Sunday 6 August Film 12pm, 2.30pm, 5pm, 10pm Screening of Perfect Strangers. Read more here. Zawya, Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White play Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of The Witch (USA, 2015) Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Sunday Screening: Starve Your Dog Zawya, Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Shaman, a play directed by Dalia Hafez and Walid Al-Zorkany Al-Ghad (Tomorrow) Theatre Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Tel 02 3304 3187 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 Music 8.30pm CAIRO Wael El-Fashny (Sunset Oasis series soundtrack) and the band Eelbet Alwan: 15, Ahmed Heshmat St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8.30pm CAIRO Screening of Manhattan (1979) ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahda Helwa (A Beautiful Lady), a monodrama starring Marwa Eid Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Yaoum An Qatalu Al-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) starring Yasser Sadeq, Alaa Qouta, Hend Abdel-Halim, directed by Tamer Karam Zaki Tolimat Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO La Mascherata (The Fancy Dress Party), a play based on Alberto Moravia's novel. Daily except Tuesdays Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Film 5pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of Hans in Luck (Hans im Glück) Goethe-Institut, 10, El-Batalsa St, Azarita, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Karar Ezala and Soror. 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid in Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960 Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
The Day They Killed Singing play (Photo: courtesy of Artistic Theatre House)
Monday 7 August
Film 12pm, 2.30pm, 5pm, 7.30pm, 10pm Screening of Perfect Strangers. Read more here. Zawya, Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White play Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Music 7.30 CAIRO Karaoke Monday ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Closet Monster (2015) Balcon Heliopolis 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Mona & Las Encantadoras Melodias Orquesta, Spanish and Latinm usic and dances Cairo Opera house, Zamalek, 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 Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahda Helwa (A Beautiful Lady), a monodrama starring Marwa Eid Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Yaoum An Qatalu Al-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) starring Yasser Sadeq, Alaa Qouta, Hend Abdel-Halim, directed by Tamer Karam Zaki Tolimat Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Books/talk 6.30pm ALEXANDRIA Book discussion of El-Tagheya by Imam Abdelfattah Imam, led by researcher Mohamed Hassan Jesuits Cultural Center, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Omar Khairat 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall theatre, Alexandria Theatre 8pm ALEXANDRIA Qadeya Fi El-Enaash (A Case in the Intensive Care) play Jesuits Cultural Center, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Alexandria, Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid in Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960 Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Hans in Luck film (Photo: Still form the film)
Tuesday 8 August
Film 12pm, 2.30pm, 5pm, 7.30pm, 10pm Screening of Perfect Strangers. Read more here. Zawya, Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White play Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Awtar Quartet beatles Tribute concert Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Yalla Neghany band concert El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Sahra with (Aragide Group) Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of The Witch (USA, 2015) Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Shaman, a play directed by Dalia Hafez and Walid Al-Zorkany Al-Ghad (Tomorrow) Theatre Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Tel 02 3304 3187 Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahda Helwa (A Beautiful Lady), a monodrama starring Marwa Eid Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Yaoum An Qatalu Al-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) starring Yasser Sadeq, Alaa Qouta, Hend Abdel-Halim, directed by Tamer Karam Zaki Tolimat Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Omar Khairat 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall theatre, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid in Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960 Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Perfect Strangers (Photo: Still form the film)
Wednesday 9 August
Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White play Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Aquarius Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Games 7pm CAIRO Board Games Night ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of After Spring Comes Fall (Germany, 2015) Goethe-Institut, 10, El-Batalsa St, Azarita, Alexandria Music 8pm CAIRO Mazaher ensemble: Zar music & songs Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Shaman, a play directed by Dalia Hafez and Walid Al-Zorkany Al-Ghad (Tomorrow) Theatre Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Tel 02 3304 3187 Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahda Helwa (A Beautiful Lady), a monodrama starring Marwa Eid Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Yaoum An Qatalu Al-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) starring Yasser Sadeq, Alaa Qouta, Hend Abdel-Halim, directed by Tamer Karam Zaki Tolimat Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid in Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960 Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by RT Nuba 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air theatre, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Closet Monster film (Photo: Still form the film)
Thursday 10 August
Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White play Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 6.30pm CAIRO Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeed), a children play with décor and puppets designed by Amir Abdel-Massih, music composed by Mohamed Fawzi, poems by Salah Jahin and directed by Salah Al-Sakka The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo Film/Talk 7pm CAIRO Screening of A Separation In Focus, Building 9, Street 219, Maadi, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Shaman, a play directed by Dalia Hafez and Walid Al-Zorkany Al-Ghad (Tomorrow) Theatre Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Tel 02 3304 3187 Music 8pm CAIRO Elias Sabella concert Elbet Alwan: 15, Ahmed Heshmat St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 9.30pm CAIRO Concert with kArkAdAn ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahda Helwa (A Beautiful Lady), a monodrama starring Marwa Eid Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Yaoum An Qatalu Al-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) starring Yasser Sadeq, Alaa Qouta, Hend Abdel-Halim, directed by Tamer Karam Zaki Tolimat Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO La Mascherata (The Fancy Dress Party), a play based on Alberto Moravia's novel. Daily except Tuesdays Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Layla Min Alf Layla, a play starring Egyptian actor Yehia Al-Fakharani, Lotfi Labib, singer Mohamed Mohsen, written by Beram Al-Tonsi and directed by Mohsen Helmi. Al-Qawmi (The National) Theatre Al-Attaba Square, in front of Attaba Post Office, Cairo, Tel 02 2591 7783 Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid in Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960 Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Tarabi'a 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air theatre, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Perfect Strangers (Photo: Still form the film) Friday 11 August
Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White play Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 6.30pm CAIRO Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeed), a children play with décor and puppets designed by Amir Abdel-Massih, music composed by Mohamed Fawzi, poems by Salah Jahin and directed by Salah Al-Sakka The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Shaman, a play directed by Dalia Hafez and Walid Al-Zorkany Al-Ghad (Tomorrow) Theatre Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Tel 02 3304 3187 Puppet Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO “Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet) Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Pink Floyd tribute Night with Paranoid Eyes ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahda Helwa (A Beautiful Lady), a monodrama starring Marwa Eid Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Yaoum An Qatalu Al-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) starring Yasser Sadeq, Alaa Qouta, Hend Abdel-Halim, directed by Tamer Karam Zaki Tolimat Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO La Mascherata (The Fancy Dress Party), a play based on Alberto Moravia's novel. Daily except Tuesdays Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Layla Min Alf Layla, a play starring Egyptian actor Yehia Al-Fakharani, Lotfi Labib, singer Mohamed Mohsen, written by Beram Al-Tonsi and directed by Mohsen Helmi. Al-Qawmi (The National) Theatre Al-Attaba Square, in front of Attaba Post Office, Cairo, Tel 02 2591 7783 Performance 4pm ALEXANDRIA Family Day programme: Clown performance The Plaza, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall theatre, Alexandria Workshops 4.30pm ALEXANDRIA Family day programme: Workshops and Activities for children The Tent, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall theatre, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid in Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960 Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Hisham Kharma 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air theatre, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Marionnette performance by the Arts School 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall theatre, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Shaman (Photo: courtesy of Artistic Theatre House) Saturday 12 August
Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White play Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Panamerican Machinery (Mexico, 2015) Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, 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 Theatre 8pm CAIRO Shaman, a play directed by Dalia Hafez and Walid Al-Zorkany Al-Ghad (Tomorrow) Theatre Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Tel 02 3304 3187 Music 8pm AIRO Mostafa Hussein concert El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahda Helwa (A Beautiful Lady), a monodrama starring Marwa Eid Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Yaoum An Qatalu Al-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) starring Yasser Sadeq, Alaa Qouta, Hend Abdel-Halim, directed by Tamer Karam Zaki Tolimat Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO La Mascherata (The Fancy Dress Party), a play based on Alberto Moravia's novel. Daily except Tuesdays Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Layla Min Alf Layla, a play starring Egyptian actor Yehia Al-Fakharani, Lotfi Labib, singer Mohamed Mohsen, written by Beram Al-Tonsi and directed by Mohsen Helmi. Al-Qawmi (The National) Theatre Al-Attaba Square, in front of Attaba Post Office, Cairo, Tel 02 2591 7783 Music 9pm CAIRO Sudan Roots live concert ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid in Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960 Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Cairokee 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air theatre, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Qadeya Fi El-Enaash (Photo: part of promotional material for the play) Sunday 13 August
Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White play Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Shaman, a play directed by Dalia Hafez and Walid Al-Zorkany Al-Ghad (Tomorrow) Theatre Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Tel 02 3304 3187 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 Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahda Helwa (A Beautiful Lady), a monodrama starring Marwa Eid Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Yaoum An Qatalu Al-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) starring Yasser Sadeq, Alaa Qouta, Hend Abdel-Halim, directed by Tamer Karam Zaki Tolimat Hall, Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO La Mascherata (The Fancy Dress Party), a play based on Alberto Moravia's novel. Daily except Tuesdays Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid in Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960 Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by High Dam 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air theatre, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Dance Performance: National Palestine troupe 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall theatre, Alexandria 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 Until 20 Sep CAIRO 1980s: A group exhibition of works from the 80s by Adel El-Siwi, Mohamed Abla, Nazli Madkour, Omar El-Fayoumi, Samir Fouad Ibrahim. Runs until 20 September. Daily except Friday, from 12pm to 9pm Soma Art School & Gallery, 14, Mohamed El-Maraashli St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Until 6 Sep CAIRO Paper Trail: Group exhibition featuring 150 works by 12 artists on paper. Check our Art Alert here. Gypsum Gallery 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo
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