"I used to watch concerts, dramas, pop shows, folk dances and movies in the national theater during the good old days," one attendee, Osman Yusuf Osman, told AFP.
"Waxaan halkan ku daawan jiray xafladaha, ruwaayadaha, heesaha iyo filimada lagu soo bandhigi jiray Tiyaatarka Qaranka, xilligii wanaagsanaa ee nabadda," ayuu yiri mid ka mid ah dadkii daawashada xalay halkaas u tagay Cusman Yusuf Cusman, oo la hadlay AFP.