JTI: first edition

It has been ages since the fourth art’s sounds echoed through our Institute. Theatro INSAT’s last performance in the auditorium was almost 2 years ago. Right after that show, the club went on a long hiatus. That remained the case until its modest awakening through the play exhibited inside the hall for the occasion of our last strike.

However, the real COMEBACK was yesterday. And this comeback went by the name of « Journée théâtrale de l’INSAT » inspired by « Journées théâtrale de Carthage ». The event consisted of a heap of plays linked together by throw backs to sketches of old on-stage performances and artistic breaks. The first play « Adam w hawwa » (Adam and Eve), followed by the projection of an old sketch from the same play, portrayed our male dominated society and the hardships that females are still going through nowadays, in a critical and amusing manner.

Moving on with the program, the second play « hammem nse » took place in a « hammem »(duh!). It dealt with the well-known female banter and gossip -I’m reporting the obvious truth, not being misogynistic-

Right afterward, there was an eye-catching dance routine by the skilled « Kaouther Harbi ».

The show reached its climax with the undoubtedly hilarious, definitely delirious, insanely ludicrous stand-up special, written and performed by INSAT’s big-name « Hamza Saidi » aka « Vipa ».

« Ghaybouba » was next on the delectable menu of meaningful plays, brought to the audience by the club’s senior and oldest remaining members « Dhafer Amri » and « Nizar Louhichi ». The two actors discussed society’s preposterous, absurd and un-updated social protocols in a series of varied thought-provoking dreams.

And finally, the event came to an end right after the last play « Sera9, Hakem, Jalled » that had no actual critical purpose but was actually written for the sole purpose of entertaining the crowd with the comical set of characters.

The show was rewarded with a standing ovation from the spectators.

The execution was almost flawless, the performance was entertaining, the background music was on point and overall the show was a work of genius, bearing in mind that it’s a group of previously-untrained, theatrically-unprofessional students who made it all happen.

And it is only NOW, that those very talented members, can proudly shout:

« THEATRO INSAT IS BACK »