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When I Saw the Sea | Alkantara Festival

Quando vi o mar | Alkantara Festival

Theatre 10€

Friday 27 November · until 28 Nov

Teatro Nacional D.MariaII Lisbon
All events at this venue 30 Directions

Ali Chahrour brings us closer to the lives of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, sharing stories of exploitation, violence and survival. Through dance, song and word, the play traverses love, absence, motherhood and exile.

Synopsis In this play, Ali Chahrour brings us closer to the lives of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, long subject to a repressive labour system, now exposed to even greater vulnerability due to war. On stage, Zena Moussa, Tenei Ahmad and Rania Jamal are performers and narrators of their own experiences, sharing stories marked by exploitation, violence and survival. Between dance, song and word, they trace paths in a nearly bare space, where light oscillates, opening zones of clarity and shadow. The live music that accompanies them becomes a common territory: a shattered lullaby echoing the crisis of a country and the distant call of the sea. Like Contado pela minha mãe, presented by the Alkantara Festival at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in 2021, When I Saw the Sea traverses love and absence, motherhood and exile, ritual and war, giving shape to what persists amidst loss and devastation. Artistic Team creation and choreography Ali Chahrour performance Rania Jamal, Tenei Ahmad, Zena Moussa set design Ali Chahrour, Guillaume Tesson musical creation and performance Abed Kobeissy, Lynn Adib lighting design and technical direction Guillaume Tesson sound design Benoît Rave direction and choreography assistance Chadi Aoun technical direction assistance Pol Seif communication Chadi Aoun text editing Hala Omran executive production Chadi Aoun, Christel Salem production Ali Chahrour co-production Le Festival d’Avignon, Ibsen Scope, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Al Mawred al Thaqafi, DeSingel Antwerp, Domino Zagreb / Perforations Festival, Holland Festival, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Al Madina Theater support Beryte Theater, L’Institut Français de Beyrouth, Wicked Solutions, WASL Productions, Beit el Laffé, Orient 499, Raseef, Beirut Houna center, Zoukak Theatre co-presentation Teatro NacionaI D. Maria II, Alkantara Festival thanks Viany Ngemakoue, Sophie Ndongo, Jouma Fayé, Mariam Sesay, Sarie Teshome, Aisha Temam, Raheel Teshome, Mihret Birhane, Laurentine Mbekati, Mohana Ishak, Hussein Hajj, Anthony Sahyoun, Ali Khedr, Eric Deniaud, Chrystèle Khodr, Raymond Zakaria, Hind Hamdan, Kafa Megaphone, Seenaryo, Daraj Media, Hammana Artist House Alkantara is funded by the Portuguese Republic, Culture, Youth and Sport / Directorate-General for the Arts and the Lisbon City Council. Prices Stalls - 18€ Tribune - 37.50€ 1st Balcony - 14€ 2nd Balcony - 10€ Boxes 1st Order - 10€ Boxes 2nd Order - 10€ Discounts Families Groups (10+ people) Youth (up to 30 years old) Specific Needs People Unemployed People Show Professionals Seniors (65+ years old)

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