After an exhilarating first day, the second day promised to be a day of hard work setting up, meeting the rest of the festival crew and the grand opening of the event. The breakfast in the hotel provided the team with a nutritious start. Whilst Rosa was sewing, Danny and Edwin updated the blog. The group ventured to the campus carrying all of the equipment- which was harder than it sounds in the already burning sun. ‘Wander’ started setting up their stage, as ‘Lens’ worked on putting their suitcase bomb together. Time flew, as it was already time for lunch.
The Lebanese again showed they excelled at cooking enormous quantities of food. We encountered the Moroccan, Tunisian, Egyptian and Syrian delegates. We then discovered our French was a bit rusty. After lunch, the group continued on their production work.
At six, we returned to the hotel to freshen up for the grand opening. The grand opening, which started a bit later than we expected, provided us a chance to meet the Dutch ambassador who has given us this great opportunity, among others, to attend the festival. The opening play (Kafka, The father, the boss, the wolf and the pigs), which was sadly in Arabic, did show us the refined quality of Lebanese theatre. We enjoyed the Lebanese delicacies, a recital, finishing the opening with a concert. We then returned to the hotel, where some ventured into the Beirutian nightlife and some in to sleep. A splendid second day on the LAU international theatre festival.
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