TMR 42
THEATRE
In which the editors of The Markaz Review and playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak present the theatre issue.
- TMR 42
- Editorial
Why Theatre?—an Editorial
In which the editors of The Markaz Review and playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak present the theatre issue.
- TMR 42
- CENTERPIECE
Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play
A stage director declines producing a play about a child tragically murdered during a genocide, fearing she may appear biased.
7 June 2024 • By Hassan AbdulrazzakMORE FROM THIS ISSUE
As We Near the End (or What Adorno Said)
In his play, Youssef El Guindi debates whether art is merely a distraction or if it can truly change the world.
7 JUNE 2024 • BY YUSSEF EL GUINDI
Theatre is the Thing: TMR’s Best-Books List
Editors at The Markaz Review recommend twelve titles published over a 20-year period presenting a broad range of Middle Eastern plays.
7 JUNE 2024 • BY TMR
What Kind Of Liar Am I?—a Short Play
An original short play by playwright and theatre maker Mona Mansour: "a short, dark confession in a time of catastrophe."
7 JUNE 2024 • BY MONA MANSOUR
Wajdi Mouawad’s “Controversial” Wedding Day
Al Jadid editor Elie Chalala finds that Lebanese intellectuals’ defense of expat director Wadji Mouawad contrasts with state chokehold on freedom of expression.
7 JUNE 2024 • BY ELIE CHALALA
The Return of Danton—a Play by Mudar Alhaggi & Collective Ma’louba
A play about the French Revolution highlights the experiences of Syrian actors and theatre makers as artists in exile.
7 JUNE 2024 • BY MUDAR ALHAGGI
Noor and Hadi Go to Hogwarts—a Short Play
Lameece Issaq presents a short play borrowing a popular fantasy world.
7 JUNE 2024 • BY LAMEECE ISSAQ
A Bicentennial Remembrance of Lord Byron, Among Greeks & Turks
Lord Byron, a theatrical poet, created the concept of celebrity and, with his poetry, brought the Ottoman world to European audiences.
7 JUNE 2024 • BY WILLIAM GOURLAY
Omar Naim Exclusive: Two Films on Beirut & Theatre
Omar Naim set out to create a film about the Lebanese theatre scene where stage honesty clashes with street deceit.
7 JUNE 2024 • BY OMAR NAIM
Arab Shakespeare?
Georgina Van Welie, co-founder of Sabab theatre, shares her perspective on the "Arab" Shakespeare Trilogy for the first time
7 JUNE 2024 • BY GEORGINA VAN WELIE
Palestine, Political Theatre & the Performance of Queer Solidarity in Jean Genet’s Prisoner of Love
"Prisoner of Love" acknowledges the limitations of language in capturing the reality of the Palestinian revolution, writes Saleem Haddad.
7 JUNE 2024 • BY SALEEM HADDAD
Nothing is Normal, Nothing Is What it Seems (Underground Theatre in Iran After the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement)
An interview with an actress performing on stage in Iran without a hijab and who is no longer taking on roles that require official approval.
7 JUNE 2024 • BY MEHRNAZ DANESHVAR
Laughing for Change—Activist Theatre Tours Egypt
Hara TV3 harnessed interactive theatre and comedy to address gender-based violence and FGM in Egypt writes its founder Nada Sabet.
7 JUNE 2024 • BY NADA SABET