Thursday 12 January Kawkab Sika play at Metropol Theatre, 7pm The play is 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 Mona Burkhardt with El Melodias Encantadoras Orquesta at Cairo Opera House, 8pm Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Bluezophrenia band at ROOM Art Space, 8.30pm The 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 Concert by the Alexandria Opera Company for Arab Music and Singing at Alexandria Opera House, 8pm Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Bluezophrenia band (Photo: Fragment from promotional material) Friday 13 January The Jets band at Cairo Opera House, 8pm Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Michelle Rounds With Ayman Mabrouk and Rami Attallah at Elbet Alwan, 8pm Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St, Zamalek, Cairo Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel (The Shadow Puppet) public performance at Beit El-Sehemi, 8.30pm Presented by Wamda and directed by Nabil Bahgat Beit El-Sehemi, El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Concert by Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra, 7pm 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 Michelle Rounds (Photo: Fragment from promotional material) Saturday 14 January Discursiveness: an exhibition by Yannick Jacquet, Fred Penelle and Dia Hamed at Medrar Exhibition runs until 19 January Medrar, 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St, Garden City, First Floor, Apt.4, Cairo The Blue Elephant by the Modern Dance Theatre Company at Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 8pm Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Wahed Tani (Someone Else) play at Taliaa Theatre, 9pm The play is written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour Taliaa Theatre Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Zaki Tolimat Hall. Cairo Mona Burkhardt with El Melodias Encantadoras Orquesta at Alexandria Opera House, 8pm Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Mona Burkhardt will perform with El Melodias Encantadoras Orquesta at Alexandria Opera House on Saturday 14 January (Photo: Fragment from promotional material) Check our complete listings of arts and culture events for this week: Egypt's arts and culture events of the week: 8-15 January 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
