Film 12pm, 2.30pm, 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Hedi Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 4.30pm CAIRO Cairokee band El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Film 5pm and 10pm CAIRO Screening of Perfect Strangers Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Festival 6pm CAIRO Man Fat Adeemo Tah festival for handicrafts and traditional arts, 7th edition. Morocco is the country guest of honor. Runs daily till 24 August. Bayt El-Sinnari, Sayeda Zeinab, 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 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden, 2014) Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Lost in Translation ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm Cairo Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. 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 10pm Cairo Concert by Mohamed Mohsen. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Ganoub El Wadi. 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria Theatre 10pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is 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
Film 12pm, 2.30pm, 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Hedi Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 4.30pm CAIRO Cairokee band El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Film 5pm and 10pm CAIRO Screening of Perfect Strangers Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Pantomime 6pm CAIRO El-Sakia Mime Festival El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Wisdom Hall, Zamalek Talk 7pm CAIRO The City Always Wins: Reading and Discussion with Omar Robert Hamilton
Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo 1, Dr. Mahmoud Azmi St, Zamalek, Cairo Lecture 7.30 CAIRO Tales of al-Alandus. Is it a Lost Paradise? Check details at the event's page SaharaSafaris Club Roof Music 7.30 CAIRO Karaoke Night ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zikr and Sufi night Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of The Last Family Balcon Heliopolis 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo Music 8pm Cairo Concert by Wave Jazz band. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. 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 10pm Cairo Concert by Iman Bahr Darwish. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Film 1pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of a documentary about artist Kurt Schwitters Bibliotheca Alexandrina, arts and multimedia library, Alexandria Theatre 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Performance of the play Eagle Disappearance, directed by Ahmed Asker. Event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Memories 3: the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra, conducted by Mohamed Sead Basha, with soloists Ahmed Harfoush and Dalia Farid. Event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria Theatre 10pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is 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
Still from Inhebbek Hedi (Photo: courtesy of Berlinale 2016) Tuesday 22 August
Film 12pm, 2.30pm, 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Hedi Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 5pm and 10pm CAIRO Screening of Perfect Strangers Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Pantomime 6pm CAIRO El-Sakia Mime Festival El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Wisdom Hall, Zamalek Music 7.30 CAIRO Karaoke Night ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm Cairo Concert by Al Mawlaweya Al Masreya. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO A play based on George Orwell's novel Animal Farm Falaki theatre, 24 Falaki St, Downtown, Cairo Music 10pm Cairo Concert by Nadia Mostafa. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Film 1pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of a documentary about Mahmoud Said Bibliotheca Alexandrina, arts and multimedia library, Alexandria Theatre 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Performance of the play Eagle Disappearance, directed by Ahmed Asker. 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Mohamed Mohsen. 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria Theatre 10pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is 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 (Photo: still from Perfect Stragers) Wednesday 23 August
Music 8pm CAIRO Mazaher ensemble: Zar music & songs Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Nafekha band performs Arab and Western music on wind instruments El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Music 8pm Cairo Concert by Sharara sextet. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO A play based on George Orwell's novel Animal Farm Falaki theatre, 24 Falaki St, Downtown, Cairo Music 10pm Cairo Concert by Khaled Selim. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Andromida. 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria Theatre 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Performance of the play Eagle Disappearance, directed by Ahmed Asker. 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria Theatre 10pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is 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
Painting by the late Egyptian artist Mahmoud Said (Photo: Al Ahram collection)
Thursday 24 August
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 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 Concert by Afronubia band: Nubian and African songs El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Music 8pm CAIRO Concert by Mostafa Amin El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Music 8pm Cairo Concert by Boghdady band. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO The Gypsy Jazz Project ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 10pm Cairo Concert by Aly El Haggar. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Film 1pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of film The Blind Side (2009), directed by John Lee Hancock Bibliotheca Alexandrina, arts and multimedia library, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Dina El Wedidi. 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria Theatre 10pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is 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
(Photo: still from The Blind Side)
Friday 25 August
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 7.30pm CAIRO An Evening of Playback Theatre by Dawar Playback Theatre Troupe Dawar, 16 Adly St, 3rd Floor, Downtown, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Concert by El Hadra El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Music 8pm CAIRO Concert by Mounib band El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Music 8pm Cairo Concert by Jets band. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Inshad by Al Fagr troupe Al Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, next to Al Aqmar mosque, Cairo 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 Concert by Do'souka ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 10pm Cairo Concert by Hisham Abbas. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by H.O.H. 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August) Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria Theatre 10pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is 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
Dina El Wedidi (Photo: Mostafa Abdel Aty)
Saturday 26 August
Film 4pm CAIRO Cult Animation Double-Feature: screening of Alice (Czechoslovakia, 1988) and Perfect Blue (Japan, 1997) Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 5pm CAIRO Jadal band. Read more here The Greek Campus 28 Falaki St., Bab El Louk, 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 Concert by marimba player Nesma Abdel Aziz. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Karkade band El Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar park, Salah Salem Rd. Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Concert by Fatma Adel ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 10pm Cairo Concert by Medhat Saleh. Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert and closing ceremony of the 15th International Summer Festival. Check the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria Theatre 10pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is 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 Sunday 27 August
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 10pm ALEXANDRIA Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is 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 Nesma Abdel Aziz (Photo: Al Ahram) 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
