Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sunday 18 December Theatre 10am CAIRO Tom & Jerry, live on stage. Tickets can be booked online here. Porto Cairo mall, Ring Road, first settlement, New Cairo Film 12pm and 2.30pm CAIRO Where to Invade Next Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 3pm CAIRO The Tragedy of Man Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo Workshop 5 - 10pm CAIRO One-day workshop: Contemporary dance and physical expression with choreographer Sherine Hegazy. Registration required before 13 December. Tel: 01067363433 Osiris,1 Hassan Mourad st. from Qasr El Aini, 2nd floor, Garden City, Cairo Film 5pm and 10pm CAIRO A Present from the Past Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Lecture/ comics 6pm CAIRO "The Arab World in the Tin Tin Story Album," a lecture by Writer, Louis Blin French Cultural Institute Madrasset Al-Huquq Al Frinseya St, Mounira, Cairo Lecture 6pm CAIRO The International Day for the Arabic Language Heliopolis Library Beirut Street, Heliopolis, Cairo Book signing 7pm CAIRO Writer, Mohamed Tawfik will discuss and sign his book, Sonaa Al Bahga (Happiness Makers). Alef Bookstores 33 Gezerat Al Arab, Mohandessen, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Underground, On the Surface. Read more about the film here. Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Oshaq Al-Tarab (Singing Lovers) band in a programme of classical Arab music. El Sawy Culturewheel, end of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO The Immigrant Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Spanish Film Night: Chico and Rita Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Xavier Dolan's: Mommy (2014) ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mouled and Christmas concert by Cairo Steps (Egypt/Germany) Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Bas Anta Mish Shamem (But You Aren't Smelling), starring Fathi Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed Adel, Rabab Tarek, written by Ahmed Diab and Ahmed Sobhy and directed by Abeer Lotfi Miami Theatre, 38 Talaat Harb street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai, performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments. Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Theatre 8pm ALEXANDRIA Layla min Alf Layla, starring Yehia El-Fakharany. Read more about the play here. Bayram El-Tunsi Theatre, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Dawoud Heart band in a repertoire of Christmas songs Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week (Photo: still from The Tragedy of Man film)
Monday 19 December
Film 12pm, 2.30pm and 7.30pm CAIRO Where to Invade Next Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 5pm and 10pm CAIRO A Present from the Past Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO Vector Walla Raster, senior projects from the AUC Graphic Design Program. The exhibition closes on 22 December Sharjah Art Gallery, American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus, Road 90, New Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO Last Works, exhibition for late artist Hassan Soliman. The exhibition closes on 22 December Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Asem St., off Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Afronoubia band El Sawy Culturewheel, end of 26th of July St, River Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO Discursiveness: an exhibition by Yannick Jacquet, Fred Penelle and Dia Hamed. Exhibition runs until 19 January 2017 Medrar, 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St. Garden City, First Floor, Apt.4, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Amy (Documentary) Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO La Novia (2015) Balcon Lounge, 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Contemporary Fusion Dance Performance (live music:Asaad Nessim) Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Christmas Concert with Gala El Hadidi Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Pianist Omar Khairat and his orchestra performs a collection of his old and new compositions. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zikr and Sufi night Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Bas Anta Mish Shamem (But You Aren't Smelling), starring Fathi Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed Adel, Rabab Tarek, written by Ahmed Diab and Ahmed Sobhy and directed by Abeer Lotfi Miami Theatre, 38 Talaat Harb street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo. Tel: 02 2593 7948 Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA "Classical Music Genres: The Symphony and Concerto," the sixth lecture about music appreciation delivered by maestro Hisham Gabr. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, auditorium hall, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Cairo Steps band (Photo: Cairo Steps promotional material) Tuesday 20 December
Film 12pm, 2.30pm and 7.30pm CAIRO Where to Invade Next Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO “There is Only One Rule….Love,” an exhibition of paintings by Rana Chalabi. Exhibition runs until 22 December. Al Kahila, 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen Film 3pm CAIRO Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 5pm and 10pm CAIRO A Present from the Past Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of “Hunger” Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), 143 St, # 8, Muqattam City, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO El Sakia String Orchestra, conducted by maestro Mohamed Saad Basha presents a Christmas concert. El Sawy Culturewheel, end of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha present traditional music from the Nile Delta to the South Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Pianist Omar Khairat and his orchestra performs a collection of his old and new compositions. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Contemporary Fusion Dance Performance (live music: Asaad Nessim) Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo. Tel: 02 2593 7948 Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Alexandria Talents Development Centre's concert Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week A Present from the Past (Photo: Still from A Present from the Past) Wednesday 21 December
Film 3pm CAIRO Kieslowski's The Double Life of Veronique Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., off Mohamed Mazhar St., Zamalek, Cairo Book signing 6.30pm CAIRO Writer Shereen Sami will discuss and sign her novel, Henna Heliopolis Library Beirut Street, Heliopolis, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO A singing recital by the 'metro' singer Sayed Anwar and Zizi Al-Ali El Sawy Culturewheel, end of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30 CAIRO Documentary ‘Casablanca Calling' Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zar music and songs by Mazaher Ensemble, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zar music and songs by Mazaher, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Bas Anta Mish Shamem (But You Aren't Smelling), starring Fathi Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed Adel, Rabab Tarek, written by Ahmed Diab and Ahmed Sobhy and directed by Abeer Lotfi Miami Theatre, 38 Talaat Harb street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo. Tel: 02 2593 7948 Theatre 6pm ALEXANDRIA A Place with Pigs, directed by Mohamed Abdel-Mola. The Story is Finished, directed by Wagdi Hassan Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Spanish animation Chico & Rita (Photo: Still from Chico & Rita) Thursday 22 December
Dance 6pm CAIRO Battle of the Elements: the first edition of a dance competition Townhouse Rawabet 3 Hussein Al memar street, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Biad Al-Nile (Whiteness of the Nile), a play written by Gouda Sebak and directed by Wael Ibrahim Metropol Theatre, 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Open-mic 7pm CAIRO Open-mic: Mashrou' El-Mareekh for the yougest Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), 143 St, # 8, Muqattam City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Killer band Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Music/poetry 8pm CAIRO Eskenderella band and poet Amin Haddad El Sawy Culturewheel, end of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Cairo Opera Company presents opera "The Telephone" Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The National Arab Music Ensemble in a programme of classical Arab music and songs. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Bas Anta Mish Shamem (But You Aren't Smelling), starring Fathi Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed Adel, Rabab Tarek, written by Ahmed Diab and Ahmed Sobhy and directed by Abeer Lotfi Miami Theatre, 38 Talaat Harb street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Inbox, a play written by Sameh Mahran and directed by Galal Osman Al-Ghad Theatre Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo. Tel: 02 2593 7948 Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA The Season of Blood, directed by Ali Osman Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA Picnic on the Battlefield, a theatrical performance written by Fernando Arrabal and directed by Mohamed Abdel-Mola Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Small hall, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA The Alexandria Opera Company for Arab Music and Singing Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Discursiveness (Photo: fragment from the Discursiveness exhibition's promotional material)
Friday 23 December
Theatre 7pm CAIRO Waking Up, a monodrama by Doaa Hamza Osiris,1 Hassan Mourad st. from Qasr El Aini, 2nd floor, Garden City, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Biad Al-Nile (Whiteness of the Nile), a play written by Gouda Sebak and directed by Wael Ibrahim Metropol Theatre, 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Coldplay tribute Night with "Strawberry Swing" (Sold Out) ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Cairo Opera celebration of Mouled El Nabawi Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Cairo Opera Company presents opera "The Telephone" Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Christmas Concert (Samer George With Amy Frega) Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Puppet and shadow theatre performance, written and directed by Nabil Bahgat. Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Inbox, a play written by Sameh Mahran and directed by Galal Osman Al-Ghad Theatre Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo. Tel: 02 2593 7948 Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Flute and harp recital by Safaa Abdel-Hamid and Amira Hamed Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small hall, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Christmas Carols by the Heaven Harp Choir Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Christmas concerts Saturday 24 December
Exhibition Last days CAIRO Dynamics, duo exhibition for artists Mustafa El Husseiny and Nehad Saeed.The exhibition runs until 26 December Soma Art, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek, Cairo Film 3pm CAIRO Laloux's Fantastic Planet Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Folklor music from the heart of Cairo Alrabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, tel: 01011906907 Music 8pm CAIRO The Cairo Opera children choir Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Bas Anta Mish Shamem (But You Aren't Smelling), starring Fathi Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed Adel, Rabab Tarek, written by Ahmed Diab and Ahmed Sobhy and directed by Abeer Lotfi Miami Theatre, 38 Talaat Harb street, Downtown, Cairo
Sunday 25 December
Exhibition Last days CAIRO On the Silk Road, by Mohamed Abla. The exhibition runs until 28 December Ofok Gallery, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour St., Dokki, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Christmas concert by Neveen Allouba Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai, performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments. Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Bas Anta Mish Shamem (But You Aren't Smelling), starring Fathi Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed Adel, Rabab Tarek, written by Ahmed Diab and Ahmed Sobhy and directed by Abeer Lotfi Miami Theatre, 38 Talaat Harb street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo. Tel: 02 2593 7948 (Photo: still from The Double Life of Veronique) EXHIBITIONS this week Exhibition ongoing CAIRO Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre's products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery. Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Cairo Exhibition ongoing CAIRO A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products. Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo Exhibition 4 - 22 Dec CAIRO Vector Walla Raster, senior projects from the AUC Graphic Design Program Sharjah Art Gallery, American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus, Road 90, New Cairo Exhibition 19 Dec - 19 Jan CAIRO Discursiveness: an exhibition by Yannick Jacquet, Fred Penelle and Dia Hamed. Medrar, 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St. Garden City, First Floor, Apt.4, Cairo Exhibition 5 - 26 Dec CAIRO Dynamics, duo exhibition for artists Mustafa El Husseiny and Nehad Saeed. Soma Art, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 12 - 22 Dec CAIRO “There is Only One Rule….Love,” an exhibition of paintings by Rana Chalabi Al Kahila, 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen Exhibition 17 Dec- 3 Jan CAIRO -Knights of Dai, an exhibition by Ahmed Saber, Kareem helmy, Moawiya Hilal and Nagub Moein.
-Out of Focus, by artist Atef Ahmed Dai Gallery, 14 El-Ahrar St., from Batal Ahmed St, Mohandessin, Cairo Exhibition 9 Dec - 15 Feb CAIRO The Cairo Art Fair II ArtsMart, Km 28, Cairo-Alex Desert Rd., behind Total gas station, Cairo Exhibition 4 - 22 Dec CAIRO Last Works, exhibition for late artist Hassan Soliman Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Asem St., off Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 30 Nov - tba CAIRO Taha Belal & Gozde Ilkin. Read our Art Alert here. Gypsum Gallery, Gypsum, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo Exhibition 14 Dec- 5 Jan CAIRO Third Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition. Runs till 5 January. Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Marsafy St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 28 Nov- 28 Dec CAIRO On the Silk Road, by Mohamed Abla Ofok Gallery, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour St., Dokki, Cairo Exhibition 4 Dec - 5 Jan CAIRO “Threads,”a solo exhibition by Mexican-Italian artist Carlos Torio Mashrabia, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 1 Dec - 12 Jan CAIRO Retrospective: Photographs from the Collection, a group exhibition from the gallery's archival collection The Photographic Gallery AUC New Campus, AbdulLatif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Road 90 New Cairo Exhibition 6 Dec - 7 Jan CAIRO “Behind Closed Doors,” an exhibition of paintings by Ahmed Farid Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 11 Dec - 9 Jan CAIRO Two solo exhibits: Zeinab El-Saginy in venue I, and Ahmed AbdelKarim in venue II Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 6 Dec- 10 Jan CAIRO Zaraeeb, an exhibition by French-Tunisian graffiti artist el Seed. The exhibition runs until 10 January. Art Talks, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 6-19 Dec CAIRO Four exhibitions: “Solo” photography by Al-Ahram newspaper photographer Bassam Alzoghby, “The Sacred Knowledge,” paintings by Shadi Adeeb, “A Coincidence,” by Tarek Radi and “In the Presence of Mawlana,” by Tamer Shahin Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre, 2 Saad Zaghloul Street, Al-Mounira, Cairo Exhibition 6 Nov- 31 Jan CAIRO From Rags to Riches, an exhibition of 20 public artworks created using recycled materials. Switzerland Embassy, 24 Gamal El-din, Abul-Mahasen St, Garden City, Cairo (Photo: still from Where to Invade Next) For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at @AhramOnlineArts and on Facebook at Ahram Online: Arts & Culture
