Mon - 10 Dec 2018 - 06:25 PM ،،،
Aden inaugurated a theater festival, the first of its kind since 11 years, as part of the National Theater Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with the Arab Theater Authority- al-Sharjah, during the period from 10 to 20 December.
The festival features nine plays that will be staged according to the program, starting from today.
That the festival aims to revive the theater after a long period of stagnation, as a result of the general situation.
The first theater work in Aden was Martyrs of Love, presented in 1926 followed by others and evolved with the years especially in 1957 with the creation of Aden Refinery Band. The theater suffered from stagnation during the past two decades, the works were limited to some youth initiatives on annual events.