Metro Al Madina presents: Hishik Bishik Show From the weddings and the Cabarets of Egypt in the early 1900s: 10 artists, musicians, singers, actors and dancers take us back to that golden age.

Metro al Madina presents "Bar Farouk". Bar Farouk revives the artistic scene of Beirut from the 30s to the 70s, from popular theatre to cabaret music and dance, through the works of icons who have marked the art scene before the civil war, such as Chouchou, Sabah, Ferial Karim and the poet Omar El Zeenni, amongst many. 14 Musicians, singers, actors and dancers bring you back to this golden era where Beirut was at the avant-garde of the cultural and artistic life in the Middle-East

يحيى جابر يقدم أنجو ريحان

ندى أبو فرحات "مغامرات فيكتوريا العجيبة" تأليف واخراج جيرار أفيديسيان من فيكتوريا العجيبة ؟ انها أول متحولة جنسيا عُرفت في لبنان في السبعينيات، وقد ربتها والدتها كفتاة لأنها ندرتها لسانت ريتا، شفيعة الأمور المستحيلة. ولكن حياتها كانت سلسلة مغامرات وحوادث غريبة وعجيبة، تسردها المسرحية بتفاصيلها المثيرة. لقد التقى بها كاتب ومخرج المسرحية في سجن رومية للرجال سنة 1974 حيث سردت عليه قصتها. وفي سنة 1977 خرجت من السجن بسبب القصف الشديد واختفت دون ترك أي أثر. يُقال انها قنّصت في ساحة البرج، كما يُقال انها هربت الى قبرص، والبعض يظن بانّها ما زالت على قيد الحياة. أين أنتِ يا فيكتوريا ؟

Mohamad Khairy & Chantal Bitar in Special Tarab Night

Abandonnée à sa naissance par ses parents libanais, Clémence a grandi en France choyée par ses parents adoptifs. Au décès de ceux-ci, elle décide de retrouver ses parents biologiques. Mais le retour de l'Inattendue n'est pas sans créer des conflits à l'intérieur de la famille libanaise, surtout que l'abandon de Clémence a toujours été caché. Quels secrets son retour va-t-il faire éclater? Comment s'en sortira la famille? A découvrir dans "l'Inattendue", la nouvelle pièce d'Alexandre Najjar, mise en scène de Lina Abyad. Une pièce qui pose des questions importantes sur la famille, l’adoption et le handicap, avec des touches de tendresse, d’humour et de musique - avec la présence d’un pianiste sur scène !

“Life is short” isn’t that what we all say? But when we reach the autumn of life, we start wondering: Did we do things the right way? Should we have done things differently? Zhaimer, is a man who has reached this age and is remembering the different stages of his life in all of its good, sad, funny, and sexy aspects. The play takes you into the world of Zhaimer and displays the realities, illusions, and feelings of happiness and remorse that pass through his mind when he remembers how he spent his life, in a theatrical display of happiness, drama and comic.

The play is in Lebanese amieh with English synopsis provided

Créatrion Collective. Multimédias: Danse Créative, Images et théâtre

Une comédie de Bruno Bachot & Denis Bardiau. Durée 1h15. Pour adultes et ados à partir de 15 ans.

A new metal festival, fully dedicated to Lebanese bands, will take place on April 21st at MINUS 5, featuring 7 of the top names in Lebanon. This is a project that we have been planning for some time, and finally we were able to gather some of the best Metal bands in Lebanon under one roof, in one all-day event.

Performance in Beirut is supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Lebanon, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and DTS/ Danse-og Teatersentrum / Performing Arts Hub Norway. Duration: 80 minutes It is a thin line between appearance and disappearance. Francesco Scavetta plays the game of Freud, over and over again.

Performance in Beirut is supported by the Goethe Institute in Beirut, the City of Munich, Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien and the Nationales Performance Netz (NPN). Duration: 60 minutes In “wah-wah“, Anna Konjetzky allows the audience to look at six dancers as though through a microscope and “sends the audience through highs and lows”. في wah-wah، تقدّم Anna Konjetzky للجمهور فرصة مشاهدة ستّة راقصين وكأنّ من خلال مجهر، فتأخذ الجمهور "من خلال مرتفعات ومنخفضات".

Metrophone presents "Georgette Sayegh" Why Metrophone? Metrophone was born by bringing back forgotten yet significant music archives, bringing back the art, the lyrics and the tunes, that had long been eclipsed, in order to revive and remember the Lebanese musical history. The shows began with a tribute performance to the great Wadad, followed by a tribute to the famous Duo Jamal & Taroub and another of the departed Samir Yazbek & Mona Maraachli, to follow it the beautiful voice of Nour El Houda, and then came the talented composer, singer and Oud Player Halim El Roumi, to follow it the great Najah Salam, the amazing Ferial Karim & the nostalgic Azar Habib, followed by the singer Nahawand. A tribute to the singer "Georgette Sayegh" will take place in April 2018.

La confession de Jean Baptiste Clamence avocat déchu en pleine introspection qui nous interroge avec une lucidité implacable sur toutes nos duplicités

Public: Conseillé à partir de 14 ans Durée: 1h20 INFOS et Tarifs Groupes (à partir de 6 personnes): 03 22 68 18. "Un frisson: Olivier Laurent n'imite pas Brel, il le réincarne." LE FIGARO PERSONA Productions accueille Olivier Laurent dans "BREL... tout simplement" pour 3 représentations seulement au Liban après son succès parisien! Plus qu'un imitateur, un interprète de génie, un homme de scène au talent époustouflant!

Performance in Beirut is supported by BIPOD. Duration: 45 minutes Galvan is the leading figure of contemporary flamenco and a master in reinventing the possibilities of this dance form. Honoured to have him again in BIPOD and to cherish this exquisite virtuoso. Galvan هو الشخصيّة الرائدة في رقص الفلامنكو المعاصر ومحترف في إعادة ابتكار إمكانيّات تلك الرقصة. نشعر بفخر لمشاركته مرّة جديدة في "بايبود" ونقدّر هذا الفنّان الاستثنائي.