D-CAF - Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival
12 October - 5 November
Egypt’s known multidisciplinary festival infuses numerous venues in Cairo Downtown with theater, music and dance performances, seminars, interactive events, discussions etc.
Check the festival’s Facebook Page for more info
El Gouna Film Festival
Disclaimer: El Gouna Film Festival postponed its sixth edition, which was supposed to open on Friday, to 27 October - 2 November "due to the outbreak of Al-Aqsa Flood and the hardships in Palestine," according to a statement released on Tuesday. More details here
The festival returns with its 6th edition. It continues to be held under the patronage of El Gouna founder, engineer Samih Sawiris, and is presented by Orascom Development, with the support of festival founder, engineer Naguib Sawiris.
Check the festival’s details on their Facebook Page
Naples’ Teatro di San Carlo
Wednesday 11 October, 9pm
Pyramids of Giza theatre
Europe’s oldest opera house features tenors Jonas Kaufmann, the Italian soprano Maria Agresta and the Egyptian soprano Fatma Said.
Sukkar
Wednesday 11 October
Across cinemas
The children drop out of the sky as babies and they end up at Rateeba’s orphanage. They grow up in harsh circumstances and without education, but Sukkar makes sure to dream with them about a better life when they see children passing on a school bus.
The film stars Riham Al Shanawany, Magda Zaki, Hala Turk, Mohamad Tharwat, Moataz Hesham.
Dumb Money
Wednesday 11 October
Across cinemas
Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning the video game retailer GameStop into the world’s hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill (Paul Dano), who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it.
The film stars Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen
Cinderella Ballet
12, 13, 15, 16 October, 8.30 pm
Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek
The Cairo Opera Ballet Company will stage this famed ballet with the Cairo Opera Orchestra under the baton of Ahmed Farag
Sweet Sound Band
Friday 13 October, 7.30
Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek
Led by Mounir Nasr El Din on violin, the ensemble also includes Medhat Dokla on drums
Alaa Farrag on keyboard and lead singer, Mohsen Dokla on bass, Omar Eltoudy on keyboard and piano, and Judith Consulta vocals.
Eswed W Abyad
Saturday 14 October
Arkan Plaza, Sheikh Zayed, 6 October
Eswed W Abyad is a duo consisting of accordionist Wael El-Sayed and pianist Faisal Fouad. Their repertoire includes numerous original compositions such as Perfect Circle, Nazra, Accepting the Worst, Baghdad, and Timeline, as well as their arrangement of known compositions including Gene de Paul’s You Don’t Know What Love Is and Fairouz’s Sahar.
Irtigalia
Sunday 15 October
ROOM Art Space & Cafe, New Cairo
Irtigalia is a live improvised and interactive comedy theatre performance, directed by Ramzi Lehner, with no script or preparation. All sketches are decided by the audience during the show and in some sketches, the audience is encouraged to join the performers on stage.
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