Category Arab Australian cultural production
1994… 2005… 2008… PALESTINIAN AUSTRALIAN THEATRE
Programme (cover & inside), ‘In Search of Rita: a Traveller in Transit’, Sidetrack Theatre, 1994 Poster, ‘The Pessoptimist’, Sidetrack Theatre, 2005 Poster, ‘The Pessoptimist’, Sidetrack Theatre, 2005 PALESTINIAN AUSTRALIAN THEATRE 1994 In Search of Rita: a traveller in transit Written by Assad Abdi, 1991Produced at Sidetrack TheatreDirected by Don Mamouney Script archived Performed by: Maha […]
1994… the politics of belly dancing: a choreopoem
SAFA’s the politics of belly dancing: a choreopoem Written by Paula Abood Directed by Jane Packham & Paula Abood Produced at The Performance Space, Redfern, Sept 1994 and at The National Festival of Australian Theatre, Canberra, Oct 1994 Choreographer / performer: Isabel Sukkar Performers: Alissar (Eliza) Chidiac Alissar Gazal Maha Hindi Elizabeth Jabour Designer: […]
1993… A Glimpse of the Spaces
Al Sharek A Glimpse of the Spaces Performance Forum at the 3rd Multicultural Theatre Festival Director, Mishline Jammal Playwright, Chadia Gedeon Composer, Labib Jammal Choreographer, Victoria Harbutt Cast: Nicole Antaki Esam Hato Mishline Jammal Saleh Saqqaf Production / Documentation, Eva Gerencer Performed as a completed piece in a public season in 1994
1993… Curves, Lines, Dots and Accents or Writing with the Hip
Taqa Theatre ‘Curves, Lines, Dots and Accents or Writing with the Hip’ Performance Forum at ‘Broad Accents’ the 3rd Multicultural Theatre Festival, 1993 Cast: Ismail Abdi, Alissar (Eliza) Chidiac, Alissar Gazal, Elizabeth Jabour, Saleh Saqqaf, Barry Gamba. Collaborative work.
1992… The Man Who Lost His Shadow
Veto Theatre ‘The Man Who Lost His Shadow’ Written and performed by Saleh Saqqaf Director, Mishline Jammal Choreographer, Julie Fletcher
1992 / 1993 … ‘… and they called her Silence’
“In 1992, TAQA presented ‘… and they called her Silence’ exploring ritual, culture and sensuality. It was first performed at the 2nd 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 […]
1991… Al Qamareya
TAQA Theatre (1990-1999) Al Qamareya (The Moongate) “TAQA Theatre was founded in late 1990 with the aim of developing innovative, contemporary Australian theatre with a strong Arab Australian perspective. TAQA’s first production, Al Qamareya (The Moongate) – performed in Sydney, Canberra and Wollongong throughout 1991 – was one of the first bilingual theatrical representations of Arab Australian […]
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significant cultural processes and productions that come to mind for you?
The other day I found some old papers (as you do). Three years ago I had emailed a number of people (see below), attempting a small random ‘survey’ (very Sydney-centred, I admit) to prepare for a presentation at UTS called: “Facing Fear: Community Anti-Racism after September 11, 2001”. ::———-:: 16 Nov 2004 dear friends i […]