Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater concludes today

The party concluding the eleventh session of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater is to be held tonight.

In the same context Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced and distributed prizes for the festival, in which 43 countries and 45 theatrical groups have taken part.

The festival is chaired by Egyptian theatrical author and critic Fawzy Fahmi.

The arbitration committee is chaired by Jiong Autokim from South Korea, and its members include Egyptian poet Ahmed Abd El-Moalti Hegazi and director Ryad Esmat from Syria, in addition to members from Brazil, Spain, the USA, Germany, France, Poland, Italy and Britain.

Shows were presented in 23 theaters and halls, where 11 theatrical actors were honored, includng Mohammed Sobhie of Egypt, Nadal El-Ashkar of Lebanon, George White of the USA, Phillip Headly from London, Christian Rwarto from France, and Walter Manferi from Italy.