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The Animal's Lawsuit Against Humanity

As part of Hakawy, TCC is reviving its co-production with ACT Theater Group of The Animal's Lawsuit Against Humanity directed by Leila Saad. The play is an entertaining and thought-provoking adaptation of ancient texts dealing with the relationship between humans and nature. The play will be performed in Arabic on October 15 at Hakawy Festival, Tahrir Cultural Center, Falaki Theater

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Theater Performance: Fighting (Egypt), Falaki Theater, 8:00pm

AUC alumni Shaymaa Shoukry’s contemporary dance performance about the way we fight with others and within ourselves. Tuesday and Wednesday September 6-7 The performance will start at 8:00pm on both days Falaki Theater, AUC Tahrir Cultural Center

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Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater at TCC

Theater performances and more, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture For the third year in a row, TCC is partnering with the Arab region’s largest experimental theater festival to bring performances, workshops, master-classes and networking opportunities to our historic campus in the heart of downtown Cairo. This year’s festival theme is the intersection of art and technology. Lin...

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Theater Performance: Through the Waves

Uplift Physical Theater brings acrobatics and physical storytelling together to tell the story of a woman’s grief at losing a soul-mate. Friday and Saturday September 2-3 Falaki Theater, 7:00pm

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The Nile Troupe for Folk Arts

Sep

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Reconnect with musical heritage in an evening full of traditional and folkloric tunes with Egypt's oldest and most significant heritage troupe.

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She Arts Opening Night with Farrah El Dibany

Sep

7:00 pm – 11:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join the opening with a stunning performance by an all-women’s orchestra led by Paris-based Egyptian superstar Farrah El Dibany.

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AFCENT Under the Stars

Sep

8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Enjoy the U.S. Air Force Central Band’s high-energy performance of a wide variety of music, including Top 40 hits, pop, R&B, country and jazz.

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The Circus: Then and Now - Film Screening and Performance

Saying goodbye to summer with two days of a serious circus mood including a screening of Fellini’s masterpiece La Strada on Monday, and a special live circus performance in the garden on Tuesday. Monday, August 29 La Strada (The Road) Directed by: Federico Fellini "One of the most influential films ever made," Fellini’s first film won the inaugural Academy Award for Best Foreign Languag...

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A Circus Performance

Aug

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

A curated variety of performers from well-known circus acts including clowns, dancing drums, ladders, balancing unicycle and juggling shows.

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The Egyptian Jazz Projekt by the HarfousH Jazz Band

Aug

8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

A revival of 1950s Egyptian songs, the Egyptian Jazz Project (EJP) was founded in 2015 by Ahmed Harfoush, an Egyptian jazz vocalist based in London whose traditional repertoire is American jazz and swing, musical theater, and contemporary hits. Here, Harfoush highlights Egyptian legends like Abdel-Halim Hafez in an enthralling performance. Main Garden, 8:00pm Free and Open to the Public

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The Animal's Lawsuit Against Humanity

Theater Performance: Fighting (Egypt), Falaki Theater, 8:00pm

Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater at TCC

Theater Performance: Through the Waves

The Nile Troupe for Folk Arts

She Arts Opening Night with Farrah El Dibany

AFCENT Under the Stars

The Circus: Then and Now - Film Screening and Performance

A Circus Performance

The Egyptian Jazz Projekt by the HarfousH Jazz Band

AUC New Cairo

AUC Tahrir Square

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