Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week 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 Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO Kintsugi, group exhibition of photography by Karim Hayawan, Nelly El Sharkawy, and Nour Kamel with embroidery by Mariam Faried Soma, 14 Maraashli St., 2nd floor, Apt 4, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of The Wanted 18 Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Out of Print, a collaborative initiative with Cairo Hackerspace which invites the public to present ideas to be 3-D printed. Registration through this form. From 4pm to 8pm daily. Townhouse Factory space, 6 El-Nabarawy St., Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Coffee & Film night: The Barbarian Invasions (Canada/France, 2003) ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Looperia Project, music from Africa 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 recital by Iman Noureddin performing works by Brahms, Franck and Beethoven. Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Contemporary Music Days, Carte Blanche II, with conductor Vykintas Baltakas Ewart Hall, AUC, Tahrir Campus, Tahrir Square, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music Ensemble, conducted by maestro Salah Ghoubashi performs Um Kolthoum songs Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdin, 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 Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, 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 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 St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Part of artwork by Halla Shafey (Photo: courtesy of Nile Art Gallery)
Monday 1 May
Exhibition Last days CAIRO Beautiful Soul, group exhibition of paintings by Noha Diab, Tasneem El-Meshad and Deena Fadel Al-Kahila Gallery, 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandessin, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Oriental-western fusion with Aradi Band Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Karaoke Monday ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Chamber Music with Marcellino Safwat, Rana Haggag and Naghmaya Safwat Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Nile Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mohamed Saad Basha, with vocalist Ahmed Harfoush Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdin, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Fire at Sea Balcon, 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, 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 Asia Madani at Room Art Space (Photo: part of promotional material by Room) Tuesday 2 May
Exhibition Last days CAIRO Bronze sculptures by Maged Mikhail Karim Francis Gallery, 1 El-Sherifein St, 3rd St right off Kasr El-Nil St, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 6pm CAIRO Ana Wala Heya? (Me or Her?) by the AUC Theatre and Film Club Howard Cafe, AUC New Campus, Road 90, New Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of The Wanted 18 Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Night on Earth ADEF DECA 143, St no. 8, Muqattam City, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Sheikhates Blues Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Jaafra music and songs with Sayed Rekabi Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Sorour band Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Labour day celebrations Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Ballet 8pm CAIRO Cairo Opera Ballet and Cairo Opera Orchestra: Danses qu'on croise, Lorkiana & Bolero Cairo Opera House, main hall Zamalek, Cairo Film ALEXANDRIA Goethe Film Week. Check the full programme here. Various venues Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Oboe, violin and piano recital, Wesam Amin, Laura Virtanen, and David Hales 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 St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Ayloul and Code Masr concert at Genaina Theatre (Photo: part of promotional material) Wednesday 3 May
Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Imagined Life in a Museum Vitrine: Chapter 4 of If Not for That Wall longterm series of exhibitions by CIC Featuring works by Ala Younis, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Hossam Ali, Maha Maamoun Contemporary Image Collective, 22 Abdelkhalek Tharwat St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Mojarad Khutut (Just Lines) painting exhibition by Nagat Farouk Hanager Art Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Poetry 7pm CAIRO Poetry evening with Ahmed Taymour Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mazaher ensemble, Zar music Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, 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 St, Cairo Ballet 8pm CAIRO Cairo Opera Ballet and Cairo Opera Orchestra: Danses qu'on croise, Lorkiana & Bolero Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Film ALEXANDRIA Goethe Film Week. Check the full programme here. Various venues 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 Rock musical Leila (Photo: still from trailer for Leila) Thursday 4 May
Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Sheikhates Blues Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Nightfall Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 6pm CAIRO Om Kalthoum puppet theatre concert Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Arabic rock concert with Malaaz band Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Anta Fein Ya Qamar (Where are you Moon?), a play starring written by Hatem Azab, directed by Hassan Saad Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music Ensemble 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 Music 8pm CAIRO Jordanian band Ayloul and Egyptian band Code Masr El-Geneina Theater, Al Azhar Park , Salah Salem Road, Darassa, Cairo Ballet 8pm CAIRO Cairo Opera Ballet and Cairo Opera Orchestra: Danses qu'on croise, Lorkiana & Bolero Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Estabena Band ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, 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 Film ALEXANDRIA Goethe Film Week. Check the full programme here. Various venues Dance ALEXANDRIA Nassim El-Raqs 7, dance festival. Check the full programme here. Various venues Film 7pm CAIRO Two short films by Naji Ismail: Om Amira (Documentary, 2013), and The Builders (Fiction, 2016) Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Alexandria Opera Chamber Orchestra 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 St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Maged Mikhail sculpture exhibition at Karim Francis (Photo: Soha Elsirgany) Friday 5 May
Film 12pm CAIRO Screening of Men Youmha short film, directed by May Salem Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki St., Downtown, Cairo Film 3pm and 10pm CAIRO Screening of Homeland: Iraq Year Zero Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Poetry and music 7pm CAIRO The Word Project session 3.3 for slam poets, but also welcomes singers, rappers, actors and stand up performers. Balcon, 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis 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 St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Abdelrahman Mohamed concert Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Egyptian project, concert Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa St., Old Cairo Ballet 8pm CAIRO Cairo Opera Ballet and Cairo Opera Orchestra: Danses qu'on croise, Lorkiana & Bolero Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Rock musical Leila. Read more here The Marquee Theatre, Cairo Festival City, Ring Road, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Asia Madani concert ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Film ALEXANDRIA Goethe Film Week. Check the full programme here. Various venues Dance ALEXANDRIA Nassim El-Raqs 7, dance festival. Check the full programme here. Various venues 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 Nassim El-Raqs 7 dance festival (Photo: part of promotional material) Saturday 6 May
Film 3pm and 10pm CAIRO Screening of Homeland: Iraq Year Zero Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven's 9th Symphony Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Rania Shaalan concert Cairo Opera House, small hall Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, 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 St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo Film ALEXANDRIA Goethe Film Week. Check the full programme here. Various venues Dance ALEXANDRIA Nassim El-Raqs 7, dance festival. Check the full programme here. Various venues 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 Wanted 18 (Photo: Just Vision press kit)
Sunday 7 May
Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Nightfall Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 6pm CAIRO Screening of Banat El-Nas (The People's Girls) Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Les Triplettes de Belleville Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Marco & Friends Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Coffee & Film night: The Act of Killing (2012) ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Performance from the Talent Development Center Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Wahabiyat concert Arabic Music Institute, 22 Ramsis St., Downtown, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, 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 Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Civil War Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Dance ALEXANDRIA Nassim El-Raqs 7, dance festival. Check the full programme here. Various venues 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 Beautiful Soul group exhibition at Kahila Gallery (Photo: part of promotional material for the exhibition) 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 30 Apr - tba CAIRO Kintsugi, group exhibition of photography by Karim Hayawan, Nelly El Sharkawy, and Nour Kamel with embroidery by Mariam Faried Soma, 14 Maraashli St., 2nd floor, Apt 4, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 15 -30 Apr CAIRO ‘NUsic', paintings by Asmaa Samy Cordoba Art Gallery, 3A Degla St., off Al-Furat St., off Gameat El-Dowal St., Mohandessin, Cairo Exhibition 23 Apr- 18 May CAIRO Via Aurelia, sculpture exhibition by Naguib Moein Gallery Misr, 4A Ibn Zinky st., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 27 Apr - 31 May 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 St., off Brazil St., 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 St., Old Cairo Exhibition 20 Apr- TBA CAIRO Under the Sun, paintings by Artist Enas El-Kawa Art Corner, 12 Sayed Bakry St., 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 St., Cairo
Zamalek Art Gallery, 11, Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 23 Apr- 23 May CAIRO Shorouk, paintings by Mohamed Dessouki Gallery Grant, 6 El-Gomhouriya St., Abdeen, Cairo Exhibition 3 - 31 May CAIRO Ghost Cars of Cairo, Photography by Steve Double Arcade Gallery, 25 Orabi St., Maadi, Cairo Exhibition 30 Apr- 12 June CAIRO Out of Print, a collaborative initiative with Cairo Hackerspace which invites the public to present ideas to be 3-D printed. Registration through this form. From 4pm to 8pm daily. Townhouse Factory space, 6 El-Nabarawy St., Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 3 - 8 May CAIRO Mojarad Khutut (Just Lines) painting exhibition by Nagat Farouk Hanager Art Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Until 4 May CAIRO Beautiful Soul, group exhibition of paintings by Noha Diab, Tasneem El-Meshad and Deena Fadel 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 29 Apr- 25 May CAIRO Earth Memory, sculptures by two artists, Said Badr and Ayman Al-Semary Dai Gallery, 14 Al-Ahrar St., from Batal Ahmed St., 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 St and Kafur St, next to the State Council, Cairo Exhibition 30 Apr- tba CAIRO The Sun Daughter,” paintings by Akila Riyad Nile Art Gallery, 14 Kamal Al-Tawil St, Zamalek, 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, 12 A Maraashly St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 19 -30 Apr CAIRO Horra, an exhibition of paintings by Karim Abdel-Malak Safarkhan gallery, 6 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 3 May - 22 June CAIRO Imagined Life in a Museum Vitrine: Chapter 4 of If Not for That Wall longterm series of exhibitions by CIC Featuring works by Ala Younis, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Hossam Ali, Maha Maamoun Contemporary Image Collective, 22 Abdelkhalek Tharwat St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Until 6 May ALEXANDRIA Selections from the BA's Art Collections, an exhibition organized by the BA Art Exhibitions and Collections department Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria 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
