PURGATORY

2015

SYNOPSIS

IT IS A BODILY JOURNEY, AN OUTWARD OR INTERNAL OBSERVATION OF BATTLES, ON A MULTIPLE SCALE: WORLD, COUNTRY, OR A PERSONAL CONFLICT. THE COLLECTIVE DELIRIUM ACCOMPANIES THE METAMORPHOSES OF THE MIND AND BODY OF THE PURGATORY CITIZEN.

NO PUNISHMENT!

THE CITIZENS OF THE PURGATORY ARE ANIMALS.THE FIRST MYTHICAL FUNCTION OF ANIMALS IS OF PSYCHOPOMPS, WHICH MEAN SOUL GUIDES, THE CONDUCTORS OF THE SOULS OF THE DEAD IN THE NIGHT.THE CREATED SPACES IN THE PURGATORY REPRESENT THE MONOLITHS AS UNCONSCIOUS IMAGES OF THE CORRUPT BODIES. EVOLUTION REQUIRES A UNION OF THE CHORUS, UNION OF EMOTIONAL MEMORY, COLLECTIVE EMOTIONS. TO BECOME BETTER HUMANS, AND RECONSIDER OUR RELATIONSHIP TO OTHERS.

CREDITS

Direction and scenography

Lena Osseyran

PERFORMED BY

Stephanie Kayal
Lena Osseyran
Marie Therese Ghosn
Bassam Abou Diab
Zakaria Kaakour
George Hazim

Guest appearancE

CHUKRI SOUEIDI

Light designer

SARI MUSTAFA

Photos and videos

GEORGES HAZIM

In the framework of Theater diploma
at the Lebanese University
faculty of Fine Arts Branch II

Supported by

Le Tournesol Theater, Beyrouth

PERFORMED AT

Le Tournesol Theater, and Al Madina Theater

PRESS & MEDIA