Editing Addis Ababa (section)

===Theatres and cinemas===
[[File:HagerFikirTheatre.jpg|thumb|[[Hager Fikir Theatre]] in April 2006]]
[[File:Ethiopian National Theatre.jpg|thumb|The [[Ethiopian National Theatre]] entrance]]

Addis Ababa is home of many theatres, including the long run [[Hager Fikir Theatre]], which served many prominent figures performance. In addition, the [[Ethiopian National Theatre]] is also located in the city's hub. It was founded by Emperor Haile Selassie in 1955, who eponymously renamed it. Historically, the Amhara culture dominated the country's art scene; rituals connected to priesthood based on Coptic church, most often using improvised art such as ''shinsheba'' and ''[[qene]]''.

Tekle Hawariat introduced modern European dramas based on ''La Fontaine''{{'s}} fable around 1916.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Organization |first=World Intellectual Property |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qFPuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 |title=National Studies on Assessing the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries - Series no. 9 |date=2016-03-31 |publisher=WIPO |isbn=978-92-805-2745-2 |language=en |access-date=29 July 2022 |archive-date=4 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704145937/https://books.google.com/books?id=qFPuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 |url-status=live }}</ref> Mattewos Bekele and Iyoel Yohannes became famous playwright, and Makonnen Endalkachew's ''David and Orion'' and ''King David III'' was renowned by that time. In the Derg era, propagandic communist pieces often conceded and several new theatres were opened until the successive government under [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front|EPRDF]] altered new form of cultural life with continuation of development.<ref>{{cite web|title=Theater in Ethiopia – All Country List|date=26 February 2019 |url=https://www.allcountrylist.com/theater-in-ethiopia/|access-date=2022-02-19|language=en-US|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219155727/https://www.allcountrylist.com/theater-in-ethiopia/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Notable modern cinemas including:<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Cinemas in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – List of Cinemas Ethiopia|url=https://www.ethyp.com/category/Cinemas/city:Addis_Ababa|access-date=2022-02-19|website=www.ethyp.com|language=en|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219152635/https://www.ethyp.com/category/Cinemas/city:Addis_Ababa|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Children Youth Theatre
* Agona Cinema
* Haile & Alem Inter
* Cinema Yoftahe
* Sebastopol
* Matin Multiplex