Trouf: Scenes from 75* Years is an evolutionary play.
A man sunbathes in the shadow of a tank; another desperately tries to buy an onion before curfew. A musician returns to his childhood home, and the queues reverberate to the rhythm of Hedi Jouini and Um Khultoum.
Trouf: Scenes from 75* Years explores another side to life in Palestine, and Tunisia, the stories you don’t see on the news, gathered and discovered by playwright Hannah Khalil from family and the diasporic community alike. Threaded together, these scenes give voice to over 30 characters, in settings from 1948 up to the present day, all asking the question ‘what is it like to live under occupation, or in post-revolution turmoil, where space is always contested?’
The play began life as Scenes from 68* Years at the Arcola Theatre in 2016, to critical acclaim and sold out audiences. Khalil’s text has since evolved through a series of collaborations with Tunisian artists to create a freshly minted text for this UK premiere.
Co-directed by Chris White and Ghazi Zaghbani.
A L’artisto and Nabeul Performing Arts Centre co-production.
Original production supported by the British Council, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, and the A. M. Qattan Foundation.
Post-show Q&A led by Playwright Hannah Khalil on Thursday 6 July - free to ticket holders.
USEFUL INFORMATION
Estimated running time
95 minutes
Performance times
19.30
Ticket prices
Pay What You Can (recommended price £8)
Concession
Full-time students, those aged under 16, senior citizens, the unwaged, members of Equity and BECTU
Access
Theatro Technis is fully wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There is a Loop system fitted in the main auditorium. If you have any questions or specific requests, please email boxoffice@theatrotechnis.com.
References to violence and sexual violence, occasional loud sounds