Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sunday 8 January Film CAIRO Damien Chazelle's film La La Land. Screening hours: 12pm, 2.30pm, 5pm, 7.30pm, 10pm. Read more here Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Last Days 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 Last Days 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 opening CAIRO Oil paintings by Samaa Yehia. The exhibition will run until 16 Jan Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Salah Taher gallery Exhibition opening CAIRO The Arab Creators Forum miscellaneous exhibition. The exhibition will run until 16 Jan Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Music Library (Ziyad Bakir) Hall Music 7.30pm CAIRO Sudanese musician Shaker Abdel-Rehem on guitar El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Sobhy Bedair and Friends Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Song recital by Dalia Abdelwahab Arab Music Institute, 22, Ramsis Street, Downtown Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Yasser Soliman and Hanan Arabic music performance Beyt El-Ghenaa El-Araby, The Beshtak Palace (Qasr Bashtak), Bayn El-Qasrayn, Moez street, Islamic Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old 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, Zaki Tolimat Hall. Cairo Theatre 8pm ALEXANDRIA Layla Min Alf Layla (A Night from A Thousand Nights), a play directed by Mohsen Helmi starring Yehia Al-Fakhrani, Lotfi Labib, Mohamed Mohsen. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week La La Land Musical (photo: fragment from the film's poster) Monday 9 January Film CAIRO Damien Chazelle's film La La Land. Screening hours: 12pm, 2.30pm, 5pm, 7.30pm, 10pm. Read more here Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Lecture 6pm CAIRO A lecture by adventurer Shereen Adel, the first Egyptian to travel around Egypt with a motor bike. Heliopolis Library Beirut Street, Heliopolis, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Victoria (Germany), directed by Sebastian Schipper Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Film Screening: The Girl on the Train (2016) Balcon Heliopolis 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt Music 8pm CAIRO Zikr and Sufi night Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Alaa El Din performance by the Forsan El Sharq Heritage Company Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid 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, Zaki Tolimat Hall. Cairo Theatre 3pm ALEXANDRIA Layla Min Alf Layla (A Night from A Thousand Nights), a play directed by Mohsen Helmi starring Yehia Al-Fakhrani, Lotfi Labib, Mohamed Mohsen. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Piano recital by Iman Nour El Din. Programme includes: Beethoven's Sonata op.13 in c minor (Pathethique), Liszt's Etude de concert no.3 (Un sospiro), Bartok's Allegro Barbaro, Chopin's Scherzo no. 2 in b flat minor, Khachaturian's Toccata and Franck's Prelude, Choral et Fugue Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria Music 8pm DAMANHOUR Song recital by “Eric La Garenne” from France Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Cairo Steps band (Photo: Cairo Steps promotional material) Tuesday 10 January
Film CAIRO Damien Chazelle's film La La Land. Screening hours: 12pm, 2.30pm, 5pm, 7.30pm, 10pm. Read more here Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO “Apeirophobia”, an exhibition of paintings by Ahmed Abdel-Ghany about memories of Al Azhari Street. The exhibition runs until 12 Jan. Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek Exhibition opening CAIRO Photography exhibition Dovecotes by Swiss artist David Aebi. Read more here Artellewa, 19 Mohamed Ali El Eseary St. Ard El Lewa, Giza Music 7pm CAIRO Zohoor Alrabiaa (Spring Flowers) band presents a collection of sngs from the repertoire of Abdel Halim Hafiz and Farid Alatrash El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of documentary The Art of The Steal, directed by Don Argot. Read more here Townhouse Rawabet, 3 Hussein El-Memar St., Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Children of Men. Read more here ADEF DECA 143, Street no. 8, Muqattam City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Chamber music concert: Mohamed Hamdy Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Alaa El Din performance by the Forsan El Sharq Heritage Company Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Karkade Band Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha present traditional music of the Nile Delta; Nubian Fadeka; traditional Sudanese music and songs; Al-Jaafra music; traditional music from Eritrea. Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, 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, Zaki Tolimat Hall. Cairo Theatre 8pm ALEXANDRIA Layla Min Alf Layla (A Night from A Thousand Nights), a play directed by Mohsen Helmi starring Yehia Al-Fakhrani, Lotfi Labib, Mohamed Mohsen. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week (Photo: facebook page of Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts - Makan) Wednesday 11 January
Lecture 6pm CAIRO “The Psychology of the Colour Blue in Applied Arts,” a seminar introduces artist, Amany Saad. Heliopolis Library Beirut Street, Heliopolis, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Percussionist Mohamed Abou Hadid El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Birdman, directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mazaher ensemble: Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan, Nour el Sabah. Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Steps and Quadro Nuevo Ensemble. Read more here Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, 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, Zaki Tolimat Hall. Cairo Theatre 8pm ALEXANDRIA Layla Min Alf Layla (A Night from A Thousand Nights), a play directed by Mohsen Helmi starring Yehia Al-Fakhrani, Lotfi Labib, Mohamed Mohsen. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week The Art of The Steal (Photo: Still from The Art of The Steal) Thursday 12 January
Puppet theatre 6pm CAIRO Cinderella, a play with scenography and puppets designed by Naglaa Raafat The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo Theatre for children 7pm CAIRO Kawkab Sika (The Planet of Sika), a play written by Abdu Al-Zaraa and directed by Sayed Gabr Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre, 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Poet Ahmed Haddad and Hazim Shahin on oud El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mona Borkahard Ensemble "Spanish Folklore" Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The National Arab Music Ensemble Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mona Burkhardt with El Melodias Encantadoras Orquesta Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO National Arab Music Ensemble Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO The Blue Elephant, by the Modern Dance Theatre Company Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Bluezophrenia band: covers Elvis Presley, B.B King, Eric Clapton, Vintage Trouble, Deep Purple, Chuck Berry, Joe Bonamassa, Tom Waits, etc ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, 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, Zaki Tolimat Hall. Cairo Film 1pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of Nicholas Nickleby (2002), directed by Douglas McGrath Arts and Multimedia Library, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Theatre 8pm ALEXANDRIA Layla Min Alf Layla (A Night from A Thousand Nights), a play directed by Mohsen Helmi starring Yehia Al-Fakhrani, Lotfi Labib, Mohamed Mohsen. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, 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 (Photo: still from film Birdman) Friday 13 January
Puppet theatre 6pm CAIRO Cinderella, a play with scenography and puppets designed by Naglaa Raafat The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo Theatre for children 7pm CAIRO Kawkab Sika (The Planet of Sika), a play written by Abdu Al-Zaraa and directed by Sayed Gabr Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre, 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO The Blue Elephant, by the Modern Dance Theatre Company Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Michelle Rounds With Ayman Mabrouk and Rami Attallah Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St. - El Zamalik, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Jets band Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Disney concert with the Cairo Opera Company, Cairo Opera Orchestra and Forsan Al Sharq Heritage Company Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO “Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet), a free public performance with clowns, presented by Wamda and directed by Nabil Bahgat. Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old 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, Zaki Tolimat Hall. Cairo Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra, violin soloist and conductor Abdelhamid El Showeikh. Programme: Mozart's Serenade for Strings, K. 525 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Grieg's Serenade for Strings, Haydn's Adagio from Violin Concerto and Orchestra, Holst's St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 and Bartok's Six Romanian Dances Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria Music 8pm DAMANHOUR Alexandria Opera Ensemble for Arab Music and Singing Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Mona Burkhardt with El Melodias Encantadoras (Photo: Cairo Opera House's promotional material) Saturday 14 January
Exhibition Last days CAIRO Discursiveness: an exhibition by Yannick Jacquet, Fred Penelle and Dia Hamed. Exhibition runs until 19 Jan. Medrar, 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St. Garden City, First Floor, Apt.4, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO The Blue Elephant, by the Modern Dance Theatre Company Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, 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, Zaki Tolimat Hall. Cairo Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Mona Burkhardt with El Melodias Encantadoras Orquesta Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Music 8pm DAMANHOUR Cairo Steps and Quadro Nuevo Ensemble. Read more here Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour
Sunday 15 January
Exhibition
CAIRO “The Past is Always an Invented Land, Orhan Pamuk,” an exhibition from the Amgad Naguib Collection. The exhibition runs until 1 Feb. Townhouse, 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Factory Space, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old 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, Zaki Tolimat Hall. Cairo Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of two documentaries by Nadine Salib: Dawn and Um Ghayeb Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria Music 8pm DAMANHOUR Disney concert with the Cairo Opera Company, Cairo Opera Orchestra and Forsan Al Sharq Heritage Company Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour (Photo: still from Children of Men) 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 10-20 Jan CAIRO Photography exhibition Dovecotes by Swiss artist David Aebi. Read more here Artellewa, 19 Mohamed Ali El Eseary St. Ard El Lewa, Giza 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 9 Dec - 15 Feb CAIRO The Cairo Art Fair II ArtsMart, Km 28, Cairo-Alex Desert Rd., behind Total gas station, Cairo Exhibition 9-16 Jan CAIRO Oil paintings by Samaa Yehia Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Salah Taher gallery Exhibition 9-16 Jan CAIRO The Arab Creators Forum miscellaneous exhibition Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Music Library (Ziyad Bakir) Hall 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 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 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 Exhibition Until 17 Jan CAIRO “Before Dawn,” new paintings by artist Sami Aboul-Azm AL MASAR Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Until 12 Jan CAIRO “Apeirophobia”, an exhibition of paintings by Ahmed Abdel-Ghany about memories of Al Azhari Street Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek Exhibition Until 1 Feb CAIRO “The Past is Always an Invented Land, Orhan Pamuk,” an exhibition from the Amgad Naguib Collection. Townhouse, 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Factory Space, Cairo (Photo: fragment from the Dovecotes' promotional material) 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
