Last Supper in Palestine

uno spettacolo realizzato da Ashtar for Theatre Productions and Training.
The performance ‘Last Supper in Palestine’ is initiated by Simon Rowe and is part of his ‘Globallocal series’, a series of projects being realized in different cities, internationally, where he has developed a relationship to the place and the people in collaborations during his career. In the last years Simon developed a passionate interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This led to his involvement in the occupied Palestinian territories. After visiting the occupied territories he was inspired to create a performance with Palestinians that would communicate their daily reality of living under impossible conditions with check points, military occupation and now imprisoned behind a wall. Inspired by meeting the Ashtar Theatre in Ramallah, he invited Iman Aoun, director of Ashtar, to co-direct a performance presenting the people, their culture, the situation in Palestine.

Last Supper in Palestine
Concept & Choreography: Simon Rowe
Directed by Simon Rowe & Iman Aoun

Critical reflection of Modern Palestine presented through physical-theatre by a group of Palestinian performers. Approached with a touch of irony tragi-comedy and ridicule, the performance lays bare, the seriousness of the Palestinian situation, the plight of a people living under constant siege. Drawing associations between the fate of Palestine and the Last Supper of Christ, the last stations of the cross, the performers wrestle with their fate, twisting and bending to persist, dedicated to the fulfilment of a dream against all odds. It’s not over yet.

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