Film CAIRO 39th Cairo International Film Festival (21-30 November) Various Venues Music 7.30pm CAIRO Naseer Shamma El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., River Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Karaoke Night Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zikr and Sufi night Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St., Al-Mounira, 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 Strawberry Swing (Photo: part of promotional material) Tuesday 28 November
Film CAIRO 39th Cairo International Film Festival (21-30 November) Various Venues Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick ADEF, 143 Street no.8, Muqattam City, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Fabrica presents Disney songs El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., River hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Dance drama “Meet the Grand Canal” (China) Cairo Opera House, Open Air Theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Widow of the Desert, a dance performance by the Egyptian Modern Dance Theatre Company Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St., Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha present traditional music of the Nile Delta Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St., Al-Mounira, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Kareoke Night Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Moftah Shohra (Photo: part of promotional material)
Wednesday 29 November
Film CAIRO 39th Cairo International Film Festival (21-30 November) Various Venues Theatre 3.30 & 6.30pm CAIRO Two stagings of the play titled “98” AUC Falaki Theatre, 113 Kasr El-Aini St. (on AUC campus), Downtown, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Soprano Janette Zaki Osiris,1 Hassan Mourad St.. from Qasr El Aini, 2nd floor, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zar music and songs by Mazaher Ensemble Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St., Al-Mounira, 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-Muaazgomh St.and Al-Azhar St., Cairo Mime 8pm CAIRO Mime Performance: In the park Dawar,16 Adly St., 3rd Floor,Downtown, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Widow of the Desert, a dance performance by the Egyptian Modern Dance Theatre Company Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St., Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Ali El Haggar El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., Wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Concert by the Talents Development Centre Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El-Horreya Road, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Van Leo out of the studio (Photo: part of promotional material for the exhibition)
Thursday 30 November
Film CAIRO Closing of 39th Cairo International Film Festival (21-30 November) Various Venues Music 7pm CAIRO El-Nahr El-Khaled band AlRabaa (Alrab3), Cultural Center, 3 El-Sananiry alley, off El-Moez St., Gammaliyah, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Tamer El Touny and Al Mawlaweya Al Masreya El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., River hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Oghneyet El-Wadaa play Osiris,1 Hassan Mourad St.. from Qasr El Aini, 2nd floor, Garden City, Cairo Pantomime 8pm CAIRO Mime Performance: In the park Dawar,16 Adly St., 3rd Floor,Downtown, Cairo Stand-up comedy 8pm CAIRO Stand-up comedy open-mic night Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa St., Old Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Widow of the Desert, a dance performance by the Egyptian Modern Dance Theatre Company Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St., Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Yehya Khalil concert Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Al-Hezb Al-Comedy (The Comic party), a group of stand-up comedians. Darb 1718 Kasr El Sham3 St., Al-Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Soiree band concert Manasterly Palace Umm Kolthoum Museum,1 Al-Malek Al-Saleh St., Al-Roda Island, Manial, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Strawberry Swing, Coldplay tribute band Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Andromida band concert Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Dance 8pm CAIRO Dance drama “Meet the Grand Canal” (China) Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El-Horreya Road, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Part of artwork by Hossam Dirar (Photo: part of promotional material for the exhibition)
Friday 1 December
Festival CAIRO Ongoing Cairographie photography festival. Check the programme here Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa St., Old Cairo Exhibition 6pm CAIRO Serendipity - Splendours of the Soul, by Syrian-Lebanese artist Rana Chalabi Nun Center, 4 Shafik Mansour, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO Moftah Shohra (Key to Fame) play AUC Falaki Theatre, 113 Kasr El-Aini St. (on AUC campus), Downtown, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Drum Circle: percussion with Mostafa Bakkar Gusour Cultural Center Michel Lotf Allah St. (inside All Saint's Cathedral), next to Marriott, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Opera “Susanna's Secret” by the Cairo Opera Company Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramses St., Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Open Mic night Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo Puppet theatre 8.30pm CAIRO “Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet), a free public performance by clowns in Al-Muaaz Street, presented by Wamda and directed by Nabil Bahgat. Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Cairo, (tel. 02 2591 3391) Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Hisham Kharma concert Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm CAIRO Concert by Mahmoud Darwish and Konouz Ensemble Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El-Horreya Road, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Naseer Shamma (Photo: part of promotional material)
Saturday 2 December
Festival CAIRO Photography in Egypt: Origins, Development and Transformations, by Ola Seif. Part of Cairographie photography festival. Check the programme here Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa St., Old Cairo Exhibition 12 - 7pm CAIRO Medium Exhibition II, group exhibition featuring Chanel Arif, Sama Waly, Sara Rifaat, Shady Ayman Noor, Yasmin Barakat, Yehia O and Zeina Tantawy. Runs till 4 December. 6A Ismail Mohammed St., Hardees building (opposite 5 bells entrance), Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Opera “Susanna's Secret” by the Cairo Opera Company Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramses 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 7pm ALEXANDRIA Omnia Hassan concert Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm CAIRO Heritage Arab Music Ensemble Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El-Horreya Road, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week A Clockwork Orange (Photo: still from the film)
Sunday 3 December
Music 8pm CAIRO “Casa Patas” Flamenco Company Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramses Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St., Old Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Al Hadra Ensemble for Sufi singing Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St., Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai, performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments. Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Cairo, (tel 02 2591 3391)
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 Nov - 2 Dec CAIRO Dirar Goes Abstract, paintings by Hossam Dirar. Check our Art Alert here. Art Talks, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 26 Nov- 10 Dec CAIRO Van-Leo Out of the Studio Cimatheque Alternative Film Center, 19a Adly St., Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 27 Oct - 2 Dec CAIRO Solo show by Ahmed Morsi Gypsum gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo Exhibition 5 Nov- 6 Dec CAIRO Paintings by Asem Sharaf Mashrabia Gallery, 8 Champollion St., Cairo Exhibition 12 - 30 Nov CAIRO Mahmoud El-Dewihi, sculpture exhibition Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem St., Brazil, Zamalek Exhibition 27 Oct- 2 Dec CAIRO You Closed Your Eyes in Order to See the Unseen, exhibition by Ahmed Morsi Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib St., Apt 2, Garden City Exhibition Untill 4 Dec CAIRO Paintings by Evelyn Ashamallah Khan El-Maghraby, 18 Mansour Mohamed, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 29 Nov- 13Dec CAIRO Mohamed Hassanein Ali retrospective Saad Zaghloul Culture centre, 2 Saad Zaghloul St., Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo Exhibition 26 Nov- 6 Dec CAIRO Dreams of Freedom, sculptures by Amgad El-Tohamy Ubuntu Gallery, 20 Hassan Sabry St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 15 Oct- 12 Nov CAIRO Gameel Shafik A Retrospective Exhibition Gallery Misr, 4A Ibn Zinky St., 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
