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.
Mudar Alhaggi
Mudar Alhaggi studied theatre studies at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, Damascus. As an author and dramaturge, he writes for the radio and TV, pens scripts, and leads writing workshops for refugees. He staged Footfalls by Samuel Beckett and the production One Thousand and One Tents, which was developed in a workshop with refugees in Lebanon. The 2013 production Now T-Here, in which he was involved as author and director in collaboration with Stella Cristofolini was presented in Oberhausen and Berlin. Since 2015, he manages “Future Stages: A Creative Program for Emerging Syrian Writers” in Lebanon together with Erik Altorfer. In 2015 and 2016, he developed 41 Stunden with Kopp / Nauer / Praxmarer / Vittinghoff, a coproduction with Schlachthaus Theatre Bern. With Erik Altorfer, he presented another work with adolescent refugees and young people from Graz at Schauspielhaus Graz. Alhaggi resides in Berlin. Since 2017, he is the artistic director of Collective Ma’louba.