Opera, Ballet and Theatre
The Cairo Opera House on Gezira (tel 339-8132 or 339-8144, opera@link.eg) is the chief centre for performing arts. Its main hall hosts performances by prestigious foreign acts (anything from Kabuki theatre to Broadway musicals) and the Cairo Ballet Company (Sept-June); the Cairo Opera season begins in March. The smaller hall is used by the Cairo Symphony Orchestra , which gives concerts there every Saturday from September to mid-June. During July and August all events move to the marble-clad open-air theatre where you can catch anything from Nubian folk-dancing to Egyptian pop to jazz. Programme listings appear in Egypt Today and the Al-Ahram weekly, and are available in more detail from the ticket office. Tickets (GBPE5-25) should be booked several days beforehand (daily 10am-3pm & 4-9pm). A jacket and tie are compulsory for men attending events in the main hall. Another venue for Western-style performing arts is the AUC's Wallace Theatre (tel 357-5436), which produces two English-language plays or musicals and sponsors diverse concerts from October to May, advertised on campus and in local newspapers. You might also hear about productions by two theatre groups run by Cairo's expat community, the Cairo Players (tel 340-0137) and the Ma'adi Community Players (tel 353-1026), both open to anyone who's interested; while for those who understand Arabic, the range encompasses everything from comedy at the Thalia Theatre (tel 593-7948) on Midan Ataba to political satire at the Miami Theatre on Talaat Harb (tel 574-5651; closed Mon).
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