حاضر يا أبي

A creation of Bashar Murkus and Khulood Basel
Khashabi Theatre 
Premiere 19 July 2024 , Haifa.

 

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The elderly man found no one willing to visit his home this evening, except for a young man who engages in sex for money. If the young man had been aware of his host’s age, he would not have visited. Nevertheless, he chooses to stay with his host, who had not invited him for sex but for deeper, more intimate matters. Matters the young man himself did not realize he needed to experience.

 

A gateway to freedom opens for the young man, a place free of judgment, as he finds himself alone with an old man whose memory betrays him and forgets everything. In a night where everything will later be erased, the young man begins to transform.

 

How far can a person go in committing atrocities against themselves and others, just to avoid being alone? And is there anything capable of deterring human instincts when surveillance fades away?

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CAST / CREATIVE TEAM

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Written and directed by Bashar Murkus

Production of Khulood Basel - Khashabi Theatre

 

With: Makram J. Khoury and Anan Abu Jabir

 

Scenography: Majdala Khoury

Dramaturgy: Khulood Basel

Light Design and Technical Direction: Muaz Al Jubeh

Director Assistant: Nancy Mkaabal

Translation: Lore Baeten

 

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75 minutes
(In Arabic with surtitles) ​

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