International Festival of University Theatre opens in Agadir

Agadir - The 16th International Festival of the University Theatre of Agadir opened Wednesday in the Atlantic city, with the parti

   The festival's opening ceremony featured a play entitled “Second Hand Cities,” jointly performed by students from the Faculty of Letters and Humanities of Agadir and the University of Applied Sciences of Frankfurt.

  “The theatrical play is the fruit of a partnership between two universities in the framework of a cooperative agreement,” Hassan Hamaiz, professor at the University Ibn Zohr and member of the festival's organizing committee, said.

   Theatre lovers will also enjoy performances by university troupes from Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Salé, Tangier and Agadir.

   The 16th edition of the event will pay a special tribute to two renowned figures of Moroccan theater: the comedians Souad Khoyi and Noureddine Bikr.

   The menu of the festival, held under the High Patronage of HM King Mohamed VI, also includes a conference on new dramatic forms of expression.