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16 July 2019 Bahrain Summer Festival: Presents The Cultural Hall’s Theater Show, “The Toy”, Organized in collaboration between BACA and UAE Embassy
Bahrain Summer Festival: Presents  The Cultural Hall’s Theater Show, “The Toy”, Organized in collaboration  between BACA and UAE Embassy

As part of the 11th Edition of Bahrain Summer Festival, the Cultural Hall hosted on, Tuesday 16 July, at 7pm a theatrical performance titled “The Toy”. The play, which was performed in Arabic, was held in collaboration with the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Bani Yas Theater performance was attended by many high officials working at the Emirati Embassy and many lovers of Bahrain Summer Festival.

The audience enjoyed the passionate and entertaining events of the play, with many comedy scenes, evolving around the plight of  a number of friends who working in a local  donut bakery ( khabar mohli) and dreaming of bigger projects, when their dreams came across uncalculated events.

The performance of the play events, so applauded by the children audience, revolves around the Marionette, the show’s chief manipulator who controls a puppet, giving useful advices in a beautiful and funny way. The main characters of the play embodied animal symbols, so different in their reactions and aspects; the turtle slow to take decision, the wise old lion and the rabbit in its hasty decision features. While the giraffe looked stupid, the fox appeared as sly and cunning, and the mouse unable to control his desires. All these characters together completed the scene at the donut bakery, distributing roles in an educational comedy show that targets the children morality and behavior. Indeed, the play aims at enhancing success values and cooperation in a unconventional style, yet simple and exciting.

In addition, the theater performance urged the little ones to prevent negative passions and behavior, such jealousy, replacing it with educational  heavenly traits, such as fair competition, fighting despair, work ethics, genuine and true friendship, truth and honesty and trying hard to make dreams come true. Worth to mention that this performance “ the Toy” mixes between puppet theater and classical theater, won the best award, written by Maraie al Hilayan, won the best second actor’s  role ( the mouse)  award by artist Hameed Abdullah.  
 
Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities would like also to express its gratitude to the festival sponsors; Al Baddad International company, Cebarco, Ammar Basheir Studio for Art, Design Creative company,  BAPCO,  Ebrahim Kanoo Company, as well as Alia Flowers and  AA Car Rentals. Many government ministries have contributed to the organization and success of this festival, such as Isa Cultural Center, Watani magazine, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Municipalities and Urban Planning, the Ministry of Youth & Sports, The National Institution for Human Rights, the Southern Governorate and the Supreme Council for Environment, as well to Maestro Sound & Light company and mii2 Production company. In addition,  Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities would like would like also to take this opportunity to thank the embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Japanese embassy, Palestinian embassy, embassy of  United States, Indonesia Turkey and United Arab Emirates embassy, Sudan and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia embassies  for their generous and valuable support and contribution to Bahrain Summer Festival events’ success.

For more information about this music concert or other events organized by Bahrain’s Authority for Culture & Antiquities, please visit our website on www.culture.gov.bh  or BACA’s social media website on:@culturebah