Mute (Kuwait-Lebanon-Syria)
Team
Author and director Sulayman Al BassamScenographer and lighting designer Eric Soyer
Assistant lighting designer Saad Samir
Composer Two or the Dragons
Company manager and subtitler Wafa Al Fraheen
Producer Oussama Jamei
Stage manager Chaminda Kiralage
On stage: Hala Omran, Abed Kobeissi, Ali Hout
Duration: 1 h
Language: Arabic
Subtitles: Estonian, English, Russian
“Mute” is an award-winning concert-performance of contemporary Arab theatre. Sulayman Al Bassam is one of the leading Arab directors and playwrights, whose work explores both social and individual stories.
The production interweaves live music, silence and poetic language, creating an opportunity for both silent resistance and listening. “Mute” is a manifesto asking what form artistic resistance takes in a world where escalating violence and information noise have become commonplace. At a time when traditional critique may no longer work, other means must be used, and this is what “Mute” offers us.
*For her role in “Mute” Hala Omran has won the 2023 Best Actress Award.
*”Mute” won the Best Playwriting Award at the 2023 Cairo International Theatre Festival.
