This is not a memorized script, this is a well-rehearsed story
Theatre Performance
Written and performed by Dima Mkhayel Matta
Directed by Yara Bou Nassar
6, 7, 8, 9 February 2020, 8:30pm at Zoukak Studio
Ticket price: 22,000 LL - available through ihjoz and at the door
Performance Language: English with Arabic subtitles
She says, “I did not promise to tell you the truth, but I did promise to tell you a story.”
“This is not a memorized script, this is a well-rehearsed story” is an autobiographical solo performance about a failed love story, a complicated relationship with Beirut, and an attempt to understand gender and identity. How does a queer body cope and survive? This play is the character’s attempt to remember what led to all that she is and realizing that she is constantly failing.
Credits
Writer and performer: Dima Mikhayel Matta
Director: Yara Bou Nassar
Set designer: Sabine Saba
Light designer: Nadim Deaibes
Poster artist: Maya El Helou
Poster designer: Christelle Khoury
Sound designer: Paed Conca
Technical coordinator: Nourhan Fakhoury
Public relations: be:kult
Videographer: Madonna Adib
