theatre, television dramas, documentary film, and academic scholarship. As a PhD Scholar at Quaid-i-Azam University, his research focuses on the Theatre of Partition through a case study of Ajoka — bridging the worlds of performance and history in a uniquely powerful way.
He serves as Editor-in-Chief of AE Magazine (aemagazine.pk) and has collaborated with leading institutions including the Fred Hollows Foundation, WWF, UNICEF, Punjab Arts Council, and the Ministry of Environment & Climate Change. He co-authored Pakistan's first-ever National Cultural and Film Policy at the PNCA in 2018.
