Baghdad – IA – Fatima Rahma
Artist Anas Abdel Samad confirmed today, Sunday, that the Arab Theater Festival is returning Iraq to the Arab embrace through this great carnival that is held on the land of Baghdad.
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Anas told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The Arab Theater Festival in Baghdad was highly organized and professional with performances, discussion seminars, and intellectual research,” noting that “the Iraqi public is thirsty for these large and important festivals, which restore strength, beauty, creativity, new ideas, and legitimate competition to the theater.” .
He added: “I am participating in the festival with the play (The House of Abu Abdullah) as an author, actor and director, alongside the artists Thuraya Abu Ghanmi from Tunisia, Omar Ayoub, and a group of young performers. The play was presented at the Al-Rashid Theater, as part of the activities of the Arab Theater Festival organized by the Arab Theater Authority.”
He continued, “I performed the play Abu Abdullah’s House in the manner of (meta-theatre) in a new style. As for its idea, it talks about the events taking place inside Abu Abdullah’s house and contains a symbolic reference to the homeland. The play relied on contemporary dance (drama dance) and there is harmony between… Theater and dance generate performances that have a nature that is consistent with the requirements of Arab theatre, and this has a directorial vision like any theatre.”
