With the presentation of the «Potato Factory», the activities of the Emirates Festival for Children's Theater in its 14th edition continued on the stage of the Palace of Culture in Sharjah.
The presentation, which was presented by Ahmed Almajed and directed by Ghanem Nasser, was presented by the late actor Ghanem Nasser and will be dedicated to the value of preserving and adhering to what parents and grandparents left behind at an unexpected end.
"The potato factory" revolves around three brothers who, during their school holidays, leave the city in search of the village in which their grandfather lives, and where his factory is located, and after the search they managed to reach him, to find him in a bad condition. The factory was closed because some aspiring to sabotage it. Grandpa is exhausted by despair and helplessness, and he can no longer face those who make every effort to shut down the factory so that they can set up an alternative in the village.
Innocent solutions
The presentation dealt with the dialogue between the three personalities, who were overcome with words that reflected the children's vulnerability and the innocent solutions they had devised to find a solution to their problem. The children began to replace the old factory tools with new ones suitable for the development of life, changing people's needs, In production, customers quickly began to flock to the factory, demand increased, the place rose again, and its production of delicious potato flourished, and people bought it, preferring it to all other factories because of the quality of its production.
The young men who planned to sabotage the factory once again, when the chief of the most intelligent of his followers, Hamoud, ordered a plan to eliminate the reputation of the factory's production, especially since he was an old worker in the factory. But he betrayed his owner and sided with his enemies. Hamoud plan to go to the old factory manager, and draw him to his inspiration, and return to work, and what the good grandfather forgave and returned, Badr Hammoud put a chemical foul-smelling to mix the potato Vtvdha, and mingled with the air factory, everyone who passes next to Yashmha, Make a complaint damaged from the factory to the municipality, which will not Feel free to close it.
Conflict of good and evil
Over a period of more than 60 minutes, events shed light on the perpetual struggle between good and evil. One of the loyal men turned to Hammoud's plot and discovered the contaminated substance before it took effect. The workers were called to clean it quickly, remove it from the factory, Hamoud took the three children on a factory-related task to the forest and left them there, but the children, with the help of their books, and one of the village women, set out a plan to get out of the forest and find the way back. Big criminals and rhythm, and succeeded the plan So they grabbed him with his guilt, and he and Hamoud recognized what they were doing to sabotage the factory over the past years.
The grandchildren come out strongly against this, because they are convinced that hatred and hypocrisy are implanted in their hearts, and they will not get rid of them, and will return to sabotage with their first chance. The grandfather will surprise the children when he calls The man who saved the factory and the woman who helped the children out of the forest, and ordered them to reveal their faces, if they are the parents of the children, they were Almtqsin these two roles, and revealed the head of the criminals and his assistant on the faces of the real, if they are the best friends of the grandfather and save his workers, They were in conflict and tasks He planned and played for them grandfather, so that they learn to face the challenges and preserve the plant, and the value to be held by what parents and grandparents left.
Message
"The potato factory play is a social and human message that emphasizes the value of the family, especially the elderly, with their experience and life experience," said author Ahmed Al Majid. "The importance of the grandchildren being in real contact with their families is far from the hypothesis of electronic communication. . He added that he tried - through the text - to formulate a dramatic story that exceeded the prevailing in what is presented in the theater of the child, attached to children, through the realization of the imagination, and the introduction of the game drama, through a story that distanced itself from padding and lengthening, and through the construction of a coherent drama, , Which helped attract the small audience to it.
He continued: "I relied on the element of surprise, as the end came to a form not expected by children, who expressed their warm applause for their admiration for the intelligence of grandfather and his wisdom in his grandchildren around him, through the premise of the factory and plots to which it is exposed».
Al-Majid confirmed that the young director, Ghanim Nasser, managed his writing tools to succeed in transforming the language of the text into a dramatic language, through dramatic images and dance dances, which did not at times disturb the light comedy, which made the performance of the actors unique and free of monotony and boredom, Running time exceeded 60 minutes ».
• 60 minutes, the length of the presentation by Ahmed Al Majid, directed by Ghanim Nasser.