performance
Blog: Trapped with the Field Marshal’s puppet
Art news
May 27, 2012
Blog: Trapped with the Field Marshal’s puppet
A puppet can quickly spark controversy; that’s what happened on Saturday evening at the “Meetphool: Mime, Clown and Street performance”…
This is not a play: ‘Tahrir Monologues’ continues
Art news
November 16, 2011
This is not a play: ‘Tahrir Monologues’ continues
“Shoot and make us the last cowardly generation [in Egypt],” begins the two-hour “Tahrir Monologues." In the performance — it…
Theater to the people: Al-Warsha’s unusual venues
Art news
September 14, 2010
Theater to the people: Al-Warsha’s unusual venues
No song better depicts the struggle for Cairo’s streets than Salah Jahin’s "Al-Sharaa Lemin?" (For Whom are These Streets?). “These…
I will stifle it!
Art news
July 10, 2010
I will stifle it!
As we, the actors and actresses of the Bussy play were on stage for our curtain call, our director stepped…
Nora Amin: A chameleon artist
Art news
March 11, 2010
Nora Amin: A chameleon artist
Nora Amin is a writer, actress, dancer, and translator. Her latest performance, "Stories from the Edge," was hosted by the…
Caroline Parker: England’s best deaf singer
Art news
March 11, 2010
Caroline Parker: England’s best deaf singer
Caroline Parker, an English comedian and actress in her 50s with short, crow-black hair, an almost transparent complexion, and two…