Ahmed El Attar present "Salma, Mon Amour"
Salma belongs to a rich Egyptian family. Her brother, Karim, is about to marry his American fiancée, a marriage that will officialise a commercial agreement between the two families’ companies. But, after 7 October, the situation in the region becomes unstable and the wedding has to be postponed, to the family’s dismay. With Salma, Mon Amour, Ahmed El Attar explores the world of those who feel untouched by history. A master at blending genres, the Egyptian playwright renders the chaos and uncertainty of this winded world, asking what life we can return to when our world has been burnt to ash. Who pays the price of violence and inhumanity? What happens after horror, destruction, and trauma?
Distribution
With Ramsi Lehner, Lela Magdy, Nanda Mohammad, Kawthar Mohsen, Salah Morad, Mostafa Shaker
Text and direction Ahmed El Attar
Music and video Hassan Khan
Set design and costumes Hussein Baydoun
Lighting Charlie Aström
Direction assistantship Teymour El Attar, Lina Sakr
Stage manager Ahmed Ashmawy
Stage operator Loulwa Dora
Video operator Teymour El Attar
Lighting operator Saber El Sayed
Surtitle Lina Sakr
Administration, production, distribution Jean Vinet
Visual Hana Gamal
Photos of the show Mostafa Abdel Atty
Visual design Myriam Ebeid
Communication Nour Tarek
Production
Production Orient productions (Cairo)
Coproduction MC93 - Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis (Bobigny), Mixt Nantes, Festival d’Avignon, Scène nationale du Sud-Aquitain (Bayonne), Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles
Avec le soutien de Arab Arts Focus Association (AAF), FSAA (Fonds de soutien aux Arts Arabes)
Avec l’aide de Falaki theater at the American University in Cairo
Résidence Studio Emad Eddin (Cairo)
Remerciements Isabelle Fauvel, Menha El Batrawi, Safa Beitawi.
Presented in partnership with France Médias Monde
