Tickets Go On Sale For "A Ard El Ghajar" "On The Land Of The Gypsies"
The Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment (DEPE), an agency of the Department of Economic Development, and organizers of Dubai Shopping Festival, has made arrangements to cope with the high demand for tickets to the highly acclaimed Arabic play “A Ard El Ghajar” "Land of the Gypsies" that is being brought to DSF 2013 by the renowned Rahbani family of Lebanon.
“A Ard El Ghajar” is one of the major events of DSF 2013, which will be held from January 3 to February 3, 2013, as it launches Dubai’s events calendar in the New Year with a range of events, activities and promotions under the slogan ’Dubai at its Best’.
A musical that is staged in two acts, “A Ard El Ghajar” by Rahbani Productions will be staged from January 10 to 12 at the Burj Park, Downtown, Dubai. To enable the maximum number of stage enthusiasts to watch the play, tickets are being sold from AED 200 onwards at the Virgin Megastore in Dubai.
Written, composed and produced by Ghadi Rahbani, the play is directed by Marwan Rahbani and features such luminaries of Arabic musical theatre as Ghassan Saliba, Aline Lahoud, Paul Sleiman and Pierre Chamoun, to name a few. Acclaimed throughout the Arab world for the quality of their productions, shows involving the Rahbani family have always been treats for aficionados of Arab culture and music, and "On the land of the Gypsies" is no exception. The cast will consist of more than 70 actors, singers and dancers on stage in what promises to be a show that will truly live up to DSF 2013’s slogan ’Dubai at its Best’.
The play depicts the fate of an Arab emigrant who returns to his homeland to find himself trapped in incidents he has nothing to do with, which leads to an unexpected ending. The main protagonist, a rich Brazilian-Lebanese immigrant named Salvado Kozhaya Hussein, returns to the country of his forefathers to reclaim the ancestral land that he inherited from his grandfather and to build a house for his fiancée on it. He finds that the land that belonged to his family has been taken over, in collusion with government officials, by gypsies who have decided to occupy it permanently. Salvado embarks on a struggle to claim his right – a struggle that exposes the corruption and injustices of society and politics, and also leads him to find true love with Zeina, the daughter of the gypsy tribe’s leader. Salvado’s efforts to reclaim his land also throw up polemical issues and the fundamental question of who is more important, the land or the man.
Emirate: Dubai
Date: Dec 26, 2012
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