Amy Samir Ghanem and Hassan El Raddad's Play "Television" to Be Staged at 2nd New Alamein Festival on August 8

Egyptian actress Amy Samir Ghanem and her husband and fellow actor Hassan El Raddad's new play "Television" is set to be staged from August 8-10 at the 2nd edition of the New Alamein Festival in North Coast, Egypt.

The cast also includes Soleiman Eid, Badria Tolba, Mahmoud Hafez, Mohamed Osama, famously known as "Osos", and others.

"Television" hails from director Mohamed Al Sagheer and screenwriters Ahmed Saad Wali, Ibrahim Saber, and Mohamed Salah Khattab.

The play's official synopsis reads: "After Uncle Hozmbol arrives for the married couple Hefzi and Karawaneh carrying gifts for them that were delayed thirty years but are not suitable for them now, which makes their curiosity push them to search for Uncle Hozmbol's gift bag to find a magical television set. They find themselves inside it, moving between its channels with all their events and details, while a child controls them with a remote control... What is their fate, at what channel will their lives stop, and can they return to their lives again?."

The play was first staged on December 20, 2023, within the activities of the 4th edition of the Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia.