Category TAQA
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 / 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… Multicultural Theatre Festival
Festival ’91, Multicultural Theatre Alliance, Festival ‘91 “… (was the ) first major activity as the Multicultural Theatre Alliance which we formed in Sydney in 1990 when over twenty theatre companies came together to share experiences and to find common ground.” Participating companies included: Actovivo Dulaang Bayan-Sydney Hellenic Theatrical Group Intransit Kooch Theatre Group Latin American Live […]
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 […]
hard-centred? soft-centred? arab-centred?
What do I mean by ‘arab-centred’ anyway? (soft centre? hard centre? take a bite and give it to your mum…) Instead of questions continuing to raise more questions, why not reflect on something that is ‘arab-centred’ – and discuss why, from the inside, as an insider… Yesterday found myself inside a discussion that progressed from […]
3arabi Mapping 
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 […]