The performance which will include a highly awaited local Play dubbed “Dardaaran Waalid” which literally translates to “Parent’s Advice” will be presented today by the Waberi brand and four other groups of Somali artists and performers inside thelong-time forgotten National Theatre after 21 years of closure.

The play “Dardaaran Waalid” which has been worked on for three months will be aired live by some of leading Somali and international TV channels including the international news agency, Al-Jazeera’s live programs department.

Apart from the play, the show will also constitute various performances including songs, traditional dance, music and comedy.

Somali government officials are expected to attend today’s performance which will also be attended by hundreds of locals in Mogadishu.

The historical re-opening of the National Theater comes days after the Somali president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed assured Somali artists and performers who lost everything after the collapse of the central government in 1991 that the National Theater will be fully functional as part of his government’s effort to revive all public institutions in the country.