The civil war leaves no money in the state coffers for make up - or sets, let alone new equipment. The only broadcast-quality video player lies broken. But people are here because they love their jobs. Women in Taleban-controlled areas can hardly leave their homes. More traditional forms of entertainment are yet to feel threatened by the onslaught of technology.
Street performers pull in large crowds.
If anything, in Afghanistan it's TV which is the dying art form. Just finding a shop selling televisions is easier said than done. There's not a huge market for televisions in Faizabad. The only set I could find on sale in the bazaar came from Pakistan on horseback. The government says 30,000 people watch every evening and the viewers say it is the hottest entertainment ever - if the reception holds.