On Monday, Dr. Enas Abdel-Dayem, Minister of Culture, and Major General Mohamed El-Sharif, Governor of Alexandria, will inaugurate “Lycee El-Horreya Theater” in Alexandria after three years of hiatus.
The inauguration aims to rehabilitate the theatre, complete its replacement and renewal processes according to the modern technology.
The ceremony will be attended by artist Khaled Galal, head of Cultural production sector, Ismail Mukhtar, head of the artistic house of theater, and a number of leaders of the Ministry of Culture.
Abdel Dayem said that the Ministry of Culture aims at replacing, renewing and developing the state theaters comes to enrich the theatrical artistic movement, stressing on her belief in the role of theater in promoting society.
Abdel Dayem referred to the theater industry that is capable of building the Egyptian character to ensure the fulfilment of the desired national development.
She added that the opening of “Lycee El-Horreya Theater” is considered to be an addition to the creative work system and an embodiment of the strategy for modernizing the cultural structure to spread enlightenment throughout the nation.
During the inauguration, the minister will honor a group of Egyptian cultural and artistic icons for their efforts, namely: the name of the late Mohamed Ghoneim -the former First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, the artist Ali al-Jundi, the former director of Alexandria Troupe for Folk Art, the artist Samira Abdel Aziz, the name of the late star Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, the name The late writer Mahmoud Al-Toukhi, the name of the late musician Hamdi Raouf, Dr. Abu Al-Hassan Salam- the former head of the National Center for Theater, the great artist Othman Muhammad Ali.
In addition, she will honor many of the participants of the theatrical initiative "The Egyptian Author “, namely: Dr. Jamal Yaqout - for the show “ the House, Ahmed Abdel-Gawad for the show “ Kharegh Al Magmoua- outside the group, Saeed Qabeel for the show “Zahaba AL Laylou ” , Ihab Mabrouk for the show “The Fisherman's Tales and Prince of the Sea”, Ahmed Mustafa for the show “Six Star Passport”, Ahmed Jaber for the show “Farha Mattamit” and others.
It is noteworthy that the activities of the opening ceremony will include presenting a short video dealing with the stages of the theater before and after its renovation, in addition to presenting the play “outside the group” that deals with the problem of bullying - including the "Egyptian Author" initiative, written and directed by Ahmed Abdel-Gawad.
It is worthy to note that the operations of replacing, renovating and raising the efficiency of “Lycee El Horreya” theater included the work system of the civil protection according to the latest fire codes, alarm panels, firefighting network, electrical works of maintenance of all the panels and cables of the theater, stage, artist rooms, in addition to the usual work of paints and renewal of the external theater and the main entrance and showroom.
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