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al madina theatre
association for arts and culture
founded by Nidal AL Achkar
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for April and May 2010
THE MUSIC BOX program coming soon
BIPOD DANCE FESTIVAL From the 16th of April until the 2nd of May
For its 6th edition Bipod will offer once again a rich international program of performances, videodance, debates, lectures and workshops. Please find below the performance schedule in addition to information about all the other activities.
zweiland (opening)
SASHA WALTZ & GUESTS (Germany)
friday 16th - Saturday 17th of April - 8.30 pm
no.thing
Cie. LINGA (Switzerland)
Tuesday 20th of April - 8.30 pm
Meet Marco Cantalupo
A talk between Marco Cantalupo and Mazen Maarouf
Wednesday 21st of April - 5 pm
Meet Francesco Scavetta
A Talk between Francesco Scavetta and Ahmad Ghossein
Thursday 22nd of April - 5 pm
pavlova 3'23"
MATHILDE MONNIER (France)
Thursday 22nd - Friday 23rd of April - 8.30 pm
Meet Mathilde Monnier
A Talk between Mathilde Monnier and Ghassan Salhab
Friday 23rd of April - 5 pm
llámame mariachi
LA RIBOT (Spain/Switzerland)
Saturday 24th of April - 8.30 pm
Meet La Ribot
A talk between La Ribot and Walid Sadek
Sunday 25th of April - 5 pm
One & two
EMIO GRECO | PC (Italy/ Holland)
Sunday 25th of April - 8.30 pm
SCORBEN
Friday 16th of April - 7.45 pm infront of AL-Madina Theatre
Thursday 22nd of April - 7.45 pm infront of Al-Madina Theatre
Where the things hide
GUY NADER (Lebanon)
Friday 30th of April - 8.30 pm
prices; 15000LL - 25000LL
LES MARCHANDS DE SANG a play by Christophe Cotteret From the 16th of April until the 2nd of May
La compagnie Arcinolether ouvre le champs d'une recherche théâtrale sur les conflits qui ont agité le Moyen-orient depuis 1948. Pendant 2 ans, elle présentera en Europe et auMoyen-Orient un spectacle en 7 parties indépendantes, appelées mouvements, qui explorent sous différents angles les conflits quiruinent l'avenir politique et économique du Machrek.
Spectacle en français / anglais / arabe (surtitré en français).
Les Marchands de sang
Mouvement #3
LesMarchands de sang désignent ceux qui, dirigeants d'Etats et leursi ntermédiaires, instrumentalisent les assassinats a des fins politiques.
Dansune forme très libre de théâtre documentaire, ce Mouvement #3 nousplonge dans les dessous frénétiques de la diplomatie internationale au Moyen-Orient, de l'assassinat du roi Fayçal d'Arabie a la premièreguerre du Golfe en 1990.
Par Arcinolether
Mise en scène : Christophe Cotteret
Collaboration à la mise en scène: Isabelle Jonniaux
Collaboration à la scénographie: Melchior Delaunay
Création sonore : Julien Cotteret
Création lumière: Sylvie Mélis
Avec : Léa Rogliano, Olivier Rosman, Maria Harfouche, François Kah, Raymond Hosni
prices: 15000LL - 25000LL - 35000L
THE HONORING OF ETEL ADNAN From the 13th until the 16th of May
With the participation of her friends and colleagues Panels, seminars, discussions, lectures
Etel Adnan is a bilingual poet and writer, writing mostly in English and also French. Her poetry, collected in volumes such as The Indian Never Had a Horse (1982), The Arab Apocalypse (1989), and The Spring Flowers Own and the Manifestation of the Voyage (1990), covers a range of themes from the natural world to current affairs, but is always marked by autobiographical motifs: expatriation, the Lebanese civil war, the love of women, loss of language, and the confusion of today's world with its shifting boundaries. Two works of prose, the narrative Paris, When It's Naked (1993) and Of Cities and Women (Letters to Fawwaz) (1993), complement each other and the author's poetry, looking at the century's end with unjaundiced but optimistic eyes. Adnan's acclaimed novel of one woman's fatal struggles with the Lebanese war, Sitt Marie Rose (1978), was translated into English in 1982, and is widely considered a feminist classic. She is also a painter and a tapestry designer.
Free entrance
J'EXTSTE (FOUTEZ-MOI LA PAIX) a play by Pierre Notte From the 26th until the 29th of May
Certaines questions méritent d'être posées. 'Pourquoi je ne suis pas Catherine Deneuve ?', se demande une jeune femme qui attend beaucoup de la vie. N'a-t-elle pas le droit elle aussi d'être une star ? D'ailleurs elle chante plutôt bien. Oui, mais elle n'est pas Catherine Deneuve. Aussi envisage-t-elle le suicide. Puis se ravise : elle pourrait se faire mal en attentant à ses jours. Elle choisit donc la prostitution. Le sexe, c'est moins risqué. Sauf que le trottoir, ce n'est pas vraiment ce qu'elle imaginait... Et de songer à nouveau à se jeter par la fenêtre. Voilà qu'elle rencontre Jean-Paul Sartre, lequel s'obstine à l'appeler Simone. Pas d'accord, elle décide finalement d'être elle-même.
De Pierre Notte , Mise en scène de Pierre Notte, Avec Marie Notte, Pierre Notte accompagnés de Paul-Marie Barbier
Prix 15000LL - 25000LL - 35000L
the theatre
Al Madina Theatre aims to represent a milestone for the Lebanese in the cultural and political development of the country.Founded by Nidal Al Achkar in 1994, Al Madina Theatre developed into the Al Madina Theatre Association for Arts and Culture in March 2005.Since the Lebanese government does not have a system of subvention, the Al Madina Theatre Association for Arts and Culture was founded on private and institutional donations from the Lebanese and Arab world as a non-profit Association.Al Madina Theatre aims to promote dialogue and to create a space of free expression for all issues facing the Lebanese and Arab societies.It is a multidisciplinary platform bringing together artists, writers and intellectuals to present their work.In addition to plays and performances, Al Madina Theatre organizes exhibitions, screens movies (ciné-club), and hosts cultural events such as conferences, seminars, lectures, book signatures, workshops, etc.History of the placeNidal Al Achkar established the current Al Madina Theatre Association for Arts and Culture (March 2005) after renovating a historic cinema in Beirut (Saroulla Cinema) built in the late sixties, abandoned during the entire period of the Lebanese civil war.Numerous donations were collected for the centre’s renovation work. the premises One large theatre (450 places)One small theatre (110 places)Joan Littlewood’s workshop spaceSaaallah Wannous’s workshop space Members, coordinators Mrs Nidal Al Ashkar - Founder, Animator and President Mrs May Jounblat - Vice President Sarah Salem - Representative of the associationOusama Al Aref - Member, Legal department of the associationMona Knio - Artistic director Nagy Souraty - Artistic directorJamal Toukan - General accountant Soha Boustany - Member Gerard Khatcharian - MemberKhaled Naim - Member Jessy Kossaify - MemberOmar Khoury - Member Maria Hibri - MemberHoda Baroudi - MemberRana Bohsali - MemberLouay Ramadan - Secretary of the TheatreMohamad Farhat - Chief technicianSalah Issa - Reservation and Box OfficeHassan Saleh - Formal affairsAli Farhat - Usher
Al Madina Theatre aims to represent a milestone for the Lebanese in the cultural and political development of the country.
Founded by Nidal Al Achkar in 1994, Al Madina Theatre developed into the Al Madina Theatre Association for Arts and Culture in March 2005.
Since the Lebanese government does not have a system of subvention, the Al Madina Theatre Association for Arts and Culture was founded on private and institutional donations from the Lebanese and Arab world as a non-profit Association.
Al Madina Theatre aims to promote dialogue and to create a space of free expression for all issues facing the Lebanese and Arab societies.
It is a multidisciplinary platform bringing together artists, writers and intellectuals to present their work.
In addition to plays and performances, Al Madina Theatre organizes exhibitions, screens movies (ciné-club), and hosts cultural events such as conferences, seminars, lectures, book signatures, workshops, etc.
History of the place
Nidal Al Achkar established the current Al Madina Theatre Association for Arts and Culture (March 2005) after renovating a historic cinema in Beirut (Saroulla Cinema) built in the late sixties, abandoned during the entire period of the Lebanese civil war.
Numerous donations were collected for the centre’s renovation work.
the premises
One large theatre (450 places)
One small theatre (110 places)
Joan Littlewood’s workshop space
Saaallah Wannous’s workshop space
Members, coordinators
Mrs Nidal Al Ashkar - Founder, Animator and President
Mrs May Jounblat - Vice President
Sarah Salem - Representative of the association
Ousama Al Aref - Member, Legal department of the association
Mona Knio - Artistic director
Nagy Souraty - Artistic director
Jamal Toukan - General accountant
Soha Boustany - Member
Gerard Khatcharian - Member
Khaled Naim - Member
Jessy Kossaify - Member
Omar Khoury - Member
Maria Hibri - Member
Hoda Baroudi - Member
Rana Bohsali - Member
Louay Ramadan - Secretary of the Theatre
Mohamad Farhat - Chief technician
Salah Issa - Reservation and Box Office
Hassan Saleh - Formal affairs
Ali Farhat - Usher
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nidal al achkar
Nidal Al Achkar is a Lebanese artist, born in Dick El-Mehdi, North Metn, married to Mr. Fouad Naïm (journalist and painter) and mother of Omar and Khaled Naïm.
She played a leading role in launching the theatre movement specifically, and culture generally, in Lebanon and the Arab world, with the aim of renewing its horizons, its dialect and its instruments.
An actor and director, Nidal Al Achkar graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA).
A cultural provocateur to the core, she founded with a group of artists “The Beirut Theatre Workshop” in 1966; it was a period of splendor for the ground-break in theatre movement in Lebanon, lasting until the outbreak of the civil war in the mid-70s, and producing tens of plays which shook and provoked Lebanese society because they dealt boldly with contemporary social, political and regional issues.
In the mid-80s, Nidal El Achkar established from Amman, Jordan, the “Arab Actors” theatre company; it was the first troupe to comprise artists from 13 Arab countries. The Actors” took its craft to many countries in the region, crowning its tours in London’s Royal Albert Hall.
She trained and worked with Joan Littlewood in Tunis, London and Paris; her encounter with Joan Littlewood changed her life and career.
She contributed through her theatrical body of work to transforming Lebanese theatre from its elitism to a more accessible and popular form. Meeting this major challenge bestowed on Nidal Al Achkar’s work the quality of contemporariness, of daring and of ever improving standards. She added grace, strength, and creativity through her distinctive performances in a number of important Lebanese and Arab T.V. productions. This led her to occupy a preeminent position among the established artistic and cultural personalities in Lebanon and the Arab world.
Nidal Al Achkar livened up Arab poetry with several innovative recitals, and promoted verse as a popular and dramatic tool to communicate with a wide public. She took this innovative art form to most Arab and European countries, as well as to the Americas, initially as a solo performer, and later accompanied by famous actors, musicians and singers. She participated in many lectures, discussions, conferences, and seminars concerning cultural, social, political and gender issues as well as the arts.
She has received numerous national and international honors, most notably by the French Government, as a Knight of Arts and Letters, in 1997.
She founded a cultural establishment, Al Madina Theatre (Masrah Al Madina), in 1994, which developed into Al Madina Theatre Association for Arts and Culture in Marsh 2005.
Nidal Al Achkar is currently General Manager, founder and animator of Al Madina Theatre Association for Arts and Culture, which she founded after renovating an historic cinema in Beirut and made it available to Lebanese civil society.
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Al Madina Theatre Assiciation for Arts and Culture
Saroulla Bldg, Hamra street
Beirut, Lebanon
T: +961 1 75 30 10 / 11
F: +961 1 75 30 12
