The Theater Club at Umm Al-Qura University participates with a show entitled, ‘The Tempest’, in the 5th Gulf Universities Theater Festival, which is hosted by King Abdulaziz University today, Sunday.

‘The Tempest’ is a play written by the Director and Head of the Theater Club at Umm Al-Qura University, Mr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Zahrani. It recounts the lives of a group of friends living in extreme poverty, with a rickety house bringing them together. But they are able to face their difficulties, thanks to their solidarity and cooperation. However, a problem occurs in a neighboring house which affects them and changes their lives. Such changes are depicted in a way that tells the moments of the transition between scenes of the play, in which the director Ibrahim Mahdi transmits details both professionally and logically, consistent with the theatrical text.

A group of actors, including Al-Baraa Muhammad Basalamah, participate in ‘The Tempest’, as well as Saud Faisal Al-Juhani, Mu`taz Abdul-Wasi` Sabri, and Annad `Awad Al-Nufai`i. The work is directed by Abdul-Majeed Faruq Mursi.

The decor of the play was designed by Faisal Fahd Al-Sa`idi and Tariq Muhammad Nur. Husam Abdul-Hashem and Muhsin Ali Al-Shahari arranges the lighting, Saleh Jam`an Jarwan is responsible for the sound engineering, and Muhannad Ahmad Al-Ghamdi carried out the advertising.

It is worthy of note that the Theater Club is one of the prominent student clubs affiliated to the Deanship of Student Affairs. It helps to cultivate students’ talents and teach them the necessary skills of theater directing and acting.