Street performances, children's shows, indoor shows... the Mohammedia Theatre Festival (FTM) is back with a rich and varied menu.

The 5th edition, which will take place from 10 to 14 December, will offer the inhabitants of Mohammedia an artistic week capable of enlivening various spaces in the city, notably the Abderrahim Bouabid theatre. According to the organizers, more than 6,000 spectators are expected this year. For its 5th edition, the FTM is opening the stage to young artists in the "coup de cœur" category. Two shows are planned in the programme.

Professional troupes will also be present both on the stages of the halls and in the streets of Mohammedia. The international guest for this edition will be France. "The Mohammedia Theatre Festival aims above all to be an event that meets the needs of the citizen of Mohammedia in terms of artistic performances, and also an event that offers Moroccan artists a quality stage to perform and to revive the flame of theatre," emphasizes the Hawass’Art association, organizer of the event. "These artists, whom we have invited from across the Kingdom and who will come to exhibit the diversity of Moroccan culture on the Mohammedia stage, troupes from the North, South, East, and West... will have to meet on a stage that aims to be a stage of tolerance, the stage of the Mohammedia Theatre Festival."

The event is also rescheduling the recipe for its success: street performances. Thus, the public could admire several colourful performances, including those of the Kolokolo company. The richness of the future edition of the Mohammedia Theatre Festival is also reflected in the programming of other arts related to theatre or the spirit of the city that hosts it. In this context, slam enthusiasts will have a date with an evening dedicated to this oratorical art. Photography lovers could in turn discover the Karim Boumaiss exhibition planned at "Bab L’kasba". This young photographer will present, through original shots, his view of the city and his wanderings in Mohammedia. In addition to theatrical performances and street shows, the Hawass’Art association plans shows for children, artistic evenings, and debates. Its objective is to open the doors of Mohammedia and its great theatre to cultural and artistic exchange.

The association also wants to offer the inhabitants of this city an event that respects their artistic intelligence and offers them honourable shows while promoting creation and expression in theatre. Armed with the pride of belonging to this prestigious city, the young people of the Hawass’art association want to pay tribute to the people who fought for one of the country's great cultural infrastructures to be born and take place in Mohammedia, the Abderahim Bouabid theatre in this case. They also want to pay tribute to Moroccan artists who have marked the national theatrical scene. "Theatre is a necessity, an idea that 20th-century intellectuals cited, that the citizens of the 90s in Mohammedia understood and confirmed by giving birth to one of the most prestigious theatres at the national level, and that we, young citizens of today, members of Hawass’Art, are implementing by organizing the event that meets the need to satisfy the citizens' need for artistic education and theatrical performance."

Festival partners

The Mohammedia Theatre Festival is marked by the participation of young artists and trainers mobilized to lead theatre workshops for young audiences.

The fifth edition is supported by the Union of Associations of Mohammedia, the prefecture and the municipal council of the city, the Mohammed V National Theatre, and the regional directorate of the Ministry of Culture of the Greater Casablanca region.