Programme (cover & inside), ‘In Search of Rita: a Traveller in Transit’, Sidetrack Theatre, 1994 Poster, ‘The Pessoptimist’, Sidetrack Theatre, 2005 Poster, ‘The Pessoptimist’, Sidetrack Theatre, 2005 PALESTINIAN AUSTRALIAN THEATRE 1994 In Search of Rita: a traveller in transit Written by Assad Abdi, 1991Produced at Sidetrack TheatreDirected by Don Mamouney Script archived Performed by: Maha […]
SAFA’s the politics of belly dancing: a choreopoem Written by Paula Abood Directed by Jane Packham & Paula Abood Produced at The Performance Space, Redfern, Sept 1994 and at The National Festival of Australian Theatre, Canberra, Oct 1994 Choreographer / performer: Isabel Sukkar Performers: Alissar (Eliza) Chidiac Alissar Gazal Maha Hindi Elizabeth Jabour Designer: […]
Broad Accents Cross Cultural Collaborations 3rd Multicultural Theatre Festival 1993 Multicultural Theatre Alliance Nov 1993 Fourteen performing companies included: Koories in Theatre (Wiridjuiri & English) Australian Chinese Performing Artists’ Association Hellenic Theatre Inc (Greek & English) Triquinuela (Spanish & English) AL SHAREK (Arabic & English) Ira Hal Seidenstein Dulaang Bayan-Sydney (Tagalog, Spanish & English) […]
Al Sharek A Glimpse of the Spaces Performance Forum at the 3rd Multicultural Theatre Festival Director, Mishline Jammal Playwright, Chadia Gedeon Composer, Labib Jammal Choreographer, Victoria Harbutt Cast: Nicole Antaki Esam Hato Mishline Jammal Saleh Saqqaf Production / Documentation, Eva Gerencer Performed as a completed piece in a public season in 1994
Taqa Theatre ‘Curves, Lines, Dots and Accents or Writing with the Hip’ Performance Forum at ‘Broad Accents’ the 3rd Multicultural Theatre Festival, 1993 Cast: Ismail Abdi, Alissar (Eliza) Chidiac, Alissar Gazal, Elizabeth Jabour, Saleh Saqqaf, Barry Gamba. Collaborative work.
Australian Accents 2nd Multicultural Theatre Festival 1992 Multicultural Theatre Alliance Aug – Sept 1992 Seventeen performing companies included: Kooris in Theatre (English) Take Away Theatre (Greek & English) VETO Theatre (English) United Cultural Arts Group (Turkish & English) New Kurdish Theatre Group (Kurdish) Australian Chinese Performing Artists’ Association (Mandarin, Cantonese & English) Acto Vivo (Spanish […]
Veto Theatre ‘The Man Who Lost His Shadow’ Written and performed by Saleh Saqqaf Director, Mishline Jammal Choreographer, Julie Fletcher
“In 1992, TAQA presented ‘… and they called her Silence’ exploring ritual, culture and sensuality. It was first performed at the 2nd Multicultural Theatre Festival and later in ‘Periodical’ as a double feature with Triquinuela. ” I remember during our creative development period, we were visiting the family home of our choreographer, and her mother […]