Doha: The Ministry of Culture and Sports has said that it is preparing a plan for the new theatre season and the strategy of the Center for Theater Affairs during 2020 which will be released during a press conference soon.
In this context, the artiste Salah Al Mulla, Director of the Center for Theater Affairs, said in a statement that the work is in full swing to give the theatrical movement more energy despite having provided a lot over the past season.
He noted that the focus on young promising actors is of the utmost importance at the present time, as the centre firmly believes that youth will play key role in the theatrical movement in the future. Al Mullah said that ‘Our Youth on Stage’ festival was held in its first edition last year, while the second edition is currently being prepared, in addition to the establishment of many courses and workshops that worked during the past period to develop the talents of young actors.
The centre prepared a plan to provide more support to young talents and many meetings were held with promising young Qatari theater actors to get to know their ambitions.
The Director of the Center for Theater Affairs, affirmed that he would go ahead in developing the performance of the local young theater actors by supporting the second edition of the University Theater Festival - our youth on the stage - which achieved great success in the past year and witnessed the competition of five theatrical works from universities and institutes in the country. He pointed out that youth centres and clubs spare no effort in supporting young people, as they include cultural committees that provide all support for theater lovers.
Al Mulla said that the past theatrical season witnessed great youth participation, as the youth stood beside the senior actors on the same stage, which provided them more experience, and there are many prizes that will be presented to the promising actors who participated in the work included in the current season.
He said that the centre has prepared plans to groom and sponsor the talented actors who will show their creativity during the festival by providing theatrical job opportunities for them.
Iman Al Marri, director and author of ‘22 Bosat’ play, who participated in the first version of ‘our youth on the stage’, thanked the management of the Center for Theater Affairs and the university theater festival for bringing theatrical spirit in young artistes.
She said that theater has a great role in spreading awareness and advancing societies, especially the junior theater, which aims to reveal the creative talents of youth, and it is well known that youth are the pillar of development in all civilised societies. She praised the efforts made by those responsible for the theater for bringing about appropriate solutions for the difficulties the artistes faced, providing all kinds of moral and material support.
