Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week 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 Theatre 7pm CAIRO Dream Hope Wish Desire, an AUC production directed by Jillian Campana. For tickets and reservations call: 01221721526 or 02226154191 Gerhart Theatre, AUC New Cairo Campus, Road 90, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Yom an Qatalo El-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) play Zaki Toleimat stage, El-Talia Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Marco Habib and Friends will present some of the most beautiful old and new Egyptian and foreign songs Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Coffee & Film Night: The Act of Killing ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by maestro Ahmed El Saedi, together with A Cappella Choir, will perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and W. A. Mozar's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. The concert will feature pianist Mohamed Shams, soprano Martina Bortolotti, alto Gala El Hadidi, tenor Alexander Kaimbacher, and bass Reda El-Wakil. Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Talents Development Centre's concert Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The National Arab Muisc Ensemble performs songs from the repertoire of the late singer and composer Abdel-Wahab. 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 programme here Various venues Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week The Act of Killing (Photo: Still from the film)
Monday 8 May
Music 12pm CAIRO Cairo Opera House Labor Day celebrations Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Books 6pm CAIRO French Professor of Philosophy and Cinema, Marie Claude Bernard will discuss her book La Sortie Au Cinema, Palaces et Cine-Jardins d'Egypte, 1930-1980 (The Cinema Trip, Cinema Palaces and Gardens in Egypt, 1930-1980) French Cultural Institute Madrasset Al-Huquq Al Frinseya St, Mounira, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Dream Hope Wish Desire, an AUC production directed by Jillian Campana. For tickets and reservations call: 01221721526 or 02226154191 Gerhart Theatre, AUC New Cairo Campus, Road 90, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of The Green Mile Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Yom an Qatalo El-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) play Zaki Tolaimat stage, El-Talia Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Tagore film. Part of Tagore festival. Check the programme here Hanager film hall. Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO El-Hanooty play Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Emad Abdelaziz concert Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO The Women play directed by Sherif Hamdy, adapted from the 391 BCE play Assemblywomen by Aristophanes Townhouse Rawabet Theatre, 3 Hussein El-Memar St., Downtown, 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 A chamber music concert featuring violinist Yasser Al-Serafi Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of I, Daniel Blake 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 Dance ALEXANDRIA Nassim El-Raqs 7, dance festival. Check the programme here Various venues Lecture 6pm ALEXANDRIA “The Early 20th Century Music and Modernism: Part II,” the last lecture in the music appreciation series. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week The Forty Rules of Love (Photo: courtesy of Artistic Theatre House) Tuesday 9 May
Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Civil War Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 5pm CAIRO Dream Hope Wish Desire, an AUC production directed by Jillian Campana. For tickets and reservations call: 01221721526 or 02226154191 Gerhart Theatre, AUC New Cairo Campus, Road 90, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Victoria ADEF DECA 143, St no. 8, Muqattam City, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Babylon Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, 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 and traditional music from Eritrea. Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Dance 8pm ALEXANDRIA Chitrangada dance drama by Dancers' Guild. Part of Tagore festival. Check the programme here Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria Dance ALEXANDRIA Nassim El-Raqs 7, dance festival. Check the programme here Various venues Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Wednesday 10 May
Books 6.30pm CAIRO A lecture on Writer Khaled Khamisi's book Stories of Journeys Heliopolis Library Beirut Street, Heliopolis, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Dogtooth Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Lecture 7pm CAIRO Public lecture: Women who served the nation Cairo Opera House, small hall Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Dream Hope Wish Desire, an AUC production directed by Jillian Campana. For tickets and reservations call: 01221721526 or 02226154191 Gerhart Theatre, AUC New Cairo Campus, Road 90, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Yom an Qatalo El-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) play Zaki Toleimat stage, El-Talia Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, 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 Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO AfriCairo band performs songs from some of the greatest artists such as Abdel-Wahab, Um Kolthoum, Sayed Darwish; led by the singer Yasser Anwar. Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Dance ALEXANDRIA Nassim El-Raqs 7, dance festival. Check the programme here Various venues Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Homeland: Iraq Year Zero (Photo: part of promotional material for the film) Thursday 11 May
Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Babylon Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Lecture 6pm CAIRO Thursday lecture: Harry Potter and translating fiction Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Puppet Theatre 6.30pm CAIRO Cinderella, a children play directed by Lotfy Al-Sayed The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Dream Hope Wish Desire, an AUC production directed by Jillian Campana. For tickets and reservations call: 01221721526 or 02226154191 Gerhart Theatre, AUC New Cairo Campus, Road 90, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Yom an Qatalo El-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) play Zaki Toleimat stage, El-Talia Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Memories of a Private Eye Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Anta Fein Ya Qamar (Where are your Moon?), a play 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 Shakespeare's Ghosts play Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO A chamber music concert by Amany Mounir Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Elhamy Khorshid concert Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Al-Enshad Al-Dini troupe in a repertoire of religious songs Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO After ten years of absence, singer Eslam Taher returns to sing on the stage of El Sawy Culturewheel where his first concert was in 2007 Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Rock musical Leila. Read more here The Marquee Theatre, Cairo Festival City, Ring Road, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Chitrangada dance drama by Dancers' Guild. Part of Tagore festival. Check the programme here Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramses Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO The Open Mic night 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 7pm CAIRO Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chamber Orchestra, Symphonic concert conducted by Hisham Gabr Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Alexandria Opera for Arabic Music and Singing Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week In The Presence of the Animal, exhibition by Adel El-Siwi (Photo: courtesy of Mashrabia gallery) Friday 12 May
Music 2pm CAIRO The Cairo Celebration Choir (CCC), conducted by Nayer Nagui, will perform Gioachino Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle. Read more here Cairo Opera House Main Entrance Lobby, El Gezira, Zamalek, Cairo Film 3pm and 10 pm CAIRO Screening of Homeland: Iraq Year Zero Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Puppet Theatre 6.30pm CAIRO Cinderella, a children play directed by Lotfy Al-Sayed The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Anta Fein Ya Qamar (Where are your Moon?), a play 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 7pm CAIRO Yom an Qatalo El-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) play Zaki Toleimat stage, El-Talia Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Dance 7.30pm CAIRO "Rituranga - play of seasons" by the Indian community. Part of Tagore festival. Check the programme here Hanager Cinema, Cairo Opera grounds, 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 Talent Development Center concert Cairo Opera House, main hall Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Chamber music concert by Rania Omar Cairo Opera House, small hall 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 Do'souka Live at Room ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Basata band concert Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm DAMANHOUR Alexandria Opera for Arabic Music and Singing Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Nassim El-Raqs 7 (Photo: part of promotional material for the festival) Saturday 13 May
Film 3pm and 10 pm CAIRO Screening of Homeland: Iraq Year Zero Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Yom an Qatalo El-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) play Zaki Toleimat stage, El-Talia Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Met Live screening of The Knight of the Rose by Richard Strauss 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 Music 8pm CAIRO The Cairo Celebration Choir (CCC), conducted by Nayer Nagui, will perform Gioachino Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle. Read more here Basilique Cathedrale, Heliopolis, 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 Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Rabindranath Tagore (Photo: Reuters)
Sunday 14 May
Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Memories of a Private Eye Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 6pm CAIRO Screening of A Present from the Past followed by a Q&A with director Kawthar Younis Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 6pm CAIRO Cairo Opera House Children's Choir Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Yom an Qatalo El-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) play Zaki Toleimat stage, El-Talia Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Arabic music concert with Abo Khadra Wa Asrar El-Gamal Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Omar Khairat orchestra Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Arabic Music Heritage ensemble 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 Angry Lebanese Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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 7 - 25 May CAIRO A new beginning, paintings by Dina Targam Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem St., off Brazil St., Zamalek, 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 3 - 18 May CAIRO Margo Veillon retrospective Cordoba Gallery, 3A Degla St., off Al-Furat St., from Gamaeat Al-Dowal, Al-Mohandesin, 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 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 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 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 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
