The Carthage Days theater unveils its 27th season of programming featuring 12 works in competition
Carthage Theatre's Days Management announces the details of its twenty-seventh session, which begins on 21 November and in which 12 Arab and African plays compete in the official competition.
The board of directors for Carthage Days unveiled the play this morning in the city of Culture in Tunisia about the program of the 27th session, which runs from 21 to 28 November, in the presence of the artistic director and chairman of the organizing committee Salim Sanhaji. The demonstration opens at the City of Culture Opera with a performance by Enna's Syrian Dance Theatre, directed by jihadist Mahfouq, entitled Sun of the East. One land, one heart.
The official competition for this course features the participation of 12 Arab and African plays competing for the crown, including Chaika and Fear Passages from Tunisia, The Last Straight Line from Senegal, Stranded Souls from Bahrain, Judgment Day Prove from Syria, Crime and Punishment from Egypt. The list also includes the Congolese play Zulu Brazzaville, 17 Hours from the UAE, a bloody wedding from Morocco, the oldest of sons, the father-in-law from Iraq, and the curse of the gods from Lebanon.
The course offers a space for Tunisian works outside of the official competition by presenting 13 plays including Insavan, Proba, TV, Bell, Sense and Sensi, High Sewing, Serap, Sofa, Autumn Night, Death, 3 Approaches to Palestine, Sleep, Escape and Hameel Comedy Death, as well as multiple Arabic, African and international performances reflecting the search for innovative expressive forms such as the fourth man directed by Tafiq al-Jabbali and an inspiration for Tahir Issa bin Arab.
The festival includes the events of the International Theatre Forum and an international scientific symposium on financing and production systems and their impact on making a real life play in partnership with the National Theatre under the direction of Mohamed Maddoni on November 22, 23 and 24, and plays within the family meetings with the participation of Jalila Bakar, Sabah Bozoweta and Fatimah Saidan, as well as honoring theatrical personalities including Anisa Latifi and Mohamed Koca from Tunisia and Adama Traori from Mali and Ayda Fahmi from Egypt and Oliver Rezahe from Germany.
The International Arbitration Committee of the course, with the participation of members Karol Karimera from Rwanda, Roge Assaf, Waled Auni from Lebanon, and Goat al-Qadreri from Tunisia, is chaired by Abdul Raouf Basti, with presentations and seminars continuing for a full week until the closing date of 28 November.