PARTICIPANT CALL OUT: COMMUNITY THEATRE OPPORTUNITY

Fri 28 February, 14:00

Are you interested in storytelling and from an Arab background? Seenaryo looking for adult participants with an Arab/SWANA background living in London to participate in the creation of an original play, which will be performed at Grand Junction in June 2025 as part of Shubbak Festival.

Ibn Battuta’s Travels is a wide-scale theatre production bringing together communities from across the Arab region and its diaspora to tell a theatre epic in 5 episodes, across 5 countries: Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt and the UK.

Participants will rehearse twice a week from the end of March until the performances on 4 and 5 June. You must be able to attend rehearsals at Grand Junction on Saturday afternoons and Thursday evenings during this time period.

You do not need any previous theatre experience to take part! If you are interested, come along to one of the info sessions taking place on 22 February (2 – 5pm) and 28 February (2 – 4pm) to find out more.

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نبحث عن مشاركين\ات بالغين\ات من المناطق العربية ومنطقتي جنوب غرب آسيا وشمال أفريقيا يعيشون في لندن للانضمام إلى العرض (“رحلات ابن بطوطة”). سيتدرب المشاركون مرتين في الأسبوع من نهاية شهر آذار حتى موعد العروض يومي ٤ و٥ حزيران. يجب أن تكون متاحًا لحضور التدريبات بعد ظهر السبت ومساء الخميس خلال هذه الفترة

رحلات ابن بطوطة هو إنتاج مسرحي واسع النطاق يجمع مجتمعات من جميع أنحاء المنطقة العربية وشتاتها، ليروي ملحمة مسرحية من ٥ حلقات، عبر ٥ دول: لبنان، الأردن، فلسطين، مصر، والمملكة المتحدة. سيتم ابتكار الحلقة الأولى من المسرحية والتدرّب عليها في لندن، مع عرضين في شهر حزيران ٢٠٢٥ كجزء من مهرجان شبّاك (أكبر مهرجان للثقافة العربية المعاصرة في المملكة المتحدة)

ستقام التدريبات والعروض في “غراند جانكتشون” بالقرب من محطة “رويال اوك” في غرب لندن

لا تحتاج إلى أي خبرة مسرحية سابقة للمشاركة!

إذا كنت مهتمًا\ة، انضم\ي إلى إحدى جلسات التعريف التي ستقام يومي ٢٢ و٢٨ شهر شباط لمعرفة المزيد. يرجى الإشارة أدناه إلى اليوم الذي تفضله\ينه

This is a Seenaryo production in partnership with Shubbak Festival and Grand Junction

SEENARYO

Participatory theatre and play can transform an individual’s sense of agency. They gain the power to shape their own narrative and expand what is possible, individually but also through collective action. Working in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine, Seenaryo uses theatre and play to support people to heal, lead and learn. We co-create performances with under-served communities, train future leaders and transform classrooms through play.

Reaching 155,000 children, youth and women since 2015, Seenaryo won the Arts, Culture & Heritage prize at the 2023 UK Charity Awards, received a 2023 Innovation Award from TheirWorld and was one of Expo 2020 Dubai’s 120 Global Innovators.

Seenaryo.org

 

SHUBBAK FESTIVAL

Shubbak (meaning ‘window’ in Arabic) supports and celebrates the diversity of Arab and South West Asian & North African (SWANA) artists’ creativity and innovation through its professional, participatory and engagement programmes, national touring and biennial multi-artform festival. Working nationally and internationally, we commission, initiate and develop projects that encourage a wide range of creative approaches in an artist-centred, audience focused process.

Shubbak Festival is Europe’s largest biennial festival of contemporary Arab cultures, bringing new and unexpected voices alongside established artists to London every two years.

Shubbak.co.uk