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