Collective Ma'louba

Interdisciplinary collective for Arabic-speaking artists from both shores of the Mediterranean

The central aim of this project was to establish an Arabic-speaking, international artists’ collective. Its core members – the Syrian director Rafat Alzakout, Syrian author Mudar Alhaggi and Syrian actress Amal Omran – have worked with artists from the Arab region to develop various interdisciplinary projects which focused on producing Arab-speaking theatre performances. The project has created comprehensive, multifaceted works of art which included elements of drama, dance, film, music, readings and workshops. The cultural traditions, legends, and stories of the past and present in the Arabic-speaking region comprised a significant portion of the content. Furthermore, the artists investigated the cultural similarities and differences between Europe and the Arab world. The projects have been developed, rehearsed and produced at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim.
The artists’ collective has created temporary, transnational, multilingual spaces of encounter at the national and international level. The projects went on tour together and separately in order to promote international network building. In order to maintain ties to the Arab cultural region and integrate artistic feedback into the project, the organisers have set up a second production venue at the Théâtre National Tunisien in Tunis, where Fadhel Jaibi, one of the most influential theatre artists in the Arab region, works as a director.

Curator: Rolf C. Hemke
Production management and dramaturgy: Immanuel Bartz
Stage direction: Rafat Alzakout (SY), Fadhel Jaibi (TN)
Writer: Mudar Alhaggi (SY)
Actress: Amal Omran (SY)

Additional Venues:

Co-production Tunis, Quatrième Art – Théâtre National Tunisien, Tunis: 1 Feb. 2017 – 30 Dec. 2018;
Fringe Festival, Edinburgh: 4 –27 August 2017;

Events

No upcoming events at present

Previous events

  • 4 October, 2018 to 4 December, 2018: Days in the Sun

    Premiere des neuen Theaterstücks von Mudar Alhaggi

    Theater an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr

  • 4 October, 2018 to 4 December, 2018: Days in the Sun

    Premiere

    Theater an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr

  • 16 December, 2017 : Ya Kebir

    Uraufführung

    Theater an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr

  • 14 June, 2017 : Theatre performance "Your Love is Fire"

    Theater im Aufbau-Haus, Berlin

  • 16 June, 2017 : Theatre performance "Your Love is Fire"

    Theater an der Ruhr, Mühlheim

  • 14 June, 2017 : Your Love is Fire

    Theater im Aufbau-Haus, Berlin

  • 19 May, 2017 to 22 April, 2018: Theatre performance "Your Love is Fire"

    Theater an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr

  • 10 June, 2017 to 11 June, 2017: Your Love is Fire

    Theatre performance

    Theater im Aufbau-Haus, Berlin

  • 19 May, 2017 : Your Love is Fire

    Theater an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr

  • 16 May, 2017 to 17 May, 2017: Your Love is Fire

    Uraufführung

    Ruhrfestspiele, Recklinghausen

  • 16 May, 2017 to 17 May, 2017: Your Love is Fire

    Theatre performance

    Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen

  • 27 April, 2017 : Lecture performance "Top-Goon"

    Theater an der Ruhr, Mühlheim

Contact

Theater an der Ruhr

Akazienallee 61
45478 Mülheim an der Ruhr

www.theater-an-der-ruhr.de (external link, opens in a new window)