REGIA/DIRECTED BY OMAR ABUSAADA
TESTO/WRITTEN BY MOHAMMAD AL ATTAR
CON/WITH AMAL OMRAN, MOHAMMAD ALARASHI, NANDA MOHAMMAD, FATINA LAILA, MOUIAD ROUMIEH, MOHAMAD AL REFAI
SCENE/SET DESIGN BISSANE AL CHARIF
LUCI/LIGHT DESIGN HASAN ALBALKHI
VIDEO REEM AL GHAZZI
MUSICA/MUSIC SAMER SAEM ELDAHR (HELLO PSYCHALEPPO)
PRODUZIONE/PRODUCTION FONDAZIONE CAMPANIA DEI FESTIVAL – NAPOLI TEATRO FESTIVAL ITALIA, LES BANCS PUBLICS – FRICHE LA BELLE DE MAI (MARSEILLE), FESTIVAL D’AVIGNON, AFAC (ARAB FUND FOR ART AND CULTURE), ZÜRCHER THEATER SPEKTAKEL, ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTER (ATHENS), VOORUIT (GENT), LA BATIE – FESTIVAL DE GENÈVE, FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE À PARIS
CON IL SOSTEGNO DI/WITH THE SUPPORT OF LA CRIÉE MARSEILLE, LE TARMAC PARIS
date/dates 26, 27 giugno/june h 21.00
luogo/venue teatro bellini
durata/running time 1h 30min
lingua/language arabo con sottotitoli in italiano/arabic with subtitles in italian
paese/country siria/syria
The young Syrian director Omar Abusaada presents Mentre aspettavo, a performance which will then tour the major international cultural festivals. Brutally assaulted after crossing one of the many check-points dotted around Damascus in Syria, Taim is taken to hospital in coma. The family finds itself facing a dramatic situation: after having overcome the tragic death of the father, and the ensuing scandal, the family members seem unable to face the comatose state of their son. From his deep coma, the young man observes the relations who come to visit, superimposing their voices with his own, telling of the changes that transformed his life and his country for ever. The comatose state of the protagonist becomes a metaphor for the state of his native land «neither alive nor dead, but suspended in a grey area somewhere between hope and despair».
