Director Batoul Arafa in an interview with “Rosalousice”: Dina El -Sherbiny was a big surprise to me on the stage

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Director Batoul Arafa in an interview with “Rosalousice”: Dina El -Sherbiny was a big surprise to me on the stage

Four years ago I started a series of long research on the forms and patterns of the comedy industry between different generations; We launched a file that includes a set of dialogues with a variety of generations under the title & laquo; the dialogue of generations in comedy & raquo;; But during this research, I stopped a very important note. I did not find a woman who made a history in the field of theatrical directing; There is no theater director who has a wide experience in the known sense except for the group of outputs that created in the field of independent theater; While their experience did not exceed the limits of self -experiences to create a way at the level of professionalism; For more accuracy, Batoul Arafa is considered one of the few who started making its own path; Whether in the performances of the private sector theater or in the major performances with the openings of the important festivals, then the video clip was directed about her experience. Batoul said in this dialogue:

■ What are the first beginnings and the method of directing the directing? For Albert Camus, I received more than one award, and it was well received by a pure coincidence that the director & nbsp; Youssef Shaheen attended the show because the director Khaled Youssef was one of the members of the jury called Shaheen to participate and watch the work of the students at the festival; I found him in the scene of throwing the dead person in the sea, raising his pants, and when I asked him about the reason, he told me & laquo, because I didn’t get up & raquo;! On that day, I am very happy with this comment.

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■ After studying, why did you not get rid of the formation of a group and stuck with an independent theater as many did? It included about 80 theatrical shows; Between professionals and amateurs and the prize is one; They nominated my cross from the institute; I was shown at the festival and received the award for & laquo; misunderstanding & raquo; Because of this presentation, a director was approved by the General Authority for Culture Palaces before receiving the graduation certificate, and this is what qualified me to produce a professional presentation in the state theater .. & raquo; Cinderella & raquo; It was the first professional experience. You retracted the theater for a period of time? Therefore, a friend advised me at the time that if I wanted to achieve this dream, I can work in the field of organizing parties, which will allow me to combine theater and music; I was convinced of the idea; I already went to this field; Several parties organized; This has already allowed me great friendships with senior singers; But I discovered that I will turn into a party contractor; Therefore, I did not go away. I presented in parallel to the opening of the first session of the Arab Theater Festival of the Arab Authority for theater; It was the first time that he was directed at the Opera House and Omar’s theater not exceeding 22 years old; The ceremony was presented by a volunteer and participated with me at the time, the artist Iyad Nassar; Here is Shiha; Aiten Amer; Dalia Mustafa; Ahmed Salama; Ashraf Tolba; Hanan Mutawa; After this opening; Dr. Fawzi Fahmy nominated me to direct the opening of the International Song Festival in Alexandria at the Sayed Dorish Theater; Farid Al -Atrash’s session was asked at that day the Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, about me about me. During my work in the field of concerts, I got to know one of the largest officials in charge of lighting equipment in Egypt; He was participating in the Omar Al -Mukhtar championship in Libya; And when they asked him to nominate a director to work, he nominated them, it was a difficult offer; International championship in a stadium; They were afraid at the beginning because I am a woman how I would turn these huge groups in a large stadium; Then let me present the National Day & Laquo; Eid Al -Fateh & RAKUO; He presented in Tripoli at a very huge stadium; Then I presented the opening of the International Mediterranean Championship 2010; The international opening was interspersed with a show show; With the management of a mighty number, of course, has gained experience; I tightened my heart. Because during work I run categories, classes & nbsp; and different cultures of people lighting workers; And men are bigger and smaller than Mona; I must master the skill of granting guidance to them all to reach them at the same moment with the difference in their thought and orientation; In the beginning, I was imagining that I must express my anger or be violent in my style; But I realized with time and experience that this is a mistake and understood that the most kind art is presented calmly and love; I imagined that seriousness is a necessity and I must have a defensive style. I do not know the reason. About 147 clip with most of the stars of the Arab world; I presented the series & Laquo; I want Jala & RAKUO; Recently, I went back to the theatrical directing with the Riyadh season.

■ How many of your participation in the Riyadh season and tell me more about this experience? Sami Maghary; Diab, Ahmed Fahm and Ayten Amer; Dina Al-Sherbani, ASS and Ahmed Abdel-Wahab Hala Sedky Rania Youssef, then made a presentation & laquo; you appreciate & raquo; ..

■ Is dealing with stars and comedies in particular easy?

– Dealing with the stars is not easy at all; The issue is not related to a man or a woman while the topic depends on the director’s personality; I was once suffered a crisis with a photography director when he told me that he was not granting orders from a woman who did not re -cooperate with him again; But this is an issue that is not mentioned in evidence that I cooperated with great stars in various works and I did not face a problem in classification between a man and a woman.

So how did I manage this combination of comedies? It depends on how this process; In the rehearsals, the ovens are raised; We re -develop paper in the presence of the writer until we reach a specific area if we take out everything we start to revise and fix; After installing the addition on the stage during the mass reaction, it is in place, but within small limits; But I cannot see a new show on the stage and I remember a sentence that the late Youssef David told me as a humor .. A surprise on the stage that you can play on the air if a fellow forgot to catch it without anyone feeling it; Conservation very quickly; You pick up the director’s imagination and you can intoner with it with great skill; Difficulty in the rehearsals; Disciplined on its dates until the last night of the show goes to the theater five hours before the curtain for review; Its movement is smooth and light in acting and showing it has a great skill in the movement on the stage I am happy to work with it a lot.

■ Is the comedy difficult? Comedy because my dolls are heavy, but I discovered myself with time in this field; I was imagined that it is not easy but I enjoyed very much and saw something inside me. And things that I imagined will turn the world laughing and discovered the opposite completely; But after the second night, I started to understand the type of ovens; And the shape of their laughter; Also, the advantage is that we offer a comedy, not a comedy, and therefore comedy, the situation raises laughter anywhere; This is one of the mechanisms of the comedy comedy, which applies to the difference in the type of audience. The opening to announce the return of the school theater occupied me at the time. How did I repeat the children of 2023 to watch the theater without boredom; I was able to fulfill my dreams as a director with this show, which relied on the technique of the hologram from A to Z. We carried out things closer to imagination on the stage. Of course, he needed high -cost equipment, and no one sponsored to work in anything that was used as a work team from Ukraine to implement this technology on the stage; I found a welcome to implement my dreams as a director on the stage; And the first time that a work is implemented with these capabilities in the Middle East; The offer was made only for two days; Dr. Mahmoud Sabry, the first decorative engineer working in the video in the video. There are some who have this thought; But about my experience, many gave me help, and there are those who fought my existence like anyone; But I cannot distinguish. Is this happened because I was young or old, or because I am a woman who cannot identify, but I did not stand at this issue a lot, I went out quickly and I cannot judge the experience of others because I did not live it.