TWO SUSPENDED WOMEN

"TWO SUSPENDED WOMEN" IS A BLACK COMEDY THAT ASPIRES TO BE THE MEETING POINT BETWEEN REALISM AND ABSURDITY IN A LANGUAGE THAT BLENDS SARCASM, EXISTENTIAL CONCEPTS, AND THE AESTHETIC OF POETRY.
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THE THEATRICAL WORK DEPICTS A SPACE WHERE THE CONDITIONS OF REALITY HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED INSIDE AN ELEVATOR THAT BORROWS HUMAN QUALITIES AND TRIES TO GET AWAY IN TIME, IN THE GUTS OF TWO WOMEN PHYSICALLY STUCK IN THE BOWELS OF THE ELEVATOR ABOVE THE GROUND, AND IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSIONS AT A STAGE. IN THIS CONTEXT, WE HAVE SOUGHT TO ILLUMINATE THE BEHAVIOR OF MANY INTERACTIONS AND CHARGED DIALOGUES BETWEEN TWO WOMEN WHO ARE UNAWARE OF EACH OTHER. TRAPPED IN A NARROW SPACE WHILE WAITING IN VAIN, THEY FACE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEANING AND UTILITY OF EXISTENCE AND THE STUBBORNNESS OF FATE IN THE FACE OF THEIR WISHES.

THE WORK SEEKS TO DEEPEN THE TWO CHARACTERS' EXPERIENCE IN FRONT OF THE VIEWER AND THE RECIPIENT BY REVIVING PHILOSOPHICAL METAPHORS IN A POETIC SCENE AND PRESENTING THEM AT MULTIPLE LEVELS THAT FALL FROM COMIC REALISM TO SURREALISM.


POETRY AND TEXT BY HASAN MAKHZOUM, DIRECTED BY LENA OSSEYRAN, PERFORMED BY SARA ABDO, YARA ZAKHOUR| JALAL AL SHAAR, TONY FARAH (PERFORMING THE TECHNICIAN) LIGHT DESIGN BY HAGOP DERGHOUGASSIAN, MUSIC DESIGN BY ALI SABBAH, FILMING AND EDITING BY LAYAL AKIKI, CHARBEL SAMMOUR, POSTER DESIGN BY PARABOLAE STUDIOS, PRODUCED BY COLLECTIF DE L'ACT 2019_2020.