Amr Gamal (Arabic: عمرو جمال; born July 14, 1983) is a Yemeni film and theatre director, producer, and writer.
[23][24] In 2021, Amr Gamal started shooting his second feature film, The Burdened, which was shot entirely in Aden with a joint Yemeni and foreign crew.
The troupe's debut was through the play Family Dot Com, written and directed by Amr Gamal, which was performed on May 5, 2005, as part of the "Second Aden Theater Nights Festival".
Due to all these circumstances, the members of Khaleej Aden troupe, led by Amr Gamal, began looking for alternative options in order to secure a venue to perform their commercial plays, and they chose the Hurricane Cinema Theatre, which is considered one of the oldest cinemas in the Arabian Peninsula, as it was opened in Aden during the 1950s.
[37] With an estimated audience of 350 people, Khaleej Aden troupe performed its first play, Family Dot Com, at the Hurricane Cinema Theatre in 2006.
[39] In January 2023, Gamal directed Khaleej Aden Troupe's Adeni Arabic production of Hamlet (originally by the English playwright William Shakespeare).
To achieve this performance, the troupe restored the historic church building, which was partially damaged due to the 2015 war, from its own budget.
The Adeni version of Hamlet received wide media attention, most notably the arrival of The Sunday Times correspondents from London to Aden to cover the premiere for the prestigious newspaper.