Casablanca: The 17th International Festival of Theater and Cultures

Perhaps only councils allow new meetings. From May 15 to 25, the Casablanca team will meet the 17th^y A copy of the International Festival of Theater and Cultures. There are about a dozen shows on the menu, including six in local colours. There are also two honors in the program. An opening tribute to actress Noura Al-Sakli, and a posthumous closing tribute to the late Hassan Zainoun.

The fruit of a partnership between the Foundation for Living Arts (FAV), the Regional Council of Casablanca-Settat and SDL Casa Event et Animation, this meeting coincides, in fact, with two decades of the foundation’s existence. As with previous versions, the program. With this eclectic aspect of discovery, but above all engagement. The head of the foundation, Noureddine Ayouch, is enthusiastic as usual. For him, choosing the timing is not an easy matter. It has a spring character, but takes into account other considerations, including, in particular, other events that occur during this period. As a com man, he willingly submitted himself to media requests. He says: We are going beyond Anfa to embrace other places in the city, with the aim of reaching the widest audience. The goal is for the theater to reach as many people as possible. The ticket price policy gives an idea of ​​this, between 50 and 100 dirhams, without forgetting the free tickets provided to certain categories of the public, especially students. Thanks to our sponsors, tickets are almost nothing compared to the cost to the organization.

Obviously we want to go further. Casa Event’s CEO agrees. Mohamed El-Gawahry also points to ambition to move forward. If today’s partnership goes back nine years, we would like to make it long-term. The case is also for the Regional Council, the first experience with the organizing institution, which is framed by an agreement extending over three years, which wants to see the event embrace different audiences throughout the region.

Another equally important coincidence is the neighborhood theater that is on the program this year. To return to the stage, with the duo Ajeel and Fulan, after twenty years of “distance”, the play “Sedina”, which was recently shown on stage, opens a new cycle. In the life of the troops, certainly, but this number 20 also relates to the organized institution. I said coincidence!