Based on poems by Mahmoud Darwish
This theatrical musical journey performed by three actresses, an actor and one camera, follows the poems of Mahmoud Darwish.
A surreal expedition on a theatre stage, traveling between his childhood in the Galilee to exile in Lebanon, during the trip the actors meet the poet and themselves through encounters with his mother, with the revered teacher Shoshana and through the reunion with Rita – his Jewish lover.
The journey is performed in Hebrew and Arabic, with English subtitles, by Arab and Jewish actors, accompanied by Mira Awad’s music and singing. This journey enables the audience to encounter, the outstanding poetry by Darwish as well as the landscapes, conflicts and experiences of living in the region.
Directed by: Norman Issa
Directed by: Norman Issa
Editors and Dramaturges: Abed Natour, Norman Issa, Igal Ezraty
Cast: Mira Awad, Einat Weizmann, Anat Hadid / Avia Brosh, Doraid Liddawi
Music and singing: Mira Awad
Design consultant: Salim Shehadeh
Lighting: Ziv Voloshin
“…The poems and life of Mahmoud Darwish receive a sensitive and beautiful rendition in Hebrew and Arabic, expressing pain without hate…”
Michael Handelzalts, Haaretz
Based on poems by Mahmoud Darwish
This theatrical musical journey performed by three actresses, an actor and one camera, follows the poems of Mahmoud Darwish.
A surreal expedition on a theatre stage, traveling between his childhood in the Galilee to exile in Lebanon, during the trip the actors meet the poet and themselves through encounters with his mother, with the revered teacher Shoshana and through the reunion with Rita – his Jewish lover.
The journey is performed in Hebrew and Arabic, with English subtitles, by Arab and Jewish actors, accompanied by Mira Awad’s music and singing. This journey enables the audience to encounter, the outstanding poetry by Darwish as well as the landscapes, conflicts and experiences of living in the region.
Directed by: Norman Issa
Directed by: Norman Issa
Editors and Dramaturges: Abed Natour, Norman Issa, Igal Ezraty
Cast: Mira Awad, Einat Weizmann, Anat Hadid / Avia Brosh, Doraid Liddawi
Music and singing: Mira Awad
Design consultant: Salim Shehadeh
Lighting: Ziv Voloshin
“…The poems and life of Mahmoud Darwish receive a sensitive and beautiful rendition in Hebrew and Arabic, expressing pain without hate…”
Michael Handelzalts, Haaretz