MAD School - Music Art Dance 4.67

The School is led by theatre director & choreographer Mrs. Nida Butt and musician producer & composer Mr. Hamza Jafri.

Their combined work includes:

Arts Education:

The Guitar School, Lahore – An Arts Institute & Performance Venue, offering arts education programs to children, teens & adult members of Lahore public. The School has hosted over 150 art performances at its in house performance room.
–Established 2009

Music Art Dance School, Karachi – An Arts institute & Performance Venue, offering arts education programs to children, teens & adult members of Karachi public. The School has hosted over 100 art performances till date at its in house performance hall.
–Established 2010

Stars - A free Music Education program serving youth from underserved areas in Karachi.
–Established 2014

Live Theatre & Musicals:

Performed with live orchestras
● Chicago the Musical -2008
● Mamma Mia the Musical -2009
● Karachi the Musical -2011
● The Pillowman -2013
● Carnage -2013
● Grease the Musical -2014 & 2016
● East is East the Musical -2015


Music Videos:

Produced for Television / Online broadcast
● co-VEN Pakistani rock band – Original storyline concept videos for original songs – 2006 till 2012
● McDonald’s Pakistan, ‘Drive Through’ Campaign videos – Live video & audio recordings of original song performances created for McDonald’s ‘Drive Through’ promotional campaign - 2013
● Braadri Broadcast – A 6 month project to assemble and create an all-acoustic 32 piece traditional Pakistani Folk Orchestra with collective of folk singers which produced & filmed 10 original music compositions in 10 different Pakistani languages - 2016

Live Award Show:

Produced for live Audience & Television broadcast
● HUM Style Awards – A live award show showcasing the top industry standard of Fashion, Music, Dance, Acting, and Comedy. Attended by an audience of 3000 persons from Pakistan’s Arts & Fashion industry - 2016

Festivals:

● Karachi Mubarak Festival – A travelling Performing Arts festival staged in 3 separate districts of Karachi, hosted 80 artists and public audiences of 8000 at a time. -2015
● I Am Karachi Music Festival – (Karachi’s biggest Music Festival to date) Music Festival & Music Dialogues, opening talks on all things music related & showcasing music performances from eastern & western traditions. Hosted 200 artists and public audiences of 40,000 at a time. -2015

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