The "Marrakech du Rire" Festival blows out its third candle

The Marrakech International Comedy Festival (MDR-2013), an eclectic event perfectly dedicated to humour and stand-up comedy, blew out its third candle on Wednesday evening at the Royal Theatre of the Ochre City, with an opening: an original show entitled "la Halqa", a ritual revisited this year under the artistic direction of Hassan El Fad, linking the oral tradition of the Ochre City and the ingenuity of the Moroccan artist and his international counterparts.Under the uninterrupted applause of an audience of different ages and from various backgrounds, a palette of Moroccan and foreign comedians followed one another on stage, in a most festive atmosphere, to present, with professionalism and always in the manner of the greats, their latest burlesque shows, thus giving a foretaste to festival-goers for the other shows scheduled throughout this new edition.The opening session of this fes…