15 Arab and Foreign Countries Participate in the First Edition of SITFY-Georgia Festival
Performances from Georgia, Romania, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey at the first edition of SITFY-Georgia Festival.
The festival highlights the works of prominent directors and writers from different countries.
Fifteen Arab and foreign countries are participating in the first edition of the SITFY-Georgia Festival, headed by artist and director Mazen El-Gharbawy.
The first edition of the SITFY-Georgia Festival includes theatrical performances from several countries, including Georgia, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, and Turkey, reflecting a rich cultural and theatrical exchange.
Georgia leads the participations with five performances: “Everything Was Real” produced by Tumanishvili Theater; in its first performance “Falsifying Myself”; “Paradjanov” (a puppet show for adults); a “Radio Play for the Audience” produced by Sukhumi Theater; and the fifth performance “Ex-Partners’ Bed” written by Irakli Samsonadze and directed by Kakhaber Shartava.
The festival also includes performances representing the Middle East, with shows from Qatar including “Al-Zari” by the Qatar Theater Troupe; from Oman “A Rainy Night” by the Afaq Theater Troupe; and from Saudi Arabia “Autumn Flower” by the Theater Chorus Troupe.
As for European participations, Romania participates with the performance “I Was and It Was” from the National Theater in Iasi. At the same time, Turkey presents “We Don’t Wait for Godot” by the “Colored Bird” Theater Troupe.
The festival presents a wide range of theatrical styles, including traditional plays, puppet shows for adults, radio plays, and premieres, to cater to different audience tastes.
The festival highlights the works of directors from diverse backgrounds, including Ivane Khutsishvili, Ovidiu Ivan, Mohammed Youssef Al-Mulla, Majid bin Masoud Al-Awfi, Gali Karabakir, Zurab Kandelaki, and Kakhaber Shartava.
The festival also showcases works by famous writers such as Besik Kharanauli, Michel Mounier, Faloul Al-Flikawi, Osama Zayed, and Irakli Samsonadze.
It is worth noting that the Sharm El-Sheikh International Youth Theater Festival was held from November 15 to 20 last year, and its edition was named after the late great director Galal El-Sharkawy.
The festival is managed by Dr Engy El-Bestawi, with producer Hisham Suleiman as the head of the festival’s Supreme Committee. The festival is honorarily presided over by the Lady of Arab Theater, Samiha Ayoub, and is held under the patronage of the Minister of Culture, Dr Ahmed Fouad Heno, and Major General Khaled Mubarak, Governor of South Sinai, with support from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the Tourism Promotion Authority.
TunisianMonitorOnline (Douha Saafi)
