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REFLECTION


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Reflection


Basel Zaraa 'Dear Laila'

Memories of a Home: An Intimate Journey Through Loss and Resistance of a Palestinian Family


[cancelled] BREAKFASTCLUB #6

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Katy Baird 'Get off'

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Benny Claessens 'White Flag'

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Laurence Roothooft, Suze Milius 'SHE'

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Rosie Sommers & Micha Goldberg 'GERMAN STAATSTHEATER'

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CANCELLED: Mette Ingvartsen 'Skatepark'

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Brian Lobel with Gweneth-Ann Rand '24 Italian Songs & Arias'

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Milo Rau 'Medea's Children'

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Double bill: Francesca Grilli 'Record' & Sesa 'Spoken Word'

Performance on adolescence, between courage and isolation & spoken word performance


Basel Zaraa 'Dear Laila'

Memories of a Home: An Intimate Journey Through Loss and Resistance of a Palestinian Family

Dear Laila 10
  • Tue 09.04 – 12:00 – DE VOORUIT - Studio Groot
  • Wed 10.04 – 12:00 – DE VOORUIT - Studio Groot
  • Thu 11.04 – 12:00 – DE VOORUIT - Studio Groot
  • Fri 12.04 – 12:00 – DE VOORUIT - Studio Groot
  • Sat 13.04 – 12:00 – DE VOORUIT - Studio Groot

Winner of ZKB Prize Audience Award 2023

Dear Laila, you are five now and have star­ted to ask me whe­re I grew up, and why we can’t go the­re. This is me trying to give you an answer.”

The see­ds of Dear Laila’ were plan­ted when Basel’s five-year-old daugh­ter began to ask him about his home gro­wing up. Unable to take her the­re, he deci­ded he would try to bring the pla­ce to her, by cre­a­ting a model of his child­hood home in Yarmouk Palestinian refu­gee camp in Damascus.
Dear Laila’ sha­res the Palestinian expe­rien­ce of dis­pla­ce­ment and resis­tan­ce through the sto­ry of one fami­ly, explo­ring how war and exi­le are expe­rien­ced through the eve­ry­day, the domestic, and the public spa­ce. Dear Laila’ uses the retel­ling of memo­ries and tac­ti­le details to bring this now dest­roy­ed pla­ce to life.

An inti­ma­te, inter­ac­ti­ve instal­la­ti­on expe­rien­ced by one audien­ce mem­ber at a time. Choose a time fra­me bet­ween 12 pm and 7:40 pm when buying a tic­ket.

8/15 min/​English
VIERNULVIER, Studio Groot