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Al Madina Theatre and 7 Hills Production
Present
DANTE’S INFERNO
WHERE: Al Madina Theatre, Hamra
WHEN: Friday November 16, 2012 at 8.30pm sharp
Saturday November 17, 2012 at 8.30pm sharp
Written by: Dante Alighieri
Directed by: Omar Moujaes
Tickets sold at 15,000 L.L and 10,000 L.L.
Tickets are to be collected from the Ticket Booth at 3.30pm - 8.30pm in Al Madina Theatre
For more information about tickets please contact +961 1 753010 or +961 1 753 011
Synopsis
Dante’s Inferno is a theatrical adaptation of the infamous Italian text. Dante Alighieri wrote The Divine Comedy between 1308 and 1321, which included three poems: Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. In this adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, Dante struggles to regain his faith and find absolution. He encounters a shade of Virgil, one of the most famous Roman poets at the time of Augustus, who tells him that he must travel the nine layers of hell in order to reach his beloved Beatrice, who resides in Paradiso. Through his journey, Dante discovers many tribulations from his past, which might affect his voyage and stop him from reaching the love of his life.
This theatrical adaptation of Inferno was first staged in the Gulbenkian theatre at the Lebanese American University in August 2012. Dante’s Inferno involves eight performers who constantly take on new characters within the abyss. The performance involves extreme physical movements and handling of props and mechanisms on stage, including singing and choreography.
Directed by Omar Moujaes, who graduated recently from the Lebanese American University in Beirut. In 2011, he co-produced and co-directed an adaptation of the film Moulin Rouge. It was staged during August 2011 at LAU and in December 2011, the play was once more staged at AUB.
Please find the link below to Omar's testimony on Theatre of the Edge. Omar has acted in Post Fight Dissonances and is an active member of Agonistik for performing arts.
http://didaskalosaghonistikos.blogspot.com/2011/05/they-hereby-confessed-and-testified.html
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