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sustaining poetry

11/22/2014

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interview: poetry based modern theater

Poetry was the beginning....as always.

struggling for expression reflects struggling for life itself.

The National Theater in Baghdad witnessed a two day extraordinary performance entitled
(Interview). a new technique in Iraqi theater to reflect melodrama in a way where audience can easily detect the reactions of the performers and the message they convey... a message that was earlier sought in the Iraqi Anthology for Contemporary women writers called ( Eyes of Inana ) ; a book curated by Brigit Svenson and edited by both Amal Ibrahim and Maythem Alharbi. the book now is being translated to German and other languages are under discussion.
Two main texts were invested in the play; a short story by Iraqi writer Maysalun Hadi ( A patron of a grasshopper) and Faleeha Hasan's poem (Query).
Alaa Hussein along with Saad Muhsin played the main roles of two young lovers separated by emerging ideologies; an entrance to a diverse mentality that is manipulating many young people for the benefit of extremism.
Women in Iraq, as many other communities in the world, have their own social artificial limits that stand in the face of exercising the potential of a complete human being. many sectors of Iraqi societies are affected by this social ban , still remaining unexposed.
in the book we read many situations and sense many delicate pulses that explain the very crisis of being under the burden of inherited musts. in the book many queries were set forth to confront this phenomena. in theater it had a louder voice, a stronger impact and a vast public reach out.
the play ( Interview)  showed the boldness of opposite directions and a great potential to address overwhelming cultural residues that proved to be stealing the existence of half of the society...women.
Hella Mewis diagnosed the aforementioned and started in depth discussions to bring the revolution out of paper and pop it on the stage of real life and art. Moshgan Hshemian the high standard choreographer and a talented artist that senses delicate signs for expression and conveying  the every day messages of depressed beings through elegant moves along with young director Akram Issam. The scene starts with a calm song of (Fayruz) a well known angel voiced Arabic singer; as both artists design the stage with lines of light.
Then started the show: melodrama, choreography, interviewing minutes of days and thoughts of nights and never ending at the end.
the love turns to departure where both convert to their inner selves...the young man becomes an extremist and the young lady a warrior armed with art...days pass and he takes her head...years pass and he doesn't heal..at the end her name marks an eminent theater in their city and he lives regret and pain. love goes on and hatred loses both life and power...from Inana to Interview...a woman can make a difference and lead the hardest of ways.

Amal Ibrahim


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interview...anthology based theater 

10/8/2014

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"INTERVIEW"

               adapted from the book "Eyes of Inana" – Anthology of Contemporary Female Iraqi Writers

Criticising the impact of traditions and cultural practices that a society holds against women, 'Interview' is a play that crystallises the ongoing controversy concerning the everyday status of Iraqi women.

 

Using elements of melodrama, interviews, dialogue and dance, the performer Alaa Hussein along with Saad Mohsen manage to deal with delicate details of a woman's daily life that are imposed by society trends and traditions, pushing women to dark corners of unlimited censored issues that force them to struggle in order to realize their humane traits. Based on the original book "Eyes of Inana -  Anthology of Iraqi Female Contemporary Writers", the play dives deep into those corners and fills the stage with images that deserve reconsideration.



the dates of premier and second show are still to be confirmed by the administration of National Theater

 

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