Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sunday 23 April
Music CAIRO 5th edition of the International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts (20-26 April). Performances by troupes from around the world. Salaheddin Citadel Salah Salem Road, Mokattam, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO The Misfortunes of Some by director Omar Amiralay. Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown Cairo Exhibition 5.30pm & 8pm CAIRO Gamal El-Sagini retrospective exhibition celebrating the artist's centennial.
Opening will be at 5.30pm at Mahmoud Mohktar Museum, and at 8pm in Zamalek Art Gallery. Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum, 5 El-Tahrir Street, Cairo
Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Book signing 7pm CAIRO Writer Mena Nagui will discuss and sign his novel Bela Agnehaa (Without Wings). Alef Bookstores 84 Road 9 Maadi, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO Excellencies, a group exhibit by Mohamed Hakim, Mohamed Effat, Toghan Rakha, Sarokhan. Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem Street, off Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Double Projection by director Omar Amiralay. Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Khalil Gibran's The Prophet. Read more here. Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO The Gentleman Caller play. Read more here. Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mervat Wagdy concert. Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Al-Ashq Al-Masmouaa (The Overheard Love), a play directed by Mohamed Allam. Miami Theatre, Maarouf St, Qasr A- Nile, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Piano Duo Recital: Yasser Moukhtar, Mahmoud Mekhemar, Iman Nour El Din, Sara Darwish. Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Gala Concert- Cairo Opera Company, Cairo Opera Orchestra. Cairo Opera House, Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Kalthoumiat. Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Conservatoire concert. Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Rock musical Leila. Read more here. The Marquee Theatre, Cairo Festival City, Ring Road, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Adoration), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim. Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini Street, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai. Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz Street, Old Cairo Dance 7pm ALEXANDRIA Dramatic Tales from Mythologies, dance by Vanashree Rao & The Dance Project. Part of India by The Nile Festival. Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria Theatre 9pm ALEXANDRIA Doctorah Fi Al-Hob (A Doctorate in Love), a play directed by Maher Selim. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish Street, Al-Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Film ISMAILIA 19th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts (19-25 April). Read more here. Ismailia Culture Palace and other venues, Ismailia Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week 19th Ismailia Film festival (Photo: part of promotional material for the festival)
Monday 24 April
Exhibition Last days CAIRO Layers of Green, a group exhibiting featuring Ahmed Abdallah, Amira Adel, Hoda Ragaa, Mahmoud Sherif, Sabah Naim, and Sayeda Khalil. The exhibition runs until 25 April. Ubuntu, 20 Hassan Sabry Street (entrance from Ibn Zinki Street), Zamalek, Cairo Music CAIRO 5th edition of the International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts (20-26 April). Performances by troupes from around the world. Salaheddin Citadel Salah Salem Road, Mokattam, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Dheepan. Read more here. Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis Street, Zamalek, Cairo Book signing 7pm CAIRO Writer Carmine Kartolato will discuss and sign his novel Momo. Alef Bookstores 84 Road 9, Maadi, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Fabrica music troupe performs Disney songs. Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo Book signing 7pm CAIRO Writer Abdel-Rehim Kamal will discuss and sign his novels Bawab Al-Hana (Porter of the Pub) and Al-Magnouna (The Insane Woman). Heliopolis Library Beirut Street, Heliopolis, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music. Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Muaaz Street and Al-Azhar Street, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Korean band Expression Crew: dance and the art of drawing with sand. Cairo Opera House, Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Film Screening: Fire at Sea (2016). Balcon, 26 Sohag Street, Heliopolis Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Adoration), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini Street, Cairo Theatre 9pm ALEXANDRIA Doctorah Fi Al-Hob (A Doctorate in Love), a play directed by Maher Selim. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish Street, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Film ISMAILIA 19th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts (19-25 April). Read more here. Ismailia Culture Palace and other venues, Ismailia Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week One of the India by the Nile performances (Photo: Mona Abdel Karim) Tuesday 25 April
Music CAIRO 5th edition of the International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts (20-26 April). Performances by troupes from around the world. Salaheddin Citadel Salah Salem Road, Mokattam, Cairo Book signing 7pm CAIRO Writer Manar Hegazi will discuss and sign her novel Salaman Aala Mariam (Peace be on Mariam). Alef Bookstores 84 Road 9, Maadi, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Double Projection by director Omar Amiralay. Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Paterson. ADEF DECA 143 Street 8, Muqattam City, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of A Flood in Baath Country. Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mawawil and Gamal Shiha. Makan, Saad Zaghloul Street, Al-Mounira, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO A chamber music featuring Kholoud Sharara. Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Omar Khairat. Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8pm ALEXANDRIA “Images of Truth”, a musical adaptation of Mahatma Gandhi through the Ishara puppet Theatre Trust founded by puppeteer and director D. Pudumjee and featuring Puppeteers: Neetu Kumari, Kumari Yadav, Anil Kumar. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small Hall, Alexandria Theatre 9pm ALEXANDRIA Doctorah Fi Al-Hob (A Doctorate in Love), a play directed by Maher Selim. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish Street, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Film ISMAILIA 19th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts (19-25 April). Read more here. Ismailia Culture Palace and other venues, Ismailia Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Leila musical (Photo: courtesy of Leila musical production) Wednesday 26 April
Exhibition Last days CAIRO A collective exhibition of paintings by artists including Tasneem El-Meshad, Sherif Abdel-Qader, Salam Yousry, Medhat Mourad, and more. The exhibition runs until 30 April. Note, 12a Maraashly Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO Horra, an exhibition of paintings by Karim Abdel-Malak. The exhibition runs until 30 April. Safarkhan Gallery, 6 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music CAIRO 5th edition of the International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts (20-26 April). Performances by troupes from around the world. Salaheddin Citadel Salah Salem Road, Mokattam, Cairo Seminar 8pm CAIRO Cultural salon. Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Adoration), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim. Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini Street, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Omar Khairat. Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Ali El Haggar. Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of Hin und Weg 77 Plätze (in German with Arabic subtitles). Goethe-Institut Alexandria, 10 El-Batalsa Street, Azarita, Alexandria Theatre 9pm ALEXANDRIA Doctorah Fi Al-Hob (A Doctorate in Love), a play directed by Maher Selim. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish Street, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week (Photo: still from film Fire at Sea) Thursday 27 April
Music seminar 1pm CAIRO Music Talks I/ Music- What for? - a lecture by music and philosophy professor Doris Koesterke. Event is part of the Cairo Contemporary Music Days 2017. Check the full programme here. American University in Cairo, New Cairo Campus, Fifth Settlement, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of A Flood in Baath Country. Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO “Images of Truth”, a musical adaptation of Mahatma Gandhi through the Ishara puppet Theatre Trust founded by puppeteer and director D. Pudumjee and featuring Puppeteers: Neetu Kumari, Kumari Yadav, Anil Kumar. Al-Hanager Arts Centre Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Book signing 7pm CAIRO Writer Ahmed Medhat will discuss and sign his novel Khareef Demaa Eshq (Autumn ... Blood ... Love) Alef Bookstores 84 Road 9, Maadi, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Un Rond-Point Dans La Tete (A Roundabout in My Head). Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Amer El Tony and the Egyptian Mawlaweya. Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo Seminar 7pm CAIRO Conference "Make/Show Arts". French Institute, 1 Madrasset El-Huquq El Frenseya, off of Kasr El-Aini Street, Mounira, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Anta Fein Ya Qamar (Where are your Moon?), a play starring written by Hatem Azab, directed by Hassan Saad. Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim Street, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Adoration), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim. Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini Street, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Religious music ensemble. Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Rock musical Leila. Read more here. The Marquee Theatre, Cairo Festival City, Ring Road, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Tarabband from Sweden. El-Geneina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Darassa, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble and L'Ensemble (Lithuania), conducted by Vykintas Baltakas. Event is part of the Cairo Contemporary Music Days 2017. Check the full programme here. Goethe Institute, 8pm 13 Hussein Wasef Street, El Mesaha Square, Dokki Music 8pm CAIRO A Musical Finale: popular songs from the musicals such as West Side Story, Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, Pocahontas, etc. Ewart Hall - AUC Main Campus, Tahrir Square, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Yehya Khalil concert. Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Gypsy Jazz Project. Read more here. ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet), a free public performance by clowns in Al-Muizz Street, presented by Wamda and directed by Nabil Bahgat Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Seminar 7pm ALEXANDRIA A discussion with author Phillip Reinartz Goethe-Institut Alexandria, 10 El-Batalsa Street, Azarita, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Alexandria Opera Ensemble for Aran Music and Singing. Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria Theatre 9pm ALEXANDRIA Doctorah Fi Al-Hob (A Doctorate in Love), a play directed by Maher Selim. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish Street, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Cairo Contemporary Music Days (Photo: an event held at the American University in Cairo (AUC) during the 2011) Friday 28 April
Art talk 7pm CAIRO Cairo Bats Collective by Nadia Mounir, Mai El-Shazly and Magdalena: a talk about series of pictures spanning a period of two years taken on rooftops in the city. Photopia, 15 Somal Street, El Korba, Heliopolis, Cairo Music seminar 7pm CAIRO A discussions about the beginning of new music in Darmstadt, Germany, after World War II. Event is part of the Cairo Contemporary Music Days 2017. Check the full programme here. Goethe Institute, 8pm 13 Hussein Wasef Street, El-Mesaha Square, Dokki Theatre 7pm CAIRO Anta Fein Ya Qamar (Where are your Moon?), a play starring written by Hatem Azab, directed by Hassan Saad Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim Street, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown,Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Adoration), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim. Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini Street, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Rock musical Leila. Read more here. The Marquee Theatre, Cairo Festival City, Ring Road, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo Theatre 9pm ALEXANDRIA Doctorah Fi Al-Hob (A Doctorate in Love), a play directed by Maher Selim. 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 Dheepan (Photo: Fragment from the film's poster) Saturday 29 April
Music 8pm CAIRO L'Ensemble (Lithuania) and the Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble featuring the compositions by Hikari Kiyama, Zad Moultaka, Bushra El Turk, Hassan Taha and Øyvind Torvund. Event is part of the Cairo Contemporary Music Days 2017. Check the full programme here. American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir Campus, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO YorkaBand (Ghagaria / Gypsy) concert. Cairo Opera House, Open Air Theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Tarabband from Sweden. El-Geneina Theater, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Darassa, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Adoration), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim. Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini Street, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Rock musical Leila. Read more here. The Marquee Theatre, Cairo Festival City, Ring Road, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music. Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Muaaz Street and Al-Azhar Street, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Ali El Haggar. Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Heaven Harp Choir. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Theatre 9pm ALEXANDRIA Doctorah Fi Al-Hob (A Doctorate in Love), a play directed by Maher Selim. 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 Gypsy Jazz Project (Photo: Still from one of the Gypsy Jazz Project's performances)
Sunday 30 April
Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Un Rond-Point Dans La Tete (A Roundabout in My Head). Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Rock musical Leila. Read more here. The Marquee Theatre, Cairo Festival City, Ring Road, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Adoration), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim. Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini Street, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai. Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz Street, Old Cairo Film discussion 7pm ALEXANDRIA "The Particularity of Cinema”: a discussion with the filmmaker Maged Nader. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Tarabband from Sweden. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Auditorium, Alexandria Theatre 9pm ALEXANDRIA Doctorah Fi Al-Hob (A Doctorate in Love), a play directed by Maher Selim. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish Street, Al-Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (Photo: Still from the film) 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 Street, off Al-Moaz Street 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 15 -30 Apr CAIRO ‘NUsic', paintings by Asmaa Samy. Cordoba Art Gallery, 3a Degla Street, off Al-Furat Street, off Gameat El-Dowal Street, Mohandessin, Cairo Exhibition 23 Apr- 18 May CAIRO Via Aurelia, sculpture exhibition by Naguib Moein. Gallery Misr, 4a Ibn Zinky Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 27 Apr CAIRO In the Presence of the Animal, paintings by Adel El-Siwi. Mashrabia Gallery, 8 Champollion Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 23 Apr- 10 May CAIRO Excellencies, a group exhibit by Mohamed Hakim, Mohamed Effat, Toghan Rakha, Sarokhan.
Sundays off. Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem Street, off Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 12 April -- TBA CAIRO Doa Aly & Islam Zaher: Remnants of Enchantment. Gypsum Gallery 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo Exhibition 3 Apr - 15 May CAIRO Halfway Through the Thread, group exhibition focused on textile work. Read more here. Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa Street, Old Cairo Exhibition 20 Apr- TBA CAIRO Under the Sun, paintings by Artist Enas El-Kawa. Art Corner, 12 Sayed Bakry Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 23 Apr- TBA CAIRO Gamal El-Sagini retrospective exhibition celebrating the artist's centennial.
Opening will be at 5.30pm at Mahmoud Mohktar Museum, and at 8pm in Zamalek Art Gallery. Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum, 5 El-Tahrir Street, Cairo
Zamalek Art Gallery, 11, Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 12-20 Apr CAIRO “Messages,” a retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings by artist Farid Fadel. Salah Taher Gallery, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 10-20 Apr CAIRO “Imagination,” a duo exhibition of paintings by Asmaa Tageddin and Wafaa Al- Nashashibi. Al-Kahila Gallery, 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandessin, Cairo Exhibition 11 Apr - 4 May CAIRO Bronze sculptures by Maged Mikhail. Karim Francis Gallery, 1 El-Sherifein St, 3rd St right off Kasr El-Nil St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 1 - 23 Apr CAIRO ‘Buzzing', paintings by Salah El-Meligy, and ‘Stages', sculptures by Hassan Kamel. Dai Gallery, 14 Al-Ahrar Street, from Batal Ahmed Street, Mohandesin, Cairo Exhibition 18 Apr-18 May CAIRO An exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of veteran artist Sayed Abdel-Rasoul. Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, on the corner of Giza Street and Kafur Street, next to the State Council, Cairo Exhibition 9 -30 Apr CAIRO A collective exhibition of paintings by artists including Tasneem El-Meshad, Sherif Abdel-Qader, Salam Yousry, Medhat Mourad, and more. Note, 12a Maraashly Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 19 -30 Apr CAIRO Horra, an exhibition of paintings by Karim Abdel-Malak. Safarkhan Gallery, 6 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 12- 25 Apr CAIRO Layers of Green, a group exhibiting featuring Ahmed Abdallah, Amira Adel, Hoda Ragaa, Mahmoud Sherif, Sabah Naim, and Sayeda Khalil. Ubuntu, 20 Hassan Sabry Street (entrance from Ibn Zinki Street), Zamalek, Cairo 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
