The Cairo Puppet Theatre Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Tel 02 2591 0954 Rehlat Senouhi (The Journey of Senouhi), a children play starring Ali Al-Haggar, Afaf Shoeib, Ahmed Bedeir, Ahmed Rateb, Mohamed Al-Sawy, Fatema Eid, Magdy Fekri, ShaimaaAl-Shayib and written by Mohamed Amin and directed by Eid Mosaad (Performances run every Thursday & Friday, 6.30pm).
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, Mustafa Khater andMohamed Anwar among others performs two plays Kawalesna (Our Back Stages) and Bayaaolu (They Claim), directed by Nader Salaheddin (Thursday 8, Friday 9, Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 December, 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 (Friday 9 December, 9.30pm).
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 every Thursday and Friday, 7pm).
Miami Theatre Maarouf St, Qasr A- Nile, Downtown, Tel 02 2574 5651
Bas Anta Mish Shamem(But You Aren't Smelling), starring Fathi Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed Adel, Rabab Tarek, written by Ahmed Diab and Ahmed Sobhy and directed by Abeer Lotfi (Performances run daily except Tuesdays, 8.30pm).
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).
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 Nisf Mayet(Half Dead), a play performed by Kawalis Theatre Company, written by Hassan Elgendi and directed by Kyrillos Tharwat. Inspired by Nisf Mayet novel by writer Hassan Elgendi, the play is about an accident that results in several victims, amongst them was a sufferer of epilepsy who is able with his mind to log on to another person's mind to carry on a trust and is willing to fulfill it (Monday 12 December, 7pm).
Taliaa Theatre Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Tel 02 2593 7948/2592 0522 Zaki Tolimat Hall Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play starring Ahmed Siyam, Amr Abdel-Aziz, Hani Saad, Hossam Hamdi, Inas Shiha, décor and costumes by Wael Abdallah, music by Mohamed Raouf, written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour (Performances run daily, 9pm).
ALEXANDRIA
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 Main Hall Sefr El-Soukot,a theatrical performance, directed by Mohamed Farag Al-Khashab(Wednesday 14 December, 7pm). Small Hall Tsetse, atheatrical performance for groups and schools performed bythe BA Children's Theatre Group, directed by Mohamed Abdel-Kader (For reservation and more information call (03) 5466735, children under 3 years of age are not allowed) (Thursday 8 December, 11am & 7pm).
Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria, Tel (03)5929960/5913835 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 will run until the end of December, 8pm and on every Monday, 3pm).
