Riding on a Cloud (2016)
Produced by
Presented by
Playwright: Rabih Mroué
Director: Rabih Mroué
Venue
The Theatre Centre – Franco Boni Theatre
Run
January 14th, 2016 – January 16th, 2016
Synopsis
Actor, director, and playwright Rabih Mroué investigates the personal and political legacy of conflict and trauma in Riding
on a Cloud. Intertwining fiction and non-fiction, his brother Yasser Mroué appears on stage as himself, recounting memories from his
experience of being shot in the head during the Lebanese Civil War. Suffering from aphasia, Yasser was left with the ability to recognize
people and things in front of him, but not in images. On his doctor’s advice, Yasser created videos as therapy, in an attempt to recover his understanding of the relationship between reality and representation. Yasser’s videos fuse with his recounted memories on stage to offer a captivating reflection on the subjective nature of creating narrative. (thisisprogress.ca)
Cast
| Yasser Mroué | Performer |
Creative Team
| Rabih Mroué | Playwright |
| Rabih Mroué | Director |
| Sarmad Louis | Collaborator |
| Petra Serhal | Assistant |
Production
| Ziad Nawfal | English Translator |
