GHALIA'S MILES
OVERVIEW
Fleeing her family in Lebanon in the hope of building a new life in Europe, Ghalia, a pregnant teenager, makes an extraordinary journey through the Arab World. On her way, she encounters several women who guide her, and she sacrifices almost everything she has to make the crossing. Borrowing elements from mythological characters and archetypal figures of women warriors and nurturers, in addition to stories inspired from real women who were active in the upheavals of the Arab World, the play attempts to draw the changing map of our region through the innocent and feisty eyes of Ghalia and the strong women she meets. Ghalia slowly becomes the representation of the youth’s ability to adapt to the changing and harsh environments of our world today.
INFO | CREDITS
Production Year: 2019
Production Language: Arabic
Production Duration: 100 mins
Written by: Maya Zbib
Directed by: Omar Abi Azar
Performed by: Lamia Abi Azar, Rym Mroueh, Junaid Sarieddine, Raeda Taha and Maya Zbib
Music Composer: Layale Chaker
Live musicians: Layale Chaker (violin) and Simona Abdallah (percussions)
Assistant Director and Stage Manager: Sari Shrayteh
Scenographer: Hussein Baydoun
Light Designer: Charlie Astrom
Touring Technical Director: Nadim Deaibes
Technical team: Salim Abou Ayyash, Bahaa Baddour
Production Managers: Mohamad Hamdan and Soumaya Berri
Project Coordinator: Rana Aaraj
Communication Officer: Marianne Kortbani
Graphic Designer: Maya Chami
Co-produced by: Drosos Foundation and Théâtre des 13 vents Centre Dramatique National Montpellier
This production was developed in the frame of the project “Cursed to Live in Interesting Times“, in cooperation with suite42 and Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg. Funded by the Doppelpass Fund of the Kulturstiftung Des Bundes.
Ghalia’s Miles was first developed on a “New Writing for Theatre” Project with the Royal Court Theatre and the British Council between 2014-2016.
PAST PERFORMANCES
9-10 March, 2016
staged reading as part of ‘Told From The Inside: New Plays from Lebanon and Syria’, AT THE ROYAL COURT’S JERWOOD THEATRE DOWNSTAIRS, translated by Katharine Halls and directed by Lucy Morrison.
London, UK
9 August, 2017
Staged reading at at the Edinburgh International Festival’s ‘New and Now’, translated by Katharine Halls and directed by Lucy Morrison.
Edinburgh, UK
10 November, 2018
STAGED Reading at the University of Saint Joseph, within Sidewalks Festival
Beirut, Lebanon
14 March, 2019
STAGED Reading at the Khachabi Theatre, directed by Bachar Murkos
Haifa, Palestine
23-28 March, 2019
PREMIERE AND PERFORMANCES at Zoukak Studio
Beirut, Lebanon
4-6 April, 2019
Performances at Deutsches Schauspielhaus
Hamburg, Germany
11, 12 April, 2019
Performances at tak Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg
Berlin, Germany
14, 15 November, 2019
Performances at Théâtre des 13 Vents CDN
Montpellier, France
