Saudi Arabia Plans to Train 25,000 Supervisors for School Theater Activities

Saudi Arabia Plans to Train 25,000 Supervisors for School Theater Activities

The Saudi theater is preparing for a significant leap in the coming phase. The Theater and Performing Arts Authority has unveiled a new strategy focusing on establishing an integral theater industry that documents local stories, and provides empowerment opportunities in the theater-related fields.

The announcement came during an event held under the patronage of Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, Minister of Culture and head of the Theater and Performing Arts Authority, and attended by prominent playwrights, artists, and media figures at the King Fahad Cultural Center on July 14. It was also attended by Hamed Fayez, deputy minister of culture, who promised a whole development of the sector in his keynote.

The strategy introduced by the authority included a short film, educational and academic projects and plans to establish theaters in partnership with other concerned authorities, improvement of theater education and inclusion of theater activities in educational institutions. It also demonstrated the school theater initiative aiming at training 25,000 teachers (from both genders) within three years to serve as theater supervisors in public schools in collaboration with the education ministry, in addition to providing theater-related majors in the higher education curricula, and scholarships abroad to develop skills in this sector.

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