Girls Theater: Acting to usher in Change
Sudan Events – Haffiya Elyas
The activity supervisor of the Distress Theater Program, (Girls Theater Project), Al-Hadi Al-Shawaf told Sudan Events that, Distress Theater Program (Al-Sheddah) is a theater that is performed within the context of extremely complex security, political, economic, environmental, health and psychological conditions. Taking inspiration from the current Sudanese reality in which all these conditions have come together, the project works to adapt these conditions in creating a theatrical performance, making theater a tool for thinking, motivating people to ask questions. Change to move away from extreme conditions to better conditions in which human dignity is preserved, alive and dead.
Because it is a theater that is aware of its role towards its community and knows the challenges and obstacles it faces, so it turns to aesthetic artistic solutions that empowers it to present the theatrical show several times, adapting the transitional circumstance imposed in its favor, Al-Shawaf said.
Al-Shawaf added that the project is under the supervision of Walid Al-Alfi.
The girls’ theater project is an extension of the (Al-Sheddah Theater) project, which was completed from (March 1 to April 8, 2023 AD), and the main product of the project is the presentation of the play (Ice Dream), which was presented in the state of Sinnar, the city of Sinja, the Blue Nile region, Damazin, Khartoum, and Omdurman (Omdurman Cultural Center)
Then the project (Al -Sheddah Theater) developed into the (Al -Shedda Theater Program) which contains several projects that operate in complex, difficult and extreme conditions, i.e. conditions of war, disasters, instability and in areas affected by war, disasters and instability.
The Girls Theater project visits the Blue Nile region from October 18 to November 18, 2023 AD, as an extension of the Al -Sheddah Theater program.
The program included a training workshop targeting (21) trainees, (18) girls and (3) boys, from the localities of (Bao – Al-Damazin – Al-Rusairs), and the production of (3) short theatrical performances, staged in nine areas of The three localities.
The training workshop lasted (10) days during which the trainees received theoretical training on (how to create a theatrical performance – building a place – decoration and costumes – acting performance – constructing and telling a story – using stories, tools and local rhythms in theatre).
The program also included a training workshop targeting (21) trainees, (18) girls and (3) boys, from the localities of (Bao – Al-Damazin – Al-Rusairs), and the production of (3) short theatrical performances, performance will take place in nine regions of the three governorates. The training workshop lasted (10) days during which the trainees received theoretical training on (how to create a theatrical performance – building a place – decoration and costumes – acting performance – constructing and telling a story – using stories, tools and local rhythms in theatre), the practical exercises to develop the imagination, build the body, and acquire and develop skills related to theatre. The next stage is dedicated to training in improving the three performances.
The third stage is dedicated to submitting offers in nine areas of the localities of (Baw – Al-Rusairis – Al-Damazin). The three offers were submitted in the areas of (Al-Shahbd Effendi “470”, – Abu Qarn “260”, – Drugs “180”) of the localities of Baw. And in the areas of (Talnaqsh 320 – Al-Rusairs Youth Center 445 – Qanis East 520) of the Al-Rusairs Governorate, in the areas of (Abu Ramad “230” – Cultural Complex Theater “220” – Abu Darq Hall “260”) of Damazin Governorate. A huge audience of more than (2915) people attended the performances.
