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 Munir, Al-Warsha and Extraction From The Clutches Of Winter Depression.  
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<POSTER> Lone Wolf </POSTER>
Mohammed Munir is a strange person, and you can never expect what he
is going to do in a concert.
Sometimes I go expecting to see boundless creativity, then he
surprises me with the worst possible performance from him as well as
the rest of the band, in addition to a bad choice of songs and even
disrespect to the audience.
Sometimes I just go to see friends that I have missed and whom I only
see at concerts.
But then he surprises me with the greatest performance and well-chosen
songs.
In the end we have to admit that the ney and dokah flutist Abdullah
Hilmi is half the group.
The problem always remains: how will I know whether the concert will
be good or bad,
prediction and personal intuition is the best solution, and also the
location of the concert,
The Opera concerts have normally good standards,
One witty person said, and he appears to be correct, that the concert
depends on the type of "smoke" or the type of narcotic which Munir
handles before singing.
So if it was "banjo" the concert will be bad, and if it was "hashish"
then the concert will be good.
And if this is the decisive factor, then I invite him to take up
residence in Alexandria, where we can help him to present the most
beautiful concerts :),
In general, thank you Mohammed Munir for giving me unexpected pleasure
on New Year's Eve.
By the way, one day after this, I was fortunate enough to seize two
hours with Al-Warsha Theatre Company. They are presenting the show
"Halawat Al-Dunia" (The beauty of life) or Cairo Calling at Saqiat Al-
Sawi in Al-Zamalek until the end of the week.
It is compiled from parts of old shows, with the addition of some new
parts.
The show is a real theatrical showcase and a huge acting effort,
Al-Warsha is notable for its attention to detail, such as the scene at
the church where the choir's voices rise with hymns as the narrator
says that the hero of the story is entering the church, then the
voices drop when he says that the hero went out.
They always dazzle me with their acting abilities as individuals, and
in the play in general. For example in the scene with the person
performing a monologue of 4 characters: the priest, the church guard,
the citizen and the viewer; The actor used simple makeup: a single
prop which turns from a priest's beard, into a policeman's hat, a
viewer's hat and a citizen's hat.
I think that I was able to extract myself temporarily from the
clutches of winter depression.
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