‘Mama’ in the most prominent festival in the world, Festival d'Avignon

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Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 03:20 GMT

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The Egyptian play "Mama" is currently participating in the most prominent theatrical festival in the world, Festival d'Avignon in France - Egypt Today.

The Egyptian play "Mama" is currently participating in the most prominent theatrical festival in the world, Festival d'Avignon in France - Egypt Today.

CAIRO – 17 July 2018: The Egyptian play "Mama" is currently participating in the most prominent theatrical festival in the world, Festival d'Avignon in France. "Mama" is directed and written by distinguished Egyptian theatrical director and founder of the Temple Independent Theatre Company, Ahmed el-Attar.

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The play explores the methods used by women in a wealthy Egyptian family to impose power and hegemony over men of the same family.


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However, this ongoing battle performed by the females to control the male family members, driven by their desire to get back at the masculine society, leads to re-creating the same oppressive male monsters that these women have fallen victims to.


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"Mama" is performed by the members of Temple Independent Theatre Company , including Ramzy Lehner, Menha el-Batroui, Mohamed Hatem, Nanda Mohamed and Botrous Ghali.

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Festival d'Avignon management announced that the play is going to be shown five times during the festival on July 18, 19 and from July 21 - 23.
This is the second participation for Attar in the official program of Festival d'Avignon after his participation in last year's edition with his play "El-Ashaa el-Akheer" (The Last Supper).

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The last play presented by the Temple Independent Theatre Company was “Before the Revolution” which was presented as part of the annual Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF).

The play’s dramatic events all happen before the time of the revolution and tackle Egyptians’ emotional and societal state at the time.

Through dramatic events illustrated in the play, “Before the Revolution” features the specific concept that the revolution portrays people’s resistance against many oppressive powers that they experience in their lives, such as deception, violence, insecurity and depression.

Attar, who is the artistic director of D-CAF and Falaki Theater, as well as the founder and manager of Orient Productions, and Studio Emad Eddin, has received various awards from remarkable institutions, such as Best Theater Text from the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development.

He has also been chosen by the Arabic edition of Newsweek as one of the most influential 42 personalities in the Arab world.

He participated in numerous international festivals across Europe and the Arab region with his plays “Waiting for My Uncle” and “The Last Supper”.

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