Those Eyes, That Mouth and The Story of the Death of Nagib Brax (Arabic Work in Progress performance)
15th – 27th November 2005
Performed in the Former Syrian General Security building, Beirut
In 2005 Grid Iron were invited by the British Council to return to Beirut (following the success of our 2004 projects in Beirut and Amman) to work with theatre practitioners from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Tunisia.
During a period of three weeks, whilst installing and then performing our own production, Those Eyes, That Mouth, we delivered practical technical and creative workshops to the group of theatre practitioners.
These culminated in performances of The Story of the Death of Nagib Brax.
A brand new production performed in Arabic, devised during the process and co-directed by emerging Lebanese theatre director Hisham Jaber and Grid Iron’s Ben Harrison.
Supported by The British Council the aim of the project was to engage with young people from across the region and use performing arts in alternative spaces as a means for self expression.
View Those Eyes That Mouth 2003 production.
Production Team
Performer:
Cait Davis
Composer & musician:
David Paul Jones
Director:
Ben Harrison
Producer:
Judith Doherty
General Manager:
Deborah Crewe
Production Manager:
Fiona Fraser
Technical Manager/Lighting Designer:
Paul Claydon
Stage Manager:
Mickey Graham
Deputy Stage Manager:
Laura Edwards
Set built by:
Scimitar Scenery
Translator:
Saseen Kawzally
ORIGINAL 2003 PRODUCTION DESIGN TEAM
Dick Bird (Designer)
George Tarbuck (Lighting Designer)
Alice Bee (Costume Designer)
Kathryn Smith (Costume Assistant)
Stuart Nairn (Production Carpenter)
Zinnie Harris (Dramaturg).
ARABIC WORK IN PROGRESS PARTICIPANTS
Director:
Hisham Jaber (Lebanon)
Assistant Director:
Oussama Hallal (Syria)
Actors:
Afaf Shawwa (Lebanon)
Petra Serhal (Lebanon)
Bechara Atallah (Lebanon)
Actors (cont):
Junayd Sarieddine (Lebanon)
Lamia Abi Azar (Lebanon)
Imen Mabrouk (Tunisia)
Lamia Khalifa (Tunisia)
Ramen Al Assad (Syria)
Stage Management:
Farah El Zein (Lebanon)
Harem Ahmad Allan (Egypt)
Music Composition:
Wael El Zein (Lebanon)
Tareq Bachaché (Lebanon).
Production Management:
Carole Ammoun (Lebanon)
Set Design:
Nissan AL Sharif (Syria)
Lighting:
Balsam Al Tawil (Syria)
Izard Mohammed Izzat (Egypt)
Sound:
Mohamed Gamaa (Egypt)
Hated Khouildi (Tunisia)
Costume Design:
Marie Mezher (Lebanon)
Supporters
The production was kindly supported by the following…
Past Productions
The productions are listed in chronological order with the most recent first.