Laila Elwy-Led Play "The Red Box" to Be Staged in KSA on January 3

Veteran Egyptian actress Laila Elwy's play "Al Sandok Al Ahmar" (The Red Box), is scheduled to make its debut Next month, within the activities of Riyadh season, in Saudi Arabia.

"Al Sandok Al Ahmar" is set to be staged from January 3-7 at the Mohammed Al Ali Theater in Boulevard City.

It is held as a part of the ongoing Riyadh Season 2023. The 4th edition of the Riyadh Season kicked off on October 28 under the slogan of "Big Time".

The play marks Elwy's comeback to the stage after 27 years of absence. She made her last theatrical performance in the 1996 play "Al Jamila W Al Wehshen".

The cast also stars Mimi Gamal, Tarek El Ebiary, Soliman Eid, Rana Raeis, Nour Ehab, Bayoumi Fouad, Marwa Abdel Monem, and more.

The play's official synopsis reads: "Dr. Farida, a psychiatrist, faces the greatest challenge in her professional career when the daughter of her first love asks her to help treat her sister and save the family of her lover, who failed her and left inside her a wound that time has not healed... Can Farida separate her buried feelings from her work and her professionalism, or will things get mixed up in each other? Do her feelings control her professionalism?."

Elwy, born on January 4, 1962, made her acting debut at a young age in children's programming "Abla Fadeela" on the Radio and "Mama Samiha" on the television.

Laila took small parts in films as a child and performed in several titles. Late Egyptian actor, Nour El-Sherif discovered her acting skills while she was performing on stage.

Elwy starred in several stage productions such as “al-Brenseesa” (The Princess), “Gamilla wa Wahshayn” (Two Beasts and a Beauty), “Baklarious fee Hokm al-Shab” (A Degree in Governing the People)، “8 Sittat” (8 Women), and “Sahlab".

She co-starred in her first role in a drama in the TV series “Dimoo’ Fawq al-Haqiqa” (Tears Over the Truth).

Her other TV credits include “al-‘Aaila” (The Family), “al-Tawaam” (The Twins), “’Atfet Khoukha”, “Teyoor al-Sayf” (Birds of Summer), “Akho al-Bannat” (His sisters), “Ta’aaly Nahlam bi Bokra” (Let’s Dream of Tomorrow), and “Alf Leyla wa Leyla”(One Thousand and One Nights).

Elwy has received numerous film awards and has served as a producer in the 1952 film “Ya Mihalabiya ya”.