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24 May 2013
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"La Halqa is, in itself, a unique festival"
A renowned comedian, but also director of the opening of the Marrakech du Rire Festival, scheduled from 5 to 9 June, Hassan El Fed is renewing his "La Halqa" programme for this third edition in a participatory show format with the support of several actors and comedians from here and elsewhere. It is also an opportunity for Hassan to unveil his latest show "Aïn Sebaâ" as well as his first stand-up.
What place does the "La Halqa" programme occupy at the Marrakech du Rire Festival?Hassan El Fed: For this third edition, we have chosen to propel the Halqa to the heart of the Marrakech du Rire Festival. The kick-off will be given with the Halqa in an original participatory show format. It is a strong tribute to this age-old art which will take on the appearance of a true manifesto of humour, a celebration of memory and transmission to speak with one voice of the riches of a plural Morocco.There is this desire to revisit this old theatrical tradition on which the great names of the national fourth art have worked, notably Tayeb Seddiki, Ahmed Tayeb El Alj, Abdelkader El Badaoui... And I tried to work especially on the humorous side of the Halqa by adapting this tradition to contemporary stage language. What is the particularity of the Halqa in this edition?After the great success that…
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