The 25th Experimental Theatre Festival opens tonight, bringing local and international plays to Cairo's stages for 11 days between 10 and 21 September.
The festival will open to the Swiss play You and Me, held at the Main Stage of the Cairo Opera House at 8pm. The closing ceremony will be held in the same hall on 21 September at 8pm.
The festival is directed by Sameh Mahran, and runs at 9 different theatres in Cairo.
Programme:
Monday 10 September
Opening: 8pm
You and Me (Switzerland)
Main Hall at Cairo Opera House
Tuesday 11 September
5pm
Those Burning (France)
Hanager Theatre, Cairo Opera House
5pm
The Raft (Tunisia/Canada)
Miami Theatre
7pm
The Silence Echo (Kuwait)
National Theatre
9pm
Tuba Dei and Angels (Poland)
Al-Goumhouriya Theatre
Wednesday 12 September
5pm
Those Burning (France/ Algeria)
Hanager Theatre, Cairo Opera House
5pm
The Raft (Tunisia/Canada)
Miami Theatre
7pm
S-quark (Russia)
Al-Balon Theatre
7pm
The Silence Echo (Kuwait)
National Theatre
9pm
Tuba Dei and Angels (Poland)
Al-Goumhouriya Theatre
9pm
Smell of War (Iraq)
El-Salam Theatre
Thursday 13 September
5pm
Expedition Pacific (Brazil)
Small Hall at Cairo Opera House
7pm
S-quark (Russia)
Al-Balon Theatre
7pm
Sin Pies Ni Cabeza (With no feet or a head) (Mexico)
El-Ghad Theatre
9pm
Snow White (Egypt)
Metropol Theatre
9pm
Smell of War (Iraq)
El-Salam Theatre
Friday 14 September
5pm
Expedition Pacific (Brazil)
Small Hall at Cairo Opera House
5pm
My Aunt Safia and the Monastery (Egypt)
Hanager Theatre, Cairo Opera House
7pm
The Prince of Lanling (China)
Al-Balon Theatre
7pm
Sin Pies Ni Cabeza (With no feet or a head) (Mexico)
El-Ghad Theatre
9pm
GEA -The Epilogue (Italy)
Al-Goumhouriya Theatre
7pm
Hamlet…A While After (Jordan)
National Theatre
9pm
Snow White (Egypt)
Metropol Theatre
Saturday 15 September
5pm
My Aunt Safia and the Monastery (Egypt)
Hanager Theatre, Cairo Opera House
5pm
Free Presence (Syria/ Germany)
Miami Theatre
7pm
The Prince of Lanling (China)
Al-Balon Theatre
7pm
Hamlet…A While After (Jordan)
National Theatre
9pm
GEA -The Epilogue (Italy)
Al-Goumhouriya Theatre
9pm
Drama Shahateen (Egypt)
Salam Theatre
Sunday 16 September
5pm
Free Presence (Syria/ Germany)
Miami Theatre
7pm
Extravaganza (Georgia)
El-Ghad Theatre
9pm
Hunna (Female 'They') (Syria)
Metropol Theatre
9pm
Drama Shahateen (Egypt)
Salam Theatre
Monday 17 September
5pm
Your Night is Morning (UAE)
Hanager Theatre, Cairo Opera House
7pm
Extravaganza (Georgia)
El-Ghad Theatre
7pm
Black Coffee (Egypt)
National Theatre
9pm
The Two Maids (Morocco)
Al-Goumhouriya Theatre
9pm
Hunna (Female 'They') (Syria)
Metropol Theatre
Tuesday 18 September
5pm
The Violence (Tunisia)
Small Hall at Cairo Opera House
5pm
Your Night is Morning (UAE)
Hanager Theatre, Cairo Opera House
7pm
Black Coffee (Egypt)
National Theatre
9pm
The Two Maids (Morocco)
Al-Goumhouriya Theatre
Wednesday 19 September
5pm
The Violence (Tunisia)
Small Hall at Cairo Opera House
5pm
Joy (Swtizerland)
Hanager Theatre, Cairo Opera House
5pm
Solo (Morocco)
Miami Theatre
7pm
Talk in Secret (Egypt)
El-Ghad Theatre
9pm
Hunna (Female 'They') (Syria)
Metropol Theatre
9pm
Ring and Bracelet (Egypt)
Salam Theatre
Thursday 20 September
5pm
Joy (Swtizerland)
Hanager Theatre, Cairo Opera House
5pm
Solo (Morocco)
Miami Theatre
7pm
Talk in Secret (Egypt)
El-Ghad Theatre
9pm
Hunna (Female 'They') (Syria)
Metropol Theatre
9pm
Ring and Bracelet (Egypt)
Salam Theatre
Friday 21 September
Closing ceremony at the Cairo Opera House Main Hall
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