In celebration of Sinai Liberation Day on 25 April, Egypt's Artistic Theatre House (which operates under the Ministry of Culture and oversees all state-owned theatres) will provide free admission to all performances at public theatres on two consecutive days, 25 and 26 April. Ismail Mokhtar, head of the Artistic Theatre House told Ahram Online that the free entry is "part of Culture Minister Helmy El-Namnam's focus on the important role of theatre in the country and its goal to attract the public." Performances will include The Trial, based on Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, to be staged at the National Theatre in Cairo. The play is a fictionalised account of the US' famous 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, which debated whether the theory of evolution should be taught in state-funded schools. Yaoum An Qatalu Al-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) will be staged at Cairo's Taliaa Theatre. According to Al-Ahram Weekly, the play presents a struggle between two brothers as they search for the secrets of existence and the universe. The play is directed by Tamer Karam. The highly successful Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), based on the novel by Elif Safak and adapted for the stage by Rasha Abdel-Moneim, will be staged at Cairo's Salam Theatre. Other plays will include Al-Ashq Al-Masmouaa (The Overheard Love) and Aashaa Aamal (A Business Dinner) at Malak Opera Theatre, as well as Doctorah Fi Al-Hob (A Doctorate in Love) at Alexandria's Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre, to name a few. Check with the theatres for details regarding showtimes and other performances. 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
