Flier for special double bill for IWD, TAQA and Triquinuela, March 1993

Flier, ‘… and they called her Silence’, TAQA Theatre,1992

From an article about TAQA Theatre’s ‘… and they called her Silence’, 1992
(L-R) Elizabeth Jabour, Nicole Zabbal, Alissar (Eliza) Chidiac

“In 1992, TAQA presented ‘… and they called her Silence’ exploring ritual, culture and sensuality. It was first performed at the 2^nd Multicultural Theatre Festival and later in ‘Periodical’ as a double feature with Triquinuela. ”  

I remember during our creative development period, we were visiting the family home of our choreographer, and her mother just happened to walk into the room at a rare moment of quietness … and she said an old Arabic proverb “… they had a daughter and they called her silence…”.

As we were creatively obsessed with the politics of gender, this became the abstract title for our show. We felt the performance as a whole had an atmosphere of ‘magic realism’.

(Script archived)

Programme for TAQA Theatre’s ‘… and they called her Silence’, at the 2nd Multicultural Theatre Festival, 1992