The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: https://www.sogar.ch/programm/saison-25-26/the-long-shadow-of-alois-brunner/
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
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Braveheart - Collective Ma'louba
From a Play About Trauma to a Play Transmitting Trauma
A young woman living in a small city disappears. No trace of her remains, as if she never existed. No one asks about her. The only person who knew her was a young man who had been in a relationship with her before her disappearance. The play recounts the last days of the young woman before the incident. The play accuses the young man, interrogates him, and tries to extract information from him by force. The play is certain the young man is involved in the woman's disappearance but fails to convict him. Nonetheless, it punishes him, fully aware that this is pure violence.
In this play, the absence of political efficacy threatens entire communities and drives them to seek individual salvation either by integrating into the system or stepping outside of it. In both cases, the individuals from these communities are left alone, facing the explicit threat of disappearance. Disappearance becomes an invisible, inaudible space filled with victims, criminals, and, of course, violence.
The theatre maker initially sought to create a play defending the right of individuals to lose hope. But he later realized that this defense was essentially a defense of the right of those who have lost hope to exercise violence—either against others or themselves. And the violence of the hopeless is merely a desperate expression of their right to change the world.
Amid the whirlwind of panic attacks, antidepressants, drugs, therapy sessions, and poverty, there is a brave heart still beating. Through calm and silence, the play tries to locate it, listen to its voice, and turn that voice into words. But will it succeed?
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Braveheart - Collective Ma'louba (Copy)
From a Play About Trauma to a Play Transmitting Trauma
A young woman living in a small city disappears. No trace of her remains, as if she never existed. No one asks about her. The only person who knew her was a young man who had been in a relationship with her before her disappearance. The play recounts the last days of the young woman before the incident. The play accuses the young man, interrogates him, and tries to extract information from him by force. The play is certain the young man is involved in the woman's disappearance but fails to convict him. Nonetheless, it punishes him, fully aware that this is pure violence.
In this play, the absence of political efficacy threatens entire communities and drives them to seek individual salvation either by integrating into the system or stepping outside of it. In both cases, the individuals from these communities are left alone, facing the explicit threat of disappearance. Disappearance becomes an invisible, inaudible space filled with victims, criminals, and, of course, violence.
The theatre maker initially sought to create a play defending the right of individuals to lose hope. But he later realized that this defense was essentially a defense of the right of those who have lost hope to exercise violence—either against others or themselves. And the violence of the hopeless is merely a desperate expression of their right to change the world.
Amid the whirlwind of panic attacks, antidepressants, drugs, therapy sessions, and poverty, there is a brave heart still beating. Through calm and silence, the play tries to locate it, listen to its voice, and turn that voice into words. But will it succeed?
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: https://www.mittelfest.org/en/spettacolo/the-long-shadow-of-alois-brunner/
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: details to be announced soon
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: details to be announced soon
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: details to be announced soon
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: details to be announced soon
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: details to be announced soon
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: details to be announced soon
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: details to be announced soon
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: details to be announced soon
https://www.theater-an-der-ruhr.de/de/programm/stuecke/4823-the-long-shadow-of-alois-brunner
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: https://www.theater-an-der-ruhr.de/en/programm/stuecke/4823-the-long-shadow-of-alois-brunner
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: https://www.theater-an-der-ruhr.de/en/programm/stuecke/4823-the-long-shadow-of-alois-brunner
Collective Ma'louba - The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner (premiere)
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Details:
11th November: 21:30 - 22:45
12th November: 17:30 - 18:45
Book your tickets: https://euro-scene.de/en/events/the-long-shadow-of-alois-brunner/
Collective Ma'louba - Up There
A play by Wael Kadour & Mohammad Al Rashi. Syria, early 1990s: In a women's prison, a group of political prisoners perform Henrik Ibsen's play "The Lady from the Sea" - an affront to the prison administration, which wants to stop the performance.
Today, 30 years later, a Syrian author living in exile is trying to write a play about this true event, but he is struggling with his task: What artistic or political value does his project have? Why should he tell the story of these women from his present position in exile? A way out of this creative crisis is finally revealed to him by a woman who saw the play when she was a young prison inmate. She begins to tell the author about what she saw and inspires him to find the women involved in the performance. With each of her tales, a new chapter in the story reveals itself....
We watch the exciting reconstruction of a memory: the author is Wael Kadour, two of the women who were on stage in the prison in 1991, Hend Alkahwaji and Wejdan Nassif, are now the players of their own story - after the Syrian Revolution and in exile in a distant country: speaking freely about what happened has now become possible.
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Collective Ma'louba - The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner (reading)
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Reading of in-progress text
Book tickets here: https://www.berlin-mondiale.de/calendar/somehow-autofiction-a-reading-by-muddar-alhaggi