The third occasion of the Season of the University Theatres festival came to an end on 19 April, after ten days filled with performances by the students from across Egypt.
Students from Ain Shams University in Cairo garnered the largest amount of (...)
In a tall building on Dokki's busy Mosaddek Street is Vibe for Developing Arts, a well-established music studio that opened its doors in 2011 and where, a few floors above, the younger initiative Da House was launched in 2016.
As I move between (...)
Ten out of 20 plays at this year's Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre addressed women's experiences.
Such was the focus on women's issues and rights at the festival's 24th edition, that Femi Osofisan, the Nigerian (...)
Last year, the Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre (CIFCET) made its comeback after a five-year hiatus that lasted from 2011 to 2015.
Upon its return, the word “contemporary” was added to the festival's name, no (...)
His picture is never present on theatre billboards like those of stars, but instead appears i small letters in the corner--yet it is always a sign that the show is worth watching, and certainly benefits from great lighting and decor.
The artist in (...)
With this year's National Theatre Festival drawing to a close, a closer look at the featured plays reveals a return to literary adaptations and mystical works, as well as an apparent fascination with student theatre.
Shaman, Toqoos Al-Esharat Wa (...)
Last week, Alexandrian audiences found refuge from the summer heat and traffic jams in the great hall of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, where Jordanian pianist and composer Tarek El-Nasser performed as part of the summer festival.
“The city of (...)
On the fourth floor of the National Museum of Modern Art at the Centre Pompidou, where contemporary art collections are stored, visitors' attention is drawn to a sign which reads: "Art and Freedom: Rupture, War and Surrealism in Egypt (1938-1948)." (...)
Torange Yeghiazarian, an Iranian-American playwright and director of Armenian heritage, was one of the guests of honour of the 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre, which ran between 20 and 30 (...)
Directed by Anmar Taha, the performance titled Pillars of Blood will be staged on 27 and 28 September at the small hall of the Cairo Opera House.
The play is created by Iraqi artists who are currently residing in Sweden. The history of the troupe (...)
On 20 September, curtains were raised on the 23rd Cairo International Festival for Experimental and Contemporary Theatre at the main hall of the Cairo Opera House.
The opening ceremony was attended by Sameh Mahran, the festival's president (and (...)
The 23rd Cairo International Festival for Experimental and Contemporary Theatre kicked off with the Chinese theatre play Thunderstorm, brought to Egypt by the Fujian People's Art Theatre.
The play was especially chosen for the opening of the (...)
Moliere, a play directed by Neville Tranter, will be performed 27 and 28 September within the 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre.
The performance focuses on Molière in the last months of his life, when he (...)
The sculpture for which Egyptian artist Nagi Farid won the State Encouragement Award this year is an abstract work.
Titled “The Queen,” it represents a woman sculpted in black granite, with head and chest in bronze and nickel chrome. The sculpture (...)
This year, Egypt's National Theatre Festival spanned over three weeks and over 40 plays, 36 of which participated in the official competition.
The dynamic versatility and free entry contributed to theatre halls filled with a large audience (...)
Egypt's 9th National Theatre Festival opened on 19 July and runs until 8 August, offering a large assortment of plays on 14 stages.
Check our recommendations for the festival's final week (2-8 August).
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Four dancers wearing red belly dance (...)
The 9th edition of the National Theatre Festival attracts large audiences interested exploring offerings from a variety of troupes: independent creators, university theatre groups, troupes operating under the culture palaces scattered across the (...)
The festival runs between 19 July and 8 August.
Check our recommended plays from the festival's first week and scroll down for the complete programme (in Arabic).
Al Zombie Wa Al Khataya Al Ashra (Zombie And The Ten Sins)
The play is written and (...)
The first International Festival for Youth Theatre, taking place 8-15 January, is an initiative by theatre actor and director Mazen El-Gharabawy with the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Promotion (...)
Celebrating its 20th edition, the AswanInternationalSculpture Symposium is one of the oldest artistic events and a rare gem on the cultural map that has been ongoing without interruptions.
Even during the hot year of the 2011 revolution, the (...)
Celebrating its 20th anniversary years, Karim Francis Gallery exhibits the works of two iconic figures of Egypt's contemporary art: sculptor Abdel-Badie Abdel-Hay and painter Hamed Abdallah
Land and rural life is the common denominator in the works (...)
As we laugh watching After the Night, a performance launched by amateur actors' trained at the Center for Artistic Creativity, we revisit the many troubling issues within Egyptian society
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002), Emergency Landing (2004), (...)
The Egyptian band Eskenderella has released its first album, called Safha Gedida (A New Page), in the form of a double CD with 17 songs.
"Dedicated to the revolution, its martyrs, its wounded and its revolutionaries who still insist on realising (...)
Alsarah's flawless voice touches on the African folklore and traditional Nubian songs of the 1960s and the 1970s, as she performs this rich musical heritage in a novel way. A young Sudanese singer and songwriter, Alsarah graced the stage of (...)
Plays from fifteen independent professional theatre companies are taking part in the official competition of the Egyptian National Theatre Festival (10-25 August).
This is quite a significant number when compared to roughly ten state theatre (...)