Mute

This experimental theatre piece by the Kuwaiti director and playwright Sulayman Al Bassam examines that brief moment of silence that followed the Beirut port explosion of 2020. Produced with actress Hala Omran and the band Two or The Dragon, the performance blends music and singing with prose and audiovisual elements. A wide departure from the norms of Arab theatre, the play’s structure is likened by Abou El Fetouh to that of a poem.

Mute has won awards at the Carthage Theatre Festival and the Cairo International Experimental Theatre Festival. Part of Sharjah Art Foundation’s Perform Sharjah programme, Mute is co-presented by the Sharjah Performing Arts Academy.