In the Emirati production Jasmine’s Fingers (Asabe’ Al-Yasmeen), staged during the 4th Eazees International Women’s Theatre Festival (25 September–2 October), … More
Category: Theatre
Tarek Said (1966-2026): Independent by choice
Four months after the sudden passing of Egyptian theatre director Tarek Said, the 19th National Theatre Festival (25 July-11 August) … More
Back to the future: Musical Wala Fi El-Ahlam reopens Cairo’s Kasr El-Nil Theatre
Premiering in February 2023, the musical theatre production Wala Fi El-Ahlam by the Egyptian Musical Theatre troupe has continued to … More
Lessons in theatre: On Duncan Macmillan’s play ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ in Cairo
Duncan Macmillan’s play Every Brilliant Thing was staged in Egyptian Arabic at the Rawabet Art Space in Cairo Every Brilliant … More
Shaking it up again: Yakout on presiding over Cairo Int’l Festival for Experimental Theatre
Gamal Yakout, the newly appointed president of the festival’s 28th edition scheduled for December 2021, talks about his vision and … More
‘I Passed By…’: History of Egyptian theatre through Manal Ebrahim’s personal creative journey
The long-standing assistant director and director Manal Ebrahim’s unique exhibition which took place last March bears witness to the Egyptian … More
Egyptian cultural manager Ahmed El-Attar discusses his art ecosystem
‘Keep dreaming with your feet on the ground,’ art manager Ahmed El-Attar said on his creative ecosystem In early March, … More
Sharm El-Sheikh International Theatre Festival for Youth: Beating the pandemic
The festival’s fifth edition took place between 16 and 20 November 2020 Despite Covid-19 making even a one-off event, let … More
Unusual ending to unusual edition of 27th Cairo Int’l Festival for Experimental Theatre
The festival took place despite the previous ministerial plans to cancel this year’s edition due to the coronavirus pandemic On … More
Switzerland’s HORA Theatre invites Cairo audience to look differently at disabilities
Part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival’s programming, the Disabled Theatre was staged on 21 and 22 March at AUC’s … More
A play for every child: Egypt’s 7th Hakawy International Arts Festival
The Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children that took place between 7 and 16 March brought theatre and other activities … More
‘Good theatre for children is essential’: UK’s renowned ‘scrapologist’ Patricia Baker in Cairo
Created by Shona Reppe, the Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean was performed within the Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children … More
Obituary: Nehad Selaiha, theatre activist, scholar, godmother
On 6 January, the Egyptian culture scene lost Nehad Selaiha: a bilingual scholar, translator, historian, writer and critic with a … More
Stick Stones Broken Bones: Australia’s puppet theatre performs in Cairo
This year, the Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children featured the first contribution by Australia with Stick Stones Broken Bones … More
Ars longa, vita brevis — Shakespeare, Mendelssohn, Per Poc Puppet Theatre: A many-sided conjunction at the Cairo Opera
Between 23 and 25 October, the Cairo Symphony Chamber Orchestra joined by the Per Poc Puppet Theatre from Spain performed … More
Hakawy: Nurturing children with valuable theatre and arts
One of AFCA’s biggest projects, the Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children, is a hope that the Egyptian children will … More
Theatre festival for children to brighten Cairo’s art and culture scene
Between 12 and 18 March, Hanager Arts Centre will hold the Hakawy children’s theatre festival. Ahram Online talks to Mohamed … More
Marvels of Lebanon’s Chouf: Caracalla Dance Theatre at Beiteddine Art Festival
The 27th Beiteddine Art Festival kicked off on 28 June with Kan Ya Ma Kan (Once Upon a Time), a … More
Egyptian theatre director receives Gloria Artis
Professor Hanaa Abd El Fattah has been awarded Gloria Artis, the Polish Medal for Merit to Culture, for his contributions … More
