Sudanese theatre enjoys revival after years of war


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By Deepa Babington

(Reuters) - In an open-air theater by the river Nile, a crowd whistles and claps as actress Huda Mamoon plays a deranged woman chased by a ghost in a white cape. Mamoon's play on the suffering of women through the ages is part of a theater festival in Khartoum, where Sudan's once flourishing theater scene is enjoying a revival after years of neglect during bouts of economic crisis and war. "Theater touches us because it speaks to us through our traditions and language," said Hasun Gozoly, a 31-year-old actor and dancer
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