What's crackalackin in Egypt's arts & culture scene for the week: 5-10 April?
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Ghalia Benali performing in Al Geneina theatre (Photo: Bassam Zoghby)
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Tuesday 5 Apr
Sound Performance | "In the Shadow of Waves." The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Rooftop in Abdel Khalek Tharwat Street, Downtown Cairo |
Performance | Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website |
Film | Film ‘Fatima’. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Zawya,Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo |
Film 6.30pm CAIRO | Screening of the Iranian film 'Close Up' (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990). | Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), 143 Street, #8, Muqattam, Cairo |
Music 7pm CAIRO | Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes. | Al-Ghouri Caravansary,Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Moez Street with Al-Azhar, Cairo |
Music | Cairo Jazz Station. Read more here. | Makan: 1 (not 1a) Saad Zaghloul Street, 11461, El Dawaween, Cairo. |
Performance | Storytelling with musician Islam Fouda. | ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo |
Film | Film ‘Party Girl’. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Zawya,Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo |
Film 3pm ALEXANDRIA | Cinema Club, screening two films (every Monday and Tuesday). | Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria |
Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Awtar Quartet (Photo: courtesy of Awtar Quartet)
Wednesday 6 Apr
Sound Performance | "In the Shadow of Waves. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Cinema Radio’s Courtyard , 24 Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo |
Performance | Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website |
Dance | Dance performance: "Delle Ultime Visioni Cutanee." The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | The Old French Consulate, 5 El-Fadl Street, Behind El-Abd, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo |
Lecture 6.30 ALEXANDRIA | Discussion of a play titled Al-Badw, moderated by Abou Al-Hassan Salam. | Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria |
Theatre 5.30pm, 6.30pm & 8pm ALEXANDRIA | Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theatre. Check the programme here. | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria |
Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Manal Mohei Eldin (photo: Ahmed El-Koussi)
Thursday 7 Apr
Sound Performance | "In the Shadow of Waves." The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Old French Consulate's rooftop, 5 El-Fadl Street, Behind El-Abd, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo |
Performance | Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website |
Lecture 6pm CAIRO | Lecture titled "A History of the Representation of Muslims on Dutch Television" by Andrea Meuzelaar. | NVIC, 1 Dr Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek |
Music 7pm & 9 pm CAIRO | Ghalia Benali concert. | Al-Rab3, El-Moez Street, next to Al-Aqmar Mosque, El-Gammaliya, Cairo |
Music | Concert by Lebanese singer and composer Abeer Nehme. Check the details here. | El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, El-Darassa, Cairo |
Music | Cairo Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Ensemble will give "Electroacoustic Workshop." | Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek, Cairo |
Theatre 6.30 & 8pm ALEXANDRIA | Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theatre. Check the programme here. | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandriaand Jesuit Cultural Centre, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Alexandria |
Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
In The Shadow of the Waves (Photo: part of Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival's promotional material)
Friday 8 Apr
Sound Performance | "In the Shadow of Waves." The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | GrEEK Campus rooftop, 28 Falaki Street, Bab El-Louk, Downtown Cairo |
Theatre 5pm CAIRO | Double bill of Hepta and Sekket Safar. | Hosapeer Theatre, off Galaa Street, Downtown Cairo |
Performance | Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website |
Music 7pm CAIRO | El-Hadra. | Osiris, 1 Hassan Mourad Street. from Qasr El-Aini Street, Garden City, 2nd floor, Cairo |
Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO | Puppet and shadow theatre performance. | Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo |
Music | Concert by Aziz Sahmaoui and The University of Gnawa. Check the details here. | El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, El-Darassa, Cairo |
Music | Eftekasat band. | Cairo Opera House, Open Air Theatre, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music | The Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble will be joined by soloist Alaa Saber on oud. | Manasterly Palace, Rhoda Island, Manial, Cairo |
Music 8.30pm CAIRO | Jazz performance by Noha Fekry and Rami Attallah. | Photopia: 15 El-Somal Street, Heliopolis, Cairo |
Theatre 5pm, 6.30pm & 8pm ALEXANDRIA | Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theatre. Check the programme here. | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandriaand Jesuit Cultural Centre, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Alexandria |
Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
The Bald Soprano (Photo: from the promotional material of the Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theater)
Saturday 9 Apr
Music 4pm CAIRO | Concert by Cairokee. | El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Performance | Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website |
Theatre 5pm CAIRO | Double bill of Hepta and Sekket Safar. | Hosapeer Theatre, off Galaa Street, Downtown Cairo |
Literature | Public readings: Literature @ Downtown. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Apartment on 13, Gawad Hosny Street, Downtown Cairo |
Open-mic 7pm CAIRO | Super Heroes of Mashrou El-Mareekh, open mic. | Darb 1718, Kasr EL-Shamaa Street, El-Fakhareen, Old Cairo |
Music 7pm CAIRO | Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes. | Al-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Moez Street with Al-Azhar, Cairo |
Lecture 7.30pm CAIRO | Lecture titled "Earaf Wa Esmae" by musician Hany Shenouda. | Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo |
Music | Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nader Abbassi will perform works by Beethoven. | Cairo Opera House, Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music | Harpist Manal Mohie Eldin will hold a concert dubbed "Oriental Strokes." | Cairo Opera House, Open Air Theatre, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music | Awtar Quartet will be joined by flutist Howaida Harak in the programme that includes works by Mozart, Boccherini, Gluck, Piazzolla, Michael McLean, and Mahmoud Elsherif. Read more here. | All Saints' Cathedral, 5 Meshel Lotf Allah Street, behind Marriott Hotel, Zamalek, Cairo |
Theatre 6.30pm & 8pm ALEXANDRIA | Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theatre. Check the programme here. | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria |
Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA | A theatre performance done in collaboration with Al-Anfoushi Cultural Palace and directed by Riham Abd El-Razek. | Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria |
Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
(Photo: still from Party Girl film)
Sunday 10 Apr
Conference 12pm CAIRO | Sixth International Art Education Conference: Art Education and the Requirements of Change. | Faculty of Art Education, 12 Ismail Mohamed Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Performance | Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here. | Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website |
Film 7pm CAIRO | Short film forum screens 'Night of Love' (2015) by Helmy Nouh. | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria |
Music 7pm CAIRO | Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes. | Al-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Moez Street with Al-Azhar, Cairo |
Music 7.30pm CAIRO | The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai. | Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo |
Film | Screening of 'Offret’ (The Sacrifice). Director: Andrei Tarkovsky. | ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad Al-Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo |
Theatre 8pm ALEXANDRIA | Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theatre. Check the programme here. | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria |
Ghalia Benali performing in Al Geneina theatre (photo: Bassam Zoghby)
EXHIBITIONS this week
Exhibition23 Mar-7 AprCAIRO | Four exhibitions: paintings by Marek Batroski, sculpture by Mohamed Isaac, paintings by Walid Nayef, and multimedia exhibit by Heba Hany. | Gezira Art Centre, 1 Sheikh Marsafy Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 28 Mar-14 Apr CAIRO | "Illusion," painting exhibition by Hanafy Mahmoud. | Gallery Misr, 4a Ibn Zinky Street, Zamalek,Cairo |
Exhibition 13 Mar-3 Apr CAIRO | Exhibition by Farouk Hosny. | Gallery Grant, 6 El-Gomhoria Street, Abdeen, Cairo, Egypt |
Exhibition 6 Mar-3 Apr CAIRO | "Zakerat Fanan" (An Artist’s Memory) painting exhibit by Hussein Youssef Amin. | El-Masar Gallery, 157b, 26th of July Street, ground floor, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 13 Mar-14 Apr CAIRO | "Hippopotamus Amphibious," sculpture exhibition by Ahmed Askalany. | Mashrabia Gallery, 8 Champolion Street, Downtown Cairo |
Exhibition 14 Mar-TBA CAIRO | Works by Mounir Canaan. | Ofok Gallery, 1 Kafour Street, Giza |
Exhibition 15 Mar-TBA CAIRO | Works by Sabah Naim. | Safar Khan Gallery, Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 15 Mar-10 Apr CAIRO | "Circles in the Sand," a painting exhibition by Sayed Saad El-Din. Read more here. | Art Talks, 8 El Kamel Mohamed Street. Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 15 Mar-TBA CAIRO | "Caravan 2016: The Key," a travelling visual arts exhibition. Read more about Caravan here. | Nile Art Gallery, 4 El Montazah Street, Zamalek., Cairo |
Exhibition 15 Mar-9 Apr CAIRO | "Act 1: the Roof," photography exhibition by Cairo Bats collective. Read more here. | CIC, 22 Abd El-Khalek Tharwat Street, Downtown Cairo |
Exhibition 13 Mar-2 Apr CAIRO | "Ramifications," an exhibition by artist Samir Fouad. Check our art alert here. | Picasso Art Gallery, 30 Hassen Assem St., Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 25 Feb-5 Apr CAIRO | "Indelible," photography exhibit by Randa Shaath. Read more here. | Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, ground floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo |
Exhibition 18 Feb-TBA CAIRO | "Spirit Inspiration," Sculpture exhibition by Houreya El-Sayed | Hungarian Cultural Counsellor, Balass Institute, 13 Gawad Hosni Street, 2nd floor, Downtown Cairo |
Exhibition 2 Mar-TBA CAIRO | "Accepting the Other," by Safeya Qabbani | Nile Art Gallery, 14 El-Montazah Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 21 Feb-5 April CAIRO | "Indelible," a photography exhibition by renowned photographer and photojournalist Randa Shaath. | Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib Street, Apt 2, ground floor, Garden City, Cairo |
Exhibition 10 Mar-TBA CAIRO | "Sweepings II," drawing exhibition by Hassan Fedawy | Wekalet Behna, 1 Keneesa Maroniya Street, Mansheya, Alexandria |
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