Theatre enhances national unity

Specialists taking part in a seminar held here on Saturday stressed the role of theater for enhancing national unity, through handling crucial issues.
The seminar was organized by the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) under "theater and promoting national unity" within the framework of the 16th Kuwait Theater Festival. Discussions stressed how
theater is closely relevant to people's concerns and national issues, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).

Theater is a deep intellectual discourse, that handles cultural, social, economic and social topics, which together form the variegated fabric of national unity, NCCAL's Assistant Secretary-General for arts and theater
sector Bader AlDuweesh told the event.

In addition, theater is basic for protecting social conduct and enhancing the concept of good citizenships among the Arab people, he added. AlDuweesh reiterated how theater is pivotal for countering extremism amid the current critical conditions the Arab World is going through. Theater is not merely for recreation, but it has a message that has to address surrounding hazards, he noted.

Bahraini Zahraa Al-Mansour reviewed a paper during the seminar on theater in the Kingdom. Initially, after independence, theater criticized the political and social conditions in an artistic way that appealed to the audience, she said. It later developed and theatrical troupes were formed. Al-Mansour shared the view on the guiding role of drama. For the theater to be effective, its discourse has to be invested for promoting unity, handling national causes for the good of all, she said.

The 16th Kuwait Theater Festival, held under patronage of Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs and NCCAL Chairman Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah, December 1-11, KUNA reported.