The minister stressed, on Monday, in Sidi Bel Abbes, on the importance of making university theatre “a tool to transform innovative ideas of students into marketable products.”
During a statement to the press on the sidelines of his working visit to the province in order to oversee the closing of the 14th edition of University Theatre Festival “Mahieddine Bouzid”, the minister indicated that “there are indications that university theatre will become a tool at the service of culture and will transform the innovative ideas of students to marketable products where the market meets art and culture, through university theatre.”
He added that “what we have seen today in university theatre of Sidi Bel Abbes represents a fertile ground for national solidarity and tolerance, for the transmission of Algerian society cultures from one generation to the next, to build a new Algeria and to open up to social and economic environment, through multiple activities, whether they are scientific or artistic.”
He added “the theatre has become a reality in the Algerian University environment and the theatre capacity we witness today, are the best proof of the great progress made in the artistic, creative and cultural fields at the university.”
The minister stressed that within the framework of the agreement signed with the Ministry of Culture and Arts, 115 workshops on teaching and practice in theatre will open at all the universities of the country, to support young energies and students the chance to exhibit their talents, energies and innovations on the cultural scene.
The minister stressed that “according to the 41st of the engagements of the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the Algerian University is the locomotive of innovation, creativity, scientific, technological, human and artistic fields, which grants it the right of knowledge and creativity.”
He initiated his visit at the university campus of “Djillali Liabes” University of Sidi Bel Abbes, where he visited representation tents of university institutions, an exhibition organized at the library hall, including stands of universities, such as doctoral theses, academic works on theatre and art paintings and sculptures made by students of the university departments and their contributions to the artistic and cultural animation. He also inspected University Theatre Clubs and attended drama interpretation and writing workshops at the library.
On Monday evening, the minister chaired the closing ceremony of the 14th edition of the National University Theatre Festival “Mahieddine Bouzid” where he honoured the ten participating troupes, watched the full theatrical performance of the one awarded the best prize and honoured the family of the late artist “Mahieddine Bouzid”, the jury and the supervisors of the workshops.