Gaza. A mother and her family receive a courtesy call: “You have 58 seconds to leave your home before an explosion. Run.” From this point on, we travel backwards through time, through a siege spanning 2000 years.
by Suvendrini Lena | A Theatre Passe Muraille and Aluna Theatre co-production world premiere Playing February 25 to March 19, 2023 Gaza. A mother and her family receive a courtesy call: “You have 58 seconds to leave your home before an explosion. Run.” From this point on, we travel backwards through time, through a siege spanning 2000 years. In a theatre, broken but not abandoned, hear the voice of late Palestinian National Poet Mahmoud Darwish, and examine the urgent question: what is the meaning of poetry in the midst of war? What is our responsibility as we read, write, hear, and witness the survival of the human spirit in poetry?
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can-Afford (PWYCA) at $10, $30, $60
Phone: 416-504-7529
Email: info@passemuraille.on.ca
2023/02/25 - 2023/03/18
Theatre Passe Muraille
16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2P3
The play is in English with English captions available.