Rehearsal Diary: Alf Layla Wa Layla (1)
5/18/11 •
We are reaching the end of our time here in fez and of our eleven week long rehearsal process. It has been an extraordinary experience; never before have I worked on a project of such ambition and where world events have had such a profound effect. Diverting out rehearsal process from Alexandria to Fez in [...]
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The UK premiere of Egyptian film Hawi at Dash’s March Cafe (0)
3/08/11 •
On 2nd March, we showed Ibrahim El Batout’s fantastic film Hawi at Rich Mix to a packed-out audience. Hawi follows the journey of Youssef, a prisoner released after five years of solitary confinement in order to fetch a sheath of important documents, with a number of seemingly unconnected subplots, concerning a group of aspiring songwriters, [...]
Poetry of Love Cafe 2nd February (0)
2/07/11 •
The Dash Arabic Series moved to East London this month with our first Cafe at Rich Mix. Our new Cafe house band Fantazia treated us to a beautiful set of music from the Maghreb on oud and darbuka. Our poets Ehab Bseisso, who had come down especially from Cardiff for the evening, Fathieh Saudi and [...]
Lyrical Alliance rocked the Roundhouse (0)
10/19/10 •
Lyrical Alliance premiered on Saturday night at the Roundhouse. Rabah Donquishoot, Rayess Bek, Samm, Shadia Mansour, Tamer Nafer, DJ Mk and vj Jana Saleh put on a storming first set at London’s coolest venue. The energy was amazing and our completely mixed audience loved them. All Photos: RJ Fernandez
Rehearsal Diary: Alf Layla Wa Layla (0)
5/16/11 •
Every day that we work on these stories from the One Thousand and One Nights they reveal something new to us in their relentless exploration of relationships between men and women in all their sexual, violent, comedic and emotionally moving glory. They take place in a vivid range of urban settings and feel utterly alive [...]
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