6 - 12 September 2001
Issue No.550
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Cairo International Festival of Experimental Theatre: Programme
All information correct at time of going to press. When available we have indicated the language of each performance at the end of the relevant entry, the length at the beginning.
Thur 6 & Fri 7
Electra (Spain, 70 min)
Adaptation of Euripides drawing on ancient Mediterranean, Asian and African ritual dance. Spanish.
National, Thur 6, 7pm; Fri 7, 9pm
Qisas Taht Al-Ehtelal (Stories Under Occupation, Palestine, 80 min)
Al-Qassaba Theatre Troupe present a collection of monologues, created since the beginning of the Intifada, focusing on the transformation of Palestinians from human beings to news items. Directed by Nizar Al-Zo'by. Arabic.
Al-Salam, Main Hall, Thur 6 & Fri 7, 9pm
Weba'dein (And Now What?, Palestine, 60 min)
A dramatisation of everyday life in Palestine in recent months. Inad Theatre. Arabic.
Al-Salam, Youssef Idris Hall, Thur 6 & Fri 7, 7pm
Misk Al-Leil (Night Musk, Morocco, 60 min)
Four sisters , ousted from their home by their father, seek revenge undeterred by his death. Gahawiya Theatre Troupe. Arabic
Al-Tali'a, Zaki Tolaimat Hall, Thur 6 & Fri 7, 9pm
Aaine Khana (Hall of Mirrors, Pakistan, 70 min)
When Adam comes into being and soon begins to lose interest in the world around him, he prays to God for Eve. The couple discovers, invents and creates the emblematic embryo of a man. PNCA Drama Academy. Urdu & mime.
Al-Tali'a, Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Thur 6, 7pm
Valentine (Jordan, 60 min)
only word in this black comedy talking male-female relationships is hello.
Al-Arayes, Thur 6 & Fri 7, 9pm
Fifth Wheel (Cuba)
Three intertwined stories of a prostitute who thinks herself a poet, an solitary old woman who has spent her life waiting for a gift from God and the king of the street dump who defends his share of happiness at all costs. Clara Study Theatre. Spanish with unofficial translation into English.
Al-Ghadd, Thur 6 & Fri 7, 7pm
Daydream (Armenia, 60 min)
Episodes from the dream life of an elderly man, enacted through the characters of women symbolizing power. Yerevan State Pantomime Theatre. Armenian.
Fatma Rushdi Floating, Small Hall, Thur 6 & Fri 7, 9pm
Komedia Hatta Al-Mawt (Death by Comedy, Jordan, 70 min)
Based on Albert Camus's Caligula, the meaning of truth is explored through three different perspectives: that of the leader, the poet and the philosopher. Jordanian Syndicate of Artists. Arabic.
Al-Gomhouriya, Thur 6 & Fri 7, 9pm
The Puppets' House (Japan)
A metaphorical, semi-musical about six puppet-like actresses and six puppeteering ninjas. Ryuanji Company.
Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Thur 6 & Fri 7, 9pm
Higenia in Tauris (Greece, 105 min)
Euripides' play centred on a custom stipulating that all strangers to the city should be sacrificed to the goddess. Municipal Theatre of Kalamata. Greek.
Cairo Opera House, Open Air, Thur 6 & Fri 7, 10.30 pm
of Memory (Argentina, 60 min)
Absence — of a father, of a body to bury, and of the 30,000 people who went missing in Argentina — generates its opposite: resistance, presence and identity. Ana Woolf Company. Spanish and English.
Al-Hanager, Thur 6, 7pm
Guernica (Argentina, 47 min)
The fine line between life and death, explored in a variety of theatrical modes. La Resac. Spanish.
Al-Nil, Thur 6, 11pm & Fri 7, 9pm
Dawn to Dawn (Latvia, 35 min)
Experimental portrait of a midsummer night "in which you can't resist the magic of love". English, Russian and Latvian.
Al-Balloon, daily 9.30pm; Thur 6 & Fri 7, 9pm
On Our Way (Germany, 65 min)
Theatre Quiste. German.
Sayed Darwish, Thur & Fri 9pm
Nebensonnen (Germany, 60 min)
Collaboration between three female dancers and two video artists uses interviews and improvisations to explore generational conflicts. German and English.
Al-Hanager, Fri 7, 9pm
Sat 8 & Sun 9
Romeo and Juliet (Italy, 60 min)
Adaptation of Shakespeare's in which Romeo and Juliet are reduced to the neutral masks, symbols of the never-ending conflict between good and evil, love and hate, friendship and prejudice. Tanit Troupe. Italian.
National, Sat 8 & Sun9, 9pm
The Players (Romania)
A fable of failure in disguise set in a small Russian village after the arrival of a trickster. Romanian
Al-Salam, Main Hall, Sat 8 & Sun9, 9pm
Medusa — Life Without Snake (Thailand)
Crescent Moon Theatre.
Al-Salam, Youssef Idris Hall, Sat 8 & Sun 9, 7pm
The Wound (Bulgaria, 75-min)
Thirteen artists from five Balkan countries seek an answer to how an artist functions under different socio-political conditions. 4 x C Studio Theatre
Al-Tali'a, Zaki Tolaimat Hall, Sat 8, 9pm.
Castle of Hostlebro
An internationally-acclaimed one-woman show from the repertoire of Odin Teatret. Written and acted by Julia Varley and directed by Eugenio Barba.
Al-Tali'a, Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Sat 8, 7pm (Also at AUC, Falaki Studio, Falaki St, Tel 797 5526, Sun 9 & Mon 10, 7pm)
The Perplexed Saw (Tunisia, 75 min)
Odd episodes experienced by an artist. Phou Theatre, Arabic.
Al-Arayes, Sat 8 & Sun 9, 9pm
Antigone, the Modern Myth (Bosnia, 60 min)
Sophocles' Antigone, with experimental twists. Mostar Youth Theatre
Al-Ghadd, Sat 8 & Sun 9, 7pm
End Game (Canada, 98 min)
Failure in love and relationships, based on Samuel Beckett's script. Infini Theatre. (English)
Fatma Rushdi Floating, Small Hall, Sat 8 & Sun 9, 9pm
Um Homem Divido (A Divided Man, Portugal, 105 min)
Portugal presents this 105-minute performance written by Jaime Actors await the director to start a rehearsal on stage, but in his place appears a cyclist. Delirious sketches, small comedies and scenes of intense realism follow. Portuguese.
Al-Gomhouriya, Sat 8 & Sun 9, 9pm
No Flash (Romania)
Take on the life of Jean-Michael Basquiat, bisexual maverick American painter and drug addict. English and Arabic.
Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Sat 8 & Sun 9, 9pm
Carmen Funebre (Poland, 45 min)
The war in Bosnia is explored alongside other ethnic conflicts.
Cairo Opera House, Open Air Theatre, Sat 8 & Sun 9, 10.30pm
Al-Muristan (The Madhouse, Algeria)
A man attempts to escape his daily problems but ends up mad. Al-Billery Theatre. Arabic.
Al-Nil, Sat 8, 9pm
The love of Karlovna (Russia, 120 min)
The harrowing life of Holly, haunted by childhood memories. School of Modern Drama. Russian.
Al-Balloon, Sat 8, & Sun 9, 9pm.
The Comers (Egypt)
Plastic Arts Sector.
Sayed Darwish, Sat 8 & Sun9, 9pm
Too Late (Egypt)
Al-Hanager, Sun 9, 9pm.
Mon 10
Nazif Al-Zakera (Memory Bleeds, 60 min)
Focusing on the creation of an Arab consciousness as reflected in the life of an individual from childhood to marriage. Arabic.
Al-Tali'a, Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Mon, 7pm
Psychosis (Iraq, 60 min)
Iraqi Theatre Committee Group. Arabic.
Al-Balloon, Mon 10, 9pm
La Orid Ann Ouladd (I Do Not Wish to Be Born, Yemen, 45 min)
Three short accounts of 20th Arab history. Modern Performing Art Group. Arabic.
Al-Tali'a, Zaki Tolaimat Hall, Mon 10, 10pm
Yawmiyat Magnoun (Diary of a Madman)
Gogol's masterpiece adapted into a monodrama. Arabic.
National, Mon 10, 9pm
Ours Zein (Zein's Wedding, Sudan, 75 min)
An examination of the political and economic realities of contemporary Sudanese society. Arabic.
Al-Salam, Main Hall, Mon 10, 9pm
Re-Tarto (France, 35 min)
Galindo, French.
Al-Gomhouriya, Mon 10, 9pm
Al-Mashhad Al-Rabe' (The Fourth Act, Kuwait, 35 min)
Adaptation of the fourth act of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Arabic.
Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Mon 10, 9pm
Conveyor (Kazakhstan, 40 min)
Akmola Regional Kazakhstan Musical Drama.
Al-Arayes, Mon 10, 9pm.
The Ugly Duckling (Lativia, 35 min).
Al-Ghadd, Mon 10, 7pm
Black Mass (Egypt)
General Organisation for Cultural Palaces. Arabic.
Floating, Small Hall, Mon 10, 9pm.
Too Late (Egypt)
Produced by Al-Hanager Arts Centre. Arabic.
Al-Hanager, Mon 10, 7pm
Midnight (Egypt)
General Organisation for Cultural Palaces . Arabic.
Al-Nil, Mon 10, 9pm.
The Hungry Dream of the Bread Market (Egypt-Switzerland)
Sayed Darwish, Mon 10, 9pm.
Theatre addresses:
Al-Arayes Theatre, Ataba Sq, Downtown, Tel 591 0954
Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Nil St, Agouza, Tel 347 1718
Al-Ghadd Theatre, Al-Nil St, Agouza, Tel 304 3187
Al-Gomhouriya Theatre,12 Al-Gomhouriya St, Abdin, Tel 390 7707
Al-Hanager, Opera House Grounds, Gezira, Tel 735 6861
Al-Nil Theatre, Al-Bahr Al-A'zam St
Al-Salam Theatre, 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Garden City, Tel 795 2484,
Al-Tali'a Theatre, Ataba Sq, Downtown, Tel 593 7948
Cairo Opera House, Opera House Grounds, Gezira, Tel (Info) 739 8144/8132
Fatma Rushdi Floating Theatre, corner of Corniche Al-Nil and Al-Game'a (University) Bridge, Manial, Tel 364 9516
National Theatre, Ezbekiya, Ataba Sq, Downtown, Tel 591 7783
Sayed Darwish Theatre, Arts Academy, Haram, Tel 5850291
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