The Ministry of Culture’s electronic initiative “Stay at Home:

Culture in Your Hands” presents the following theatrical shows online:

The Minister of Culture launches the theatrical initiative, “Laugh, Think, Know”

held within the framework of the E-initiative “Stay at Home:

Culture in Your Hands” to be broadcast on the ministry’s YouTube channel.The initiative rediscovers the international masterpieces with the participation of some Egyptian theatre icons including stage directors Galal Al Sharqawi, Samir Alasfoury, Sanaa Shafei, Essam Alsayed, Fahmy Alkhouly. The initiative aims at presenting ten recorded plays as a first stage photographed by Ayman Mustafa, the plays are inspired by the short stories of the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Eachplay is between 20 to 50 minutes. The shows contain an explanation of the principles of Chekhovand analysis of the significance of the plays in order to achieve the goal of the initiative.

The programme of playsis as follows:

Thurs 25, 11pm: Famous Not Famous, a play directed by Mazen Al-Gharabawyand presented by actor Sanaa Shafaa.  

Fri 26, 11pm: Nouh Alhamam (the cry of pigeons) play. 

Thurs 2 July, 9pm: Almaqam Alaaly (the high place) play is an adaptation ofAnton Chekhov’s The Country House, directed by Islam Imam and presented by director Essam Alsayed.     

The Ministry of Culture website is at http://www.moc.gov.eg

Its YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8McPibRT36QSjnt4eGucNw

And its Facebook account is Egyptian MOC

The National Theatre Facebook account is https://www.facebook.com/national.theater.eg/           

The French Cultural Institute

# the French Institute, in Egypt, withyou, at home

Within the framework of the programme, “La Comedie Continue” (Comedy Continue), one of the most famous French teams launches a programme every day on its website, its page on Facebook, and its YouTube channel broadcasts interviews, reports, and short programmes. It also broadcasts at 8.30pm everyday one of its plays (the plays are in French and not translated).

*A version of this article appears in print in the 25 June, 2020 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly