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Cairo Opera Ballet debuts Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty in Egypt

The Cairo Opera Ballet Company will give its first performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's masterpiece The Sleeping Beauty on 9 May 2024. The performance will also run on 10, 12, and 13 May.

Refugee voices take centre stage at UK theatre company

​In a darkly lit arts studio in London, five young actors highlight their scripts and go over their lines: the latest cast of Phosphoros Theatre, a company that empowers refugees and asylum seekers to tell their story on stage.

Sharm El-Sheikh Int’l Theatre Festival for Youth wraps up its Poland monodrama edition

The monodrama edition of the Sharm El-Sheikh International Theatre Festival for Youth (SITFY), launched in Poland, ended on 23 April.

Sharm El-Sheikh Int'l Theatre Festival for Youth to launch sister edition in Poland

The Egypt-based Sharm El-Sheikh International Theatre Festival for Youth (SIFTY) is set to launch its sister edition in Kraków (Cracow) in southern Poland.

Banksy mural to be protected after London paint attack

A London authority said on Wednesday it had imposed "temporary measures" around a new mural by British street artist Banksy, after it was defaced within days of appearing.

Rio carnival opens, with glitter and politics

Glittering in fanciful, flesh-flaunting costumes, thousands of Brazilians bouncing to sultry samba beats will strut their stuff Sunday night as Rio de Janeiro kicks off its famed carnival parade competition.

Alaa Abdel-Aziz, playwright, former president of Cairo Int'l Fest for Experimental Theatre, dies

Egypt's renowned theatre academic and former president of Cairo Int'l Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET) died on Sunday.

Not to be missed: Hakawy Festival for children and Japanese Film Week kick off, Cairo Book Fair continues

Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week (31 January-6 February 2024) in Cairo and Port Said

PROGRAMME: 13th Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children in Cairo, Port Said, Ismailia

The 13th edition of Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children will take place between 31 January and 9 February across three cities

Fleeing war, Sudanese artists seek revival in Cairo

When the first bombs rang out in Sudan, Amjad, Fatima and Mazin abandoned their paintbrushes, musical instruments and studios, leaving behind the lives they knew for unfamiliar shores.

Karam Motawea: Remembering a prolific Egyptian theatre actor and director

9 December marks the 27th death anniversary of the Egyptian theatre director and actor Karam Motawea.

Cairo Int'l Festival for Experimental Theatre calls for submissions

Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET) called for submissions of plays by theatre troupes wishing to participate in the festival's 31st edition (1-8 September 2024).

Not to be missed: From 'The Two Wheel Code' theatre play to 'Degrade' film starring Hiam Abbass

Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week (29 November - 5 December) in Cairo and Sharm El-Sheikh.

INTERVIEW: 'Comedy can help in illnesses, suffering': British director Richard Talbot on comedy during war

Speaking from the Sharm El-Sheikh International Theatre Festival for Youth (SITFY), taking place 25-30 November, where he is being honoured, British director Richard Talbot talks about the art of comedy and its role in times of war or political and social conflict.

Hollywood actors' coach Scott Trost returns to Sharm El-Sheikh Int'l Theatre Festival for Youth

Renowned American theatre coach and director Scott Trost will hold a workshop during the 8th Sharm El-Sheikh International Theatre Festival for Youth (25-30 November - SITFY).

Palestinian bloggers: Voices exposing Israeli war crimes against humanity in Gaza to the world

Palestinian bloggers in the under-bombardment Gaza Strip have been struggling to report on the deteriorating human situation in Gaza as Israel repeatedly cuts off the internet and all telecommunications in the strip, but they have persevered in reaching the outside world.

Egyptian actor Mohamed Sallam backs out of Riyadh comedy show in solidarity with Palestine

Expressing his support for the Palestinians, Egyptian actor Mohamed Sallam revealed in an Instagram post that he would not be joining the cast of the comedy play Zawag Estenaay (Artificial Marriage) in their Riyadh performance scheduled on 30 October.

Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival to offer a large assortment of shows

The 11th edition of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) opens today and will continue until 5 November across numerous venues in Cairo in addition to Alexandria

Programme of 11th Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival

The 11th edition of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival will run between 12 October and 5 November

Not to be missed: El-Gouna Film Fest, D-CAF, Teatro di San Carlo, Cinderella

Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week (11-17 October) in Egypt

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