- Produced by Arcola Theatre
- Price £12, £20 double bill
- Get ready for a double bill that examines closing borders
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A window on contemporary Arab culture: For the Absent Ones is a response to tightening borders and restrictions on travel.
The artist cannot be with us tonight, and yet the artist is present. Created as an audio-experience by theatre artists Abdullah Alkafri (Syria), Moez Mrabet (Tunisia), Jon Davis and Jonathan May (UK). For the Absent Ones is a response to tightening borders and restrictions on travel. Equipped with headphones and entering a theatre space, the audience listens to moving voices of those unable to move freely.
This event is part of Performance(s) between Two Shores – a series of three new works from Arab theatre artists who are now creating in Europe. Commissioned by six partners and funded by the European Commission, these works tour internationally and develop new audiences for Arab theatre artists in Europe.
In addition, Mind, The Gap is a collaboration between two key figures of Cairo’s independent theatre scene, theatre director Hani Sami and choreographer and writer Mona Gamil; intertwining live performance, theoretical musings and visual projections.