Al Saraya Theater - Jaffa
Theatrical performances
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Momken and the book
Momken spends most of his time using his smartphone and the internet, although he is an active child who asks many questions and moves a lot. One night, he has a dream in which he enters a forest of questions, and there he meets the wise owl who gives him a book that could change his life forever.
What will be the first thing Momken will do when he wakes up from the dream?
For ages: 6-12
Written and directed by: Wael Abu Saloum
The Well of Secrets
A comedic adventure where children learn about different types of secrets and how to deal with them. How does a nice secret differ from a harmful one?
Saleem is a playful and talented boy, but he is tired and sad because of a secret that troubles him, so he hides it in the well to find relief. A bird steals his secret and all the other children's secrets from the well, prompting Saleem to follow her. He discovers that the bird is using the secrets in a mockingshow in front of the other birds and sparrows. Saleem uses all his tricks and talents to save the children's secrets from the bullying birds.
For ages: 6-12
Performance in Arabic
Written by: Haneen Odeh Allah and Jowan Safadi
Participants: Ruba Bilal Asfour and Shahir Kabha
Artistic and movement companion: Mohammad Eid
Costumes: Khadija Dassouki Abu Srar
Lighting: Marwan Sutl
Music: Jowan Safadi
Set execution: Marwan Sabbah
Directed by: Haneen Odeh Allah
Production: Al Saraya Theater - Jaffa
Deja vu | Theatrical Performance
The closing performance of the Professional Acting Course at Al-Saraya Theater was presented by the course graduates.
'Deja vu' is a French term meaning 'seen before.' It describes the astonishing and strange experience of feeling like a situation is recurring, despite it never actually happening before.
In the theatrical performance 'Deja Vu,' we attempt to create astonishment anew through interpretations of well-known monologues from world theater. These monologues present timeless human emotions and universal aesthetic values within a theatrical and movement-based performance framework.
Preparation and direction: Emad Jabareen
Lighting: Marwan Sutl
Costumes: Khadija Dassouki Abu Srar
Set Design: Ahmad As'ad
Movement: Noor Gharableh
Music: Elias Haddoub
Participants: Amna Asfour, Sami Fanous, Sama Widad, Mehran Shehadeh, Maimona Awad.
Assistant Director: Dima Afaf, Fatima Khatib.
Production: Al Saraya Theater - Jaffa
A Life Made Of Wood
Theatrical performance under research By Maya Omaya Keesh and Siwar Awad
Based on texts written by Sheikha Hlewa
An experimental theatrical show that originated from the short story “A Life Made of Wood” from the collection “Al-Talbia C345” by the author Sheikha Hlewa, and continues with selected stories from the series “Give one more Summer.”
In "A Life Made of Wood" we look at the continuous attempt to satisfy within a personal and imaginary social framework. We use the deconstruction of the presented characters and track their choices and circumstances, in order to ask about the extent of the freedom of the personal decision of the human being, and the woman in particular.
On stage, the actress performs inside a closed space the is determined by a pre-planned movement, trying to perform her work in the best way, and to fully commit to the laws of the theatrical game. We place the act of trying to please in a performative laboratory through which we ask: If frames are an essential part of our identities and our need to belong - are they breakable? Is accepting the frameworks and submitting to them and surrender, or is there a possible and achievable space between the complete acceptance of the frameworks and the revolution against them?
Language: Arabic, English subtitles
Performance: Maya Omaya Keesh
artistic accompaniment: Siwar Awad
Lighting: Muhammad Shahin
Music: Khalil Al Batran
Décor: Ahmad Asaad
Production: Al Saraya Theater - Jaffa
Homes | Literary Theatrical Show
In the summer of 2021, a group of Palestinian female and male writers met to engage in a collective experience, named “The Body of Speech”. They were seeking to broaden their writing experience through trying their texts on stage. “Home” was their theme of choice which they studied from several approaches; intellectual, cultural, and literary. Together, they discussed, developed, and practiced rehearsing the theme on stage. They then experimented with conjuring a literary-theatrical show that recounts the story of their home(s), of places and their memory, of what is left of childhood, of chaos and order, of sadness, of carton boxes, of olive seasons, of photographic albums …. The story of a profusion of emotions and meanings concealed in words in which we dwell—the words of our daily lives and usual writings; the ones we’re accustomed to.
Texts and performances: Eyad Barghuthi, Raja’a Ghanem, Ali Qadiri, Ali Mawassi, Fardous Habiballah, Mahmoud Abo Arisheh, Mai Kaloti
Direction: Kamel El Basha
Clothes: Khadija Abu Srari Dassouki
Décor: Ahmad Asaad
Production Management: Afaf Asadi
Sound and Lighting: Muhammad Shahin
Design: Hazar Yousef
Production: Al Saraya Theatre, Jaffa, 2022
Maurice and Tuffaha
A tragic comedy from our land
Tuffaha decides to break up with Maurice after 3 years of being together because of him not owning a home, the thing that leads Maurice to revenge. So he sets his journey to Dubai, to work as the personal barber to the crown prince of Dubai.
At the same time, Tiffaha gets merrier with E’ssam as she unveils her sad and violent life she has with him.
Maurice returns home from the UAE, carrying a lot of money and an old need to revenge from Tuffaha and her family.
*language: Arabic
Written and directed by Nidal Badarneh
Actors: Ruba Billal, Sami Fanous, Jamile Khoury
Custumes and clothing: Khadijeh Dassouki - Abu Sarrari
Music: Bassil Safadi
Lights: Nizar Khamra
Decore: Ahmad Asaad
Co-Director: Soujood Kabha
Photography: Tariq Zinaty
Graphic Design: Qafza
Production: Saraya Arabic Theatre - Jaffa
Fate Of A Cockroach
The leadership of the Cockroaches kingdom meet, determined to put a stop to the aggression of the Ant’s kingdom. The king of the cockroaches leaves the underworld and climbs up to the bathtub, where he slips and falls in the bottom. The human woman who owns the bathtub sees the king and freaks out. She calls her husband to come and remove the disgusting cockroach. Instead of removing him, the husband stands still mesmerized by the cockroaches strive and determination to get out of the bathtub.
A comedy on the journey to the underworld, where Al-Hakeem protests everything that lead us to denounce our humanity and announce our dominance.
Playwright: Tawfiq Al Hakim Egypt))
Director: Mohamamd Eid
Show length: 58 m
Dramaturgy: Imad Jabarin
Cast: Basil Abu Jabal/ Suha Rabie/ Aws Omar/Carol Awad/ Sidiq Abu Daqsh. Costumes: Khadijeh Abu Srari /Music by: Khaled Aramin /Scenography: Ahamd Saad /Light design and set execution: Issam Rishmawi/ Director assistant: Afaf Asadi/ Graphic designer: Hazar Yousef / Production manager: Dima Afaf.
Produced by: Al Saraya Theater – Jaffa
Geometry and people
A cosmic event transforms the planet's inhabitants into geometric shapes, among which a struggle ensues over major life issues within the context of geometric laws and human values.
"Attack!!! Destruction. Civil war. Over trivial reasons. A spark that burns a neighborhood. Making a mountain out of a molehill. They tore the social fabric. There's no winner, everyone loses. We thank God it's a play and not reality. Although the reality is more painful. They destroyed all the geometric shapes and all human values. A geometric collapse. It mirrors a societal collapse.
What to do then? Despair is not allowed. Nor pessimism. Let's come together to rebuild the shapes and rejuvenate the country anew with a life of safety, tolerance, and law without violence and discrimination based on color, race, religion, without favoritism or crime."
Written and directed by: Imad Jabarin
Acting: Nihad Rida, Carol Awad \ Dima Afaf.
Movement Design: Mohammed Eid
Scenography: Fairouz Nastas. Execution: Issam Rashmawi, Wafa Al-Azza, Ahmad Asaad
Lighting: Issam Rashmawi
Music: Lo'ay Hammoud
Sound: Marwan Satal
Assistant Director: Dima Afaf
Graphic Design: Hazar Yusuf
Satellite
Satellite" is a play about two children, Raed and Qamar, who embark on a virtual adventure in cyberspace (the internet). Due to a glitch on a website, they get pulled into a computer screen and find themselves on a space satellite. Lost in this new environment, they try to explore and find a way back to their normal lives. The play addresses safe internet and smartphone usage.
Written and directed by: Milad Ghalib Qunibi
Actors: Nihad Rida and Dima Tayeh
Music: Shaher Khnifir
Singing: Aseel Kordaji
Assistant director: Sujood Kabha
Set design: Ahmad As'ad
Costume design: Fatima Khatib
Lighting: Roee Dvir
Cover design: Razi Najar