The Cairo Puppet Theatre Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Tel 02 2591 0954 Ferkesh Lama Yakash, a children play written and directed by Shawki Hegab and produced by the Cairo Puppet Theatre Company (Performances run every Thursday & Friday, 6.30pm).
Falaki Theatre American University in Cairo, Downtown Campus, 24 Falaki St, Downtown Cairo, Tel 012 8872 1446 Ma'at Ra', in this contemporary musical theatre performance, you will witness: how a dancer can become a music composer, how a musician can display a painting with his music and how an actor can perform a script as if it's a music track. In this performance the audience will see how any artistic expression in a certain field can transform into a parallel expression in another artistic field. Ten artists from different fields with diverse talents will be presenting a contemporary performance and will exchange different methods of artistic expression using music, movement, and acting. The performance's idea has been inspired by the works of the American music composer John Cage in his book, Song Books. (Friday4 November, 8pm and Saturday 5 November, 9.10pm).
Al-Ghad (Tomorrow) Theatre Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Tel 02 3304 3187 Inbox, a play revolving around the dilemma of modern man who escapes his reality to a virtual world, starring Abdel-Rehim Hassan, Iman Imam and Wafaa Al-Sayed, written by Sameh Mahran and directed by Galal Osman. Karakeeb Al-Sahara, written by Essam Al-Mansouri and directed by Hisham Ali (Performances run every Thursday and Friday, 9pm).
Grand Nile Tower Corniche Al-Nil, Garden City, Tel 16826 The new season of Misr Theatre Company starring Ashraf Abdel-Baqi, Ali Rabiaa, Hamdi Al-Merghani, Mohamed Anwar among others performs two plays Kawalesna (Our Back Stage) and Bayaaolu (They Claim), directed by Nader Salaheddin (Thursday 27, Friday 28 and Saturday 29 October and Thursday 3 November, 8pm).
Al-Haram Theatre 174 Al-Haram St, next to Al-Arish St, Giza, for information and reservation call 16826 Ahlan Ramadan(Welcome Ramadan), a comic play starring cinema and TV star Mohamed Ramadan, Rogina, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Shaimaa Seif, music by Amr Mustafa, choreography by Atef Awad, décor by Amr Abdallah, costumes by Marwa Aouda, written by Walid Youssef and directed by Khaled Galal (Thursday 3 and Friday 4 November, 10.30pm).
Malak Opera Theatre 9 A Khalig Al-Khour St, Azbekiya district, Tel 012 2341 7152 Waiting for Gouda, a play starring Sherif Helmi, Diaa Shafiq, Hisham Adel among others, written by Alaa Abdel-Aziz and directed by Ahmed Ragab (Performances run every Thursday, Friday and Sunday, 8.30pm).
Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Tel 02 2593 3334 Biad Al-Nile (Whiteness of the Nile), a play written by Gouda Sebak and directed by Wael Ibrahim (Performances run daily except Mondays, 7pm).
Miami Theatre Maarouf, Qasr Al-Nile, Downtown, Tel 02 2574 5651 Al-Oum Shogaa (The Mother is Brave), a play starring actress Raghda, actorsAlaa Qouta, Safaa Galal, Omar Othman, Ahmed Mustafa poems written by Sami Shaker, lyrics composed by Attia Mahmoud, décor by Mohamed Hashim, costumes designing by Maha Abdel-Rahman and directed by Mohamed Omar (Performances run daily, 9.30pm).
The National Circus 27 Abdel-Khaleq Tharwat, Cairo, Tel 02 3347 0503 Offering a number of entertaining performances, including clowns, trained dogs, lions and horses (Performances run daily except Wednesdays, 8pm).
Al-Qawmi (The National) Theatre Al-Attaba Square, in front of Al-Attaba Post Office, Cairo, Tel 02 2591 7783/1267/7561 Layla Min Alf Layla(A Night from A Thousand Nights), a play directed by Mohsen Helmi starring theatre icon Yehia Al-Fakhrani, Lotfi Labib and budding singers Mohamed Mohsen and Heba Magdi, Salma Ghareeb, Walid Fawaz, written by late vernacular poet Beram Al-Tunsi (Performances run daily except on Wednesdays, 9.30pm). El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 Wisdom Hall The 14 Culturewheel Theatre Festival, each day two shows will be performed.The closing ceremony of the festival and the distribution of prizes will start after the end of last show (Thursday 27, Sunday 30, Monday 31, the first show 6-7pm, the second show 8-9pm).
Taliaa Theatre Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Tel 02 2593 7948/2592 0522 Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall Asmaa Ya Abdel-Samiaa (Hay Listen Abdel-Samiaa), a play starring Shadi Sorour, Neven Refaat, written by Abdel-Karim Barshid and directed by Donia Al-Nachar (Performances run every Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 7.30pm).
