Egypt's arts and culture events of the week: 10-17 September

Ahram Online , Sunday 10 Sep 2017

With the new season opening, the arts scene returns to its regular dynamism with both Cairo and Alexandria having a lot to offer, including festivals such as Breaking Walls, Premiers Gestes and the Theatre Clubs festival

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Sunday 10 September

Film 7pm CAIRO	Screening of Moondogs	Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
Music 7pm CAIRO	Musion band, led by Mohamed Ibrahim, make the audience see what they hear through blending music with various arts such as marionette, mime, fine art, poetry, monologue, performances, and acting.	El-Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
Dance 8pm CAIRO	Wailing of The Body (Performance) - Mohamed Shafik. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here	Embassy of Switzerland in Cairo 24 Gamal El-Din Abou El-Mahassen, Garden City, Cairo
Music 8pm CAIRO	Abdel-Wahab songs performed by the National Arab Music Ensemble.	Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramsis St, Cairo
Music 8.30pm CAIRO	The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai	Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
Film 5pm ALEXANDRIA	Screening of film Schneeweisschen und Rosenrot (1979) directed by Siegfried Hartmann	Goethe-Institut, 10, El-Batalsa Str., Azarita, Alexandria
Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA	An evening commemorating late film critic and historian Samir Farid. Screening of the short film titled Samir Farid (2013) directed by Mohamed Samir, followed by a discussion with the director and Hassan Samir Farid	Bibliotheca Alexandrina, auditorium hall, Alexandria
Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA	Cairo Symphony Orchestra: Season Opening Gala. Programme: Chabrier’s "Espana" Rhapsody for Orchestra, Kodaly’s:Dances of Galanta, Liszt’s Dance of the Dead for piano and Orchestra, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Op. 24, Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances. Soloists: Tadashi Suenaga, piano, A Cappella Choir, Choir Master: Maya Gvineria, Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi	Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria

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Hisham Gabr conducts the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chamber Orchestra (Photo: Ati Metwaly)

Monday 11 September

Exhibition Last days CAIRO	“Masterpieces XVI,” a unique collective exhibition showcases paintings and sculptures. The exhibition ends on 15 September.	Zamalek Art gallery, 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo
Theatre 7pm CAIRO	Men Al-Alif Ela El-Waw (From A to W) from Assiut And Mawal El-Wagaa (The Pain Song) by Matay. Theatre Club. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September)	El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408
Music 8pm CAIRO	Zikr and Sufi night	Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
Film 8pm CAIRO	Screening of Buster's Mal Heart (2016)	Balcon Heliopolis 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo
Dance 8pm CAIRO	Ignorance is Bliss, an interdisciplinary movement manifestation based on a chain reaction of over 600 written messages that people have left behind for each other. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here	Darb 1718 Kasr El Shamaa St. Misr El Kadima, Cairo
Music 8pm Cairo	Afronubia band	Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO	El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music	Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo

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Cyrano de Bergerac (Photo: Still from the film)

Tuesday 12 September

Exhibition Last days CAIRO	Drawings by children of the Talents Development Centre. Exhibition ends on 14 September	Salah Taher gallery, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
Film 4pm CAIRO	Screening of Moondog	Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
Film 7pm CAIRO	Screening of Fallen Angels’ Paradise	Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
Theatre 7pm CAIRO	El-Otta El-Amya (The Blind Cat) from Damietta and Suez and Raqset El-Damm (Blood Dance) from Mansoura. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September)	El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408
Music 8pm CAIRO	Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha	Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
Dance 8pm CAIRO	Condanced Histories: A choreographic and pedagogical one man show about his stories of dance, by Neopost Foofwa. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here	Townhouse Gallery 3 Hussein Al Memar St., Cairo
Film 1pm ALEXANDRIA	Screening of film Amazing Earth (2004)	Arts & Multimedia Library, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

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In Anticipation of a Future Need to Know exhibition (Photo: part of promotional material)

Wednesday 13 September

Exhibition Last days CAIRO	Oil paintings by Abdel-Nasser Al-Saadani. Exhibition ends on 17 September.	Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
Music 8pm CAIRO	Zar music and songs by Mazaher, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab	Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
Theatre 7pm CAIRO	El-Otta El-Amya (The Blind Cat) from Damietta and Suez and Lewahdy (Alone) from Port Said. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September)	El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408
Music 7.30pm CAIRO	Voice band	El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
Exhibition 7pm CAIRO	Ace of Spades, exhibition by Shatha Al-Deghady and Amado El-Fadni	Soma Art School and Gallery, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek Cairo
Exhibitions Opening 7pm CAIRO	-Creativity without Borders, pottery by Tahani Adel in Ahmed Sabry Hall -China’s Stories, photography by Sara Fouad in Ragheb Ayad hall -Breathe of Love, oil paintings by Jaidaa Zakaria in Hussein Fawzy hall	Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Marsafy, Zamalek, Cairo
Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO	Win the War or Tell Me a Story, a play directed by Jessica Wallenfels, performed by Sayda Trujillo	Dawar, 16 Adly St, 3rd Floor, Downtown, Cairo
Music 8pm Cairo	Guitar Recital by Elhamy Khorshed	Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo
Dance 8pm CAIRO	Storming by Nut Dance Company. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here	Institut français d’archéologie orientale - IFAO, 37 Al-Cheikh Aly Youssef Str, Cairo
Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO	El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music	Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo
Music 8pm CAIRO	Al-Hour band performs religious chants	Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramsis St, Cairo
Music 8.30pm CAIRO	Concert by Dalia Farid and Wadi Music, featuring guest artist Osama Said	Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo
Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA	Screening of film Victoria	Goethe-Institut, 10, El-Batalsa Str., Azarita, Alexandria

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Moon Dogs (Photo: Still from the film)

Thursday 14 September

Exhibition Opening 4pm CAIRO	Exhibition of installations and discussions by the students of CILAS, as a platform for expression	Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts, 10, Darb El Labbana Street, infront of Al-Refai mosque, Cairo
Puppet Theatre 6.30pm CAIRO	Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeeds), a children play directed by Salah Al-Sakka	The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station
Theatre 7pm CAIRO	Senet from Luxor and Maqtal Ghagareya (Death of a Gypsy) from Armant. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September)	El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408
Music 7pm CAIRO	Religious songs and hymns by Waslet Samaa band	El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
Music 7pm CAIRO	Radiohead Tribute Night by Karma Police	Magnolia. Leaves of Art 12 Mohamed Anis street, Zamalek, Cairo
Music 7.30pm CAIRO	Retro band performs songs written by poet Ahmed Haddad	El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
Music 8pm CAIRO	Rami Attallah Acoustic Jazz Trio	ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
Music 8pm CAIRO	The Talents Development Centre’s concert	Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramsis St, Cairo
Music 8pm Cairo	Yehya Khalil concert	Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
Dance 10pm CAIRO	REN.Women performance. A poetic discourse between space, restriction and liberation. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here	Darb 1718 Kasr El Shamaa St. Misr El Kadima, Cairo
Film 1pm ALEXANDRIA	Screening of film Cyrano de Bergerac	Arts & Multimedia Library, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
Exhibition opening 5pm ALEXANDRIA	12 edition of First Time group exhibition	Conference Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA	Abdel-Wahab songs performed by the National Arab Music Ensemble	Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria

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Asia Madani (Photo: still from performance video)

Friday 15 September

Exhibition 2 - 8pm CAIRO	Wanderings: a two-day exhibition of artworks by retiring NVIC administrator Tilly Mulder. 50% of proceeds go to the Girls Running Project.	NVIC, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
Puppet Theatre 6.30pm CAIRO	Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeeds), a children play directed by Salah Al-Sakka	The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station
Theatre 7pm CAIRO	El-Ard El-Wahshy (The Beastly Performance) from Shebin El-Kom and Ana we Ehna we Kolena (Me, us, and all of us) from Ismailia. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September)	El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408
Dance 8pm CAIRO	REN.Women performance. A poetic discourse between space, restriction and liberation. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September) Read more here	Darb 1718 Kasr El Shamaa St. Misr El Kadima, Cairo
Music 8pm CAIRO	Concert by Mostafa Rizk	Al Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, next to Al Aqmar mosque, Cairo
Music 8.30pm CAIRO	Concert by Gypsy Jazz Project	Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo
Puppet Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO	“Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet)	Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
Music 9pm CAIRO	Asia Madani: Sudanese Folklore Night	ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo

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Wanderings exhibition by Tilly Mulder (Photo: part of promotional material)

Saturday 16 September

Festival CAIRO	Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here	TBA
Exhibition 2 - 8pm CAIRO	Wanderings: a two day exhibition of artworks by retiring NVIC administrator Tilly Mulder. 50% of proceeds go to the Girls Running Project.	NVIC, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
Film 4pm CAIRO	Screening of Fallen Angels’ Paradise	Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
Exhibition Opening 4pm CAIRO	Culture in Color: two-day painting exhibition by Farah Shoukry	Hanager Arts Center, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
Film 7pm CAIRO	Screening of Closed Doors	Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO	El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music	Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo
Theatre 7pm CAIRO	El-Khanzeer (The Pig) by El-Gezira Theatre Club and Bab El-Fetouh (El-Fetouh Gate) from Ghazl El-Mahalla. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September)	El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408
Dance 8pm CAIRO	Ignorance is Bliss, an interdisciplinary movement manifestation based on a chain reaction of over 600 written messages that people have left behind for each other. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here	Darb 1718 Kasr El Shamaa St. Misr El Kadima, Cairo
Music 8pm CAIRO	The Flying Concert: Fathy Salama Ft. DAAS	El Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo
Music 8.30pm CAIRO	Open Mic Night	ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
Music 7.30pm ALEXANDRIA	Sacred Classical Arias Concert: Mozart, Haendl, Vivaldi, Mascagni, Gounod, Mahler, Rossini and others. Performed by sopranos Mirhan Damir, Christine Magdy and Mireille Banoub, mezzo Mariam El Tabbakh, bass-baritone Rafik Kamal and Mina Nabil Hanna on the piano	Jesuits Church, 298 Port Said st, Alexandria
Film 8pm ALEXANDRIA	Screening of the French documentary Nuit eclare nuit by Laurent Thivolle. The event is part of the Premiers Gestes that focuses on the Mediterranean Youth Cinema (16-20 September)	French Institute, El Nabi Daniel St. Off Fouad St., Raml station, Alexandria Alexandria
Music ALEXANDRIA	Event is cancelled -- Season Opening Concert: BA Chamber orchestra, conducted by Hisham Gabr. Programme: Rossini’s Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri, Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56 and Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485	Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria Event is cancelled

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Yahia Khalil (Photo: part of promotional material)

Sunday 17 September

Festival CAIRO	Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here	TBA
Exhibition Opening CAIRO	“The White Smoke,” a solo exhibition by Ahmed Sabry	Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo
Film 4pm CAIRO	Screening of Closed Doors	Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO	In The Anticipation of a Future Need to Know, video installations by Ash Moniz	Townhouse Factory Space, 6 El Nabrawy Street, Downtown, Cairo
Film 7pm CAIRO	Screening of One in a Million followed by Chaos, Disorder	Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
Theatre 7pm CAIRO	7+ Ashbah Kamel Nagafa (7+ Ghosts of Kamel Nagafa) and Washm El-Ghayeb (The Absent’s Tattoo), both from Suez. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September)	El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408
Music 8pm CAIRO	Arabic Rock Concert with Malaaz	El Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo
Music 8.30pm CAIRO	The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai	Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
Film 5pm ALEXANDRIA	Screenings of short movies. The event is part of the Premiers Gestes that focuses on the Mediterranean Youth Cinema (16-20 September)	Wekalet Behna, 1 Al Kanesa Al Maronya, Al Mansheyah Al Kubra, Qism El-Mansheya, Alexandria
Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA	Screening of Muito Romântico (2016), directed by Melissa Dullius and Gustavo Jahn, followed by a discussion with the directors	Bibliotheca Alexandrina, auditorium hall, Alexandria
Film 8pm ALEXANDRIA	Screening of the Tunisian film Akher Wahed Fina (The last one of us). The event is part of the Premiers Gestes that focuses on the Mediterranean Youth Cinema (16-20 September)	French Institute, El Nabi Daniel St. Off Fouad St., Raml station, Alexandria Alexandria

EXHIBITIONS this week

Exhibition ongoing CAIRO	Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre’s products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery.	Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Cairo
Exhibition ongoing CAIRO	A permanent exhibition of the centre’s ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products.	Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo
Exhibition 13 Sept- 4 Oct CAIRO	Ace of Spades, exhibition by Shatha Al-Deghady and Amado El-Fadni	Soma Art School and Gallery, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek Cairo
Exhibition 14 - 16 Sept CAIRO	Exhibition of installations and discussions by the students of CILAS, as a platform for expression	Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts, 10, Darb El Labbana Street, in front of Al-Refai mosque, Cairo
Exhibition 16 - 17 Sept CAIRO	Culture in Color: two-day painting exhibition by Farah Shoukry	Hanager Arts Center, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
Exhibition 10-14 Sept CAIRO	Drawings by children of the Talents Development Centre	Salah Taher gallery, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
Exhibition 10-30 Sept CAIRO	“Wings of Mexico,” two wings of bronze created by Mexico's world-renowned contemporary artist Jorge Marin	Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
Exhibition 7-20 Sept CAIRO	An exhibition showcases 40 paintings created by children	Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 Al-Sayeda Nafisa St, Zeinhom, in front of Fathi Sorour Compound, Cairo
Exhibition 10-17 Sept CAIRO	Oil paintings by Abdel-Nasser Al-Saadani	Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
Exhibition 12-24 Sept CAIRO	“Twenty Plus: Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor,” an exhibition of sculpture and painting by an array of promising artists from Cairo, Alexandria and Luxor	Khan Al Maghraby, 18 Al-Mansour Mohamed St, Zamalek, Cairo
Exhibition 13- 27 Sept CAIRO	-Creativity without Borders, pottery by Tahani Adel in Ahmed Sabry Hall -China’s Stories, photography by Sara Fouad in Ragheb Ayad hall -Breathe of Love, oil paintings by Jaidaa Zakaria in Hussein Fawzy hall	Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Marsafy, Zamalek, Cairo
Exhibition 17 Sep- 26 Oct CAIRO	“The White Smoke,” a solo exhibition by Ahmed Sabry	Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo
Exhibition Ending TBA CAIRO	“Art for All,” a group exhibition of paintings by the likes of Georges Bahgory, Gihan Raaouf, Essmat Dawestashi, Effat Hosny, Abdel-Aal Hassan, Ayman Salah Taher, Mohamed Al-Tarrawi, Nagwa Al-Ashri, Fatemah Refaat	Salama gallery, 36 Ahmed Oraby St, Mohandeseen, Cairo
Exhibition 17 Sep - 1 Oct CAIRO	In The Anticipation of a Future Need to Know, video installations by Ash Moniz	Townhouse Factory Space, 6 El-Nabrawy Street, Downtown, Cairo
Exhibition Ending TBA CAIRO	“UBUNTU Revisited,” the gallery is exhibiting a selection of pieces from its personal collection by a range of different artists	Ubuntu gallery, 20 Hassan Sabry St, Zamalek, Cairo
Exhibition Ends 15 Sept CAIRO	“Masterpieces XVI,” a unique collective exhibition showcases paintings and sculptures	Zamalek Art gallery, 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo
Exhibition 14 Sep- 7 Oct ALEXANDRIA	12 edition of First Time group exhibition. Fridays and Saturdays off.	Conference Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

Update 13 September 2017

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