Various activities on World Theater Day

Damascus-SANA

The celebration of World Theater Day, held by the Directorate of Theaters and Music in the Ministry of Culture this year, was not limited to presenting artistic performances of all kinds, but today included honoring the old academic graduates, a book fair and a scientific lecture on theater design.

The Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus honored, in a special celebration, a number of its old graduates, in the presence of the institute's students, artists, and those interested, in the Fawaz Al-Sager hall at the institute.

The celebration included a presentation of the second year project presented by the students of the Acting Department, titled (The First Lesson) supervised by the artists Wassim Qazak and Al-Farazdaq Diop.

As for the honorees, they are (Salwa Hanna, Taj Al-Din Dhaif Allah, Waddah Halloum, Muhammad Mustafa, Suzan Al-Saleh, Muwaffaq Al-Ahmad and Suhail Jubai).

The Dean of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, Dr. Tamer Al-Arbeed, said in a statement to SANA reporter: “We celebrate the International Day of Theater by presenting a number of performances and events while honoring the graduates of the class of 1987, to renew the link between the academic institution and professional artists and to confirm that theater is the art of honesty, communication, warmth and intimacy. It reflects the concerns of the people, as well as a reminder of the ancient Syrian theater.”

In turn, the artist Wadah Halloum expressed in a similar statement the importance of honoring him from the place where he received his acquaintances in art in general and in Abi al-Funun in particular, stressing that the Syrian theater remained steadfast and strongly in the face of difficult circumstances and life challenges.

The artist, Maryam, gave a speech on World Theater Day, which was written this year by American director Peter Sellars, and addressed the theater's need for a new epic vision that achieves all the elements of renewal and participation.

An exhibition of the publications of the Syrian General Book Authority was also opened at the Institute, which included about 300 titles related to theater, its issues and its impurities, in addition to a series of issues of the theatrical life magazine, which has been periodically issued by the Theater Directorate for 45 years.

In Homs, the Labor Theater Troupe, in cooperation with the Institute of Popular Culture, presented a show entitled (Win's Intelligence), a collective composition for the group, prepared and directed by Samer Ibrahim.

And 21 actors and actresses embodied a group of representative scenes in which they dealt with the difficult living life of the citizen due to the unjust conditions of the war and the unjust siege in the form of a satirical comedy.

Director Ibrahim explained to SANA Culture that the actors presented 14 paintings that were synthesized in an easy and simple way to address the daily life that touches us all and exhausts our lives, in addition to selecting some scenes from the play The Devil of the Forest by Russian writer Anton Chekhov and the married life of the Spanish writer Max Op, which shows the suffering experienced by some families.

Ibrahim considered that the celebration of the International Day of Theater, which is organized by the Artists Syndicate in cooperation with the Directorate of Theaters and Music, the National Theater in Homs, is a pivotal station for theatrical actors in this province to present what is in their pocket and to open the way for young talents to emerge.

The artist Hussein Arab saw that this theatrical demonstration taking place in Homs confirms that theatrical art is one of the most important types of arts, as the hall is filled every day with the eager audience of the stage, despite the discrepancy in the performances that the stage is witnessing in terms of artistic and performance levels, with the need to maintain the level that was witnessed on that stage through For many years, great artists have provided theatrical art movement in Syria.

In Hama, the lecture hall of the Directorate of Culture hosted a lecture entitled “Theatre Engineering” by the architect Majd Hijazi, which dealt with the essential role that the theater building embodied in the success of the show.

Engineer Hegazy pointed out that the theater is a complex architectural formation that requires a lot of study and conditions to play its role to the fullest, because it includes the stage on which performances are performed, in addition to the spectators' hall and other halls for the administration and the preparation of the actors.

Hijazi reviewed with pictures the types of theaters, including open, Greek, Roman, sports and multi-purpose theaters, indicating the considerations to be taken into account when designing theaters, which include entrances, exits, ceilings, horizontal and vertical viewing angles, chairs, and others.

Hegazy concluded his lecture by saying that theaters and art and culture houses should be designed so as not to alienate viewers from visiting them, with the need to provide maximum comfort in watching and sitting in the theater and to achieve the pleasure and benefit of the visit.

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