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They won't even know we won this game. Only you and I will know
that we Topped Their Love. Love has no limits for the Diggs
siblings: there's nothing that seventeen-year-old Jude won't do to
keep her younger brother Acton safe. Growing up in the turbulence
of 1970s America, Jude works nights and weekends to pay the bills,
just so that they can stay together with their mother. But when
Acton's troublesome pals form a club in their basement, a foolish
game threatens to upend Jude's plans and derail their lives
forever. Jude will do anything to protect her brother, but someone
may have to pay the price. As trust and loyalty are put on the
line, hindsight proves devastating in Naomi Wallace's riveting
drama. The Breach opened at Hampstead Theatre, London, in May 2022.
You haven't asked, but yes, you both may stay in our house for the
time being. And use our things. I figure it'll take a war to settle
it all. A compelling story of two families - one Palestinian, one
Israeli - forced by history into an intimacy they didn't choose. In
1948, Palestinian couple Said and Safiyya fled their home during
the Nakba. Now, in the aftermath of the 1967 Six Day War, the
borders are open for the first time in twenty years, and they dare
to return to their home in Haifa. They are ready to find someone
else living where they once did, but nothing can prepare them for
the encounter they both desire and dread with the son they had to
leave behind. Ghassan Kanafani's classic novella Returning to Haifa
has been adapted for the stage by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi.
The play premiered at the Finborough Theatre, London, in February
2018 to coincide with the seventieth anniversaries of both the
Nakba or 'catastrophe' - the mass dispossession of the Palestinians
in 1948 - and the foundation of the State of Israel. '[Returning to
Haifa] offers a moving confrontation between two sets of displaced
people and an utterly unsentimental exploration of the complexities
of home, history and parenthood... its call for reciprocal
awareness and acknowledgement of past injustice seems more
necessary than ever.' Guardian '...As quietly shattering as it is
gently complex.' WhatsOnStage 'The adaptation demonstrates the
control power and pain exert over individual lives.' Upcoming 'An
electrifying eighty minutes of theatre...The beauty of the writing
lies in the amalgam of the political and the personal; the
connection between individual and global struggles.' Spy In The
Stalls 'Kanafani's parable of this contested land is even-handed
enough to explore the agony of both the exiled Palestinian couple
and the Jewish widow...and to empathize with all of them.' Jewish
Renaissance 'Returning to Haifa is a beautiful and important play
portraying the personal tragedies created because of much bigger
acts between humans.' Exeunt Magazine
Due to the enormous--and ever-growing--interest in Palestinian
plays around the world, "Inside/Outside" brings together six
dynamic Palestinian playwrights from both Occupied Palestine and
the Diaspora, making it the very first collection of its kind.
These plays take on Palestinian history and culture with
irreverence, humor, and, above all, an electrifying creativity.
This anthology will be a vital contribution to world theater,
introducing six political, social, and culturally relevant plays by
Palestinian authors living inside the country, and those of descent
living outside: "Handala" adapted by Abdelfattah Abusrour; "603" by
Imad Farajin; "Keffiyeh/Made in China" by Dalia Taha; "Plan D" by
Hannah Khalil; "Tennis in Nablus" by Ismail Khalidi; and
"Territories" by Betty Shamieh.
Naomi Wallace's award-winning plays, which include "One Flea
Spare" and "The Fever Chart," are produced in the United States and
around the world. Wallace is a recipient of an Obie Award, the
MacArthur Fellowship, and the inaugural Windham Campbell prize for
drama in 2013.
Ismail Khalidi is a playwright and poet. His plays include
"Tennis in Nablus," "Truth Serum Blues," and "Sabra Falling."
Celebrating 10 years of the London New Play Festival, featuring six
plays: Wild Turkey by Joe Penhall: Two small businessmen struggle
to keep their flagging burger bar afloat, in the face of
increasingly savage and bizarre forces. Everlasting Rose by Judy
Upton: Terrified of ageing, a caravan Casanova changes wives every
decade, until a woman of the 90's challenges his routine.
Strindberg Knew My Father by Mark Jenkins: Life becomes farce as
Strindberg loses control over his characters while writing 'Miss
Julie'. In the Fields of Aceldama by Naomi Wallace: When their only
child dies in an accident, Mattie and Henry draw on her spirited
past to find the strength to go on. Two Horsemen by Biyi Bandele:
Baja and Langbaja trade stories about life, sex and god in a
run-down shack. Will their stories sustain them, or trap them
forever? Maison Splendide by Laura Bridgetman: House-sitting for
gangsters, Honey and Moon enact a 'let's pretend' lesbian white
wedding, parodying suburban customs.
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