An acclaimed Egyptian play, ‘Mama,’ is currently featured in the extremely prominent theatrical Festival d’Avignon, one of the most important contemporary perfoming arts events worldwide. The highly creative play was directed by Ahmed El-Attar, and it includes a multitude of Egyptian actors, including Ramzy Lehner, Menha el-Batroui, Mohamed Hatem, Nanda Mohamed and Botrous Ghali. These actors also work for the Temple Independent Theatre Company, of which El-Attar is the founder. The historic Avignon Festial, which was founded by Jean Vilar in 1946, announced that the play would be shown five times, from 18th of July to July 23rd. The festival welcomes over 130, 000 theater-lovers yearly in July as Avignon becomes a city-theater with over 40 shows, dance recitals, films, debates, readings and plays. ‘Mama’ marks Attar’s second opportunity at the festival as, his hit last year, ‘El Ashaa El Akheer’ (The Last Supper), was also performed. It marks a successive streak for the Egyptian theatre buff, who is particiating at the event for two consecutive years. The play explores power dynamics between men and women in an Egyptian family, and how women might hope to influence and control men…
