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Sharjah: “The Gulf”
Under the generous patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, activities of the sixth session of the “Dual Theater Festival” began on Friday at Tippah’s Cultural Center. Al-Hisn, in the presence of Abdullah Al Owais, Head of the Department of Culture, and Ahmad Burhaimah, Director of the Department of Drama. , festival director and many local and Arab playwrights.
At the beginning of the ceremony, Al Owais welcomed the directors and directors of the participating teams to the stage and conveyed to them the congratulations of the Ruler of Sharjah Syria, who will participate in the drama “The Circus” directed by Ayman Zidan. , Mohamed Morsi, director of the Egyptian program “The Window” and Abdullah Al-Zarwan, assistant director of the Emirati program.
Al Owais said, “Tipbah Al-Hisn Bilateral Theater Festival completes its intellectual and training programs and activities with the honor and efforts of the Ruler of Sharjah, supporting and encouraging theater and playwrights in the UAE and Arab countries. .”
The annual festival “brings together local and Arab theater experiences and names, and provides concrete opportunities for them to exchange experiences and ideas and build relationships and fruitful partnerships … to advance and promote the march of Arab theater.”
On the first day, the audience was treated to an Emirati performance of “Once Upon a Time” by Tipbah Al-Hisn Heritage, Culture and Theater Group, produced and directed by Muhannad Karim. The theme of the show was the financial and moral challenges faced by the theater profession and its practitioners, whose events evolved from a casual conversation into a serious debate between a “director” – played by Nabil Al-Masmi – and an “actor” – Sharif Omar, among them. The first one seemed to be immersed in talking about problems. Technology and philosophy and the psychological burdens of the age of consumption, artificial intelligence and extreme frustration and boredom, the second suffered from the economic problems he faced in his daily life: the lack of opportunities, or to work long hours with weak financial income and low social support. need to
Ahmad Sultan Sulaiman Al-Dahuri, Deputy Chairman of Tippah Al-Hisn Municipality, which sponsored the first day of the festival, presented a certificate of appreciation to the team of the play “It Happened Once”.