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  2. Tandem Shaml 2016-17
  3. Current: Beshoy Helmi & Tom Finlay
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El Akl Theatre Festival

Dawar El Fnoon(Minya, Egypt) and Terra Nova Productions(Belfast, Northern Ireland) produced the El Akl Theatre Project in Minya and Belfast from Feb-July 2017. The project worked with emerging artists during two ten-day workshops in Belfast and Minya to develop live and filmed theatre, inspired by ideas around food and power. The project cummulated in the El Akl Theatre Festival in Minya during July. This two-day theatre festival involved a professional collaboative performance by an actor from Belfast and an actress from Minya, three live theatre performances from emerging artists in Minya and eight four minute films from artists in Belfast.
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  1. Tandem Shaml 2016-17
  2. Community development
  3. Global Food and Power
  4. Public space
  5. Social cohesion
  6. Community arts
  7. Performance
  8. Talent development
  9. Theatre
  10. Co-creation
  11. Education
  12. Filmmaking
  13. Knowledge development
  14. Knowledge exchange
  15. Performance
  16. Playwriting
  17. Talent development
  18. Workshop
  19. Film
  20. Performance

Beshoy Helmi

Dawar El Fnoon

Minya, Egypt

Dwar El Fnoon is a cultural center founded by: sonographer Mina Nasef and theatrical director Beshoy Adel in the year 2011 then the center was formally acknowledged as a Limited corporation. We work throughout the country specially El Minia Governorate. We work to: elevate the quality of art in Upper Egypt while preserving its identity as it suffers the rar

dawarelfnoon@gmail.com

Tom Finlay

Terra Nova Productions

Belfast, United Kingdom

Tom graduated in Theatre from Queens University, Belfast in 2000 and has been a theatre producer, director, writer and arts manger for the past 17 years. Tom has produced, written and directed over 50 theatre productions. Specialising in both post conflict and intercultural theatre. Tom is also an acting trainer and provides workshops for emerging artists.

The connection

"El Akl Theatre Festival": a connection between Minya (Egypt) & Belfast (United Kingdom)

The process

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A monologue about Food created during our Belfast Workshop

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  1. Tandem Shaml 2016-17
  2. cultural exchange

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  1. Tandem Shaml 2016-17
  2. Built Heritage

Building with Earth and Recycled Materials in Egypt and Albania

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  1. Tandem Shaml 2016-17
  2. Community development

Idoumou and Valentin ask: Can we afford a vision?

Tandem Shaml participants Mohamed Idoumou from Maison des cinéastes (Nouakchott, Mauritania) and Valentin Schmehl from Other Music Academy (Weimar, Germany)...
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  • A monologue about Food created during our Belfast Workshop
  • A monologue about Food created during our Belfast Workshop
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