TheatreCV

On Stage

Belal Alaa El-Shabrawy · بلال علاء الشبراوي

Alongside software, I act. I've performed in more than ten plays, most of them with the theatre team of the Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence at Cairo University, and won third place for Best Supporting Actor three times at Cairo University's theatre festivals.

Awards

Belal Alaa El-Shabrawy receiving a certificate on stage for his Best Supporting Actor award
Receiving the certificate for third place, Best Supporting Actor, for 40 Waves Before Drowning at the Cairo University Theatre Festival for Short Plays, 2025.
  1. 2025Third Place, Best Supporting Actor40 Waves Before DrowningCairo University Theatre Festival for Short Plays
  2. 2025Third Place, Best Supporting ActorThey Passed from HereCairo University Theatre Festival for Long Plays
  3. 2024Third Place, Best Supporting ActorThe Last Days of AutumnCairo University Theatre Festival for Short Plays

Plays

Belal Alaa El-Shabrawy as Prisoner No. 2 in The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World

2026 · Role: Prisoner No. 2

Cairo University Theatre Festival for Long Plays

A play about Native Americans and how leadership changes people.

Belal Alaa El-Shabrawy as The Uncle in 40 Waves Before DrowningThird Place, Best Supporting Actor

40 Waves Before Drowning

2025 · Role: The Uncle

Cairo University Theatre Festival for Short Plays

An Egyptian psychological drama about a man's struggle with a hereditary mental illness and the weight of his past.

Poster: Maskar (Closed)

Maskar (Closed)

2025 · Role: The Son

Cairo International Gathering for University Theatre

A youth drama about the masks people wear and the conflicts hidden inside them.

Belal Alaa El-Shabrawy as Yuri in They Passed from HereThird Place, Best Supporting Actor

They Passed from Here

2025 · Role: Yuri

Cairo University Theatre Festival for Long Plays

The secrets of a house full of immigrants in the middle of World War II.

Belal Alaa El-Shabrawy as The Laughing Clown in The Last Days of AutumnThird Place, Best Supporting Actor

The Last Days of Autumn

2024 · Role: The Laughing Clown

Cairo University Theatre Festival for Short Plays

A psychological play about the dark side of mental illness.

Poster: Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

2023 · Role: Howard

Cairo University Theatre Festival for Short Plays

Arthur Miller's classic about the dark side of the American Dream.

In the press

Theatre taught me to communicate clearly, work closely with a team and perform under pressure. I bring the same habits to my engineering work.

See my software projects