One Night

Set in contemporary Lebanon, One Night follows the journey of Abdulhakim, a young man tortured by the loss of his brother. Dissociated from his homeland and himself, he returns to reckon with the origins and outcomes of violence. Throughout, he is guided, challenged, healed, and rejected by Scheherezade, an apparition of the original story teller of the 1001 Arabian Nights, and the repository of memory for Abdulhakim and his ancestors. Incorporating performance art, storytelling and theatre, One Night interrogates how the stories of the past can inform, transform, heal and render the wounds of the present.

October 11, 2019 at 7:30 PM

About the artist

Yousef Kadoura is a Disabled Lebanese-Canadian actor, writer, and producer as well as a graduate of the Acting program at the National Theatre School of Canada (2017). He was the producer and host of Walking the Space, a podcast series exploring disability in the arts, and was previously the 2018 Curator in Residence at Tangled Art + Disability. Yousef’s recent theatre credits include: Jihad, Eraser, as a part of the Riser Project (2019), Tanjou, Soifs Materiaux at the FTA (2019), and Fifi/Zidan, The Green Line at the Rhubarb festival (2019).

Sebastian Marziali is a Uruguayan-Canadian performer, designer, director, and producer based in Toronto. Most notably he was a part of the Dora nominated ensemble of Modern Times Stage Company and Aluna Theatre’s Blood Weddings. Sebastian also works extensively with Aluna having presented at, and been a core member of the producing team on both the RUTAS panamericanas and CAMINOS Festivals since their inception. When he’s not swapping hats in the theatre Sebastian moonlights as international burlesque performer El Toro. He is super excited to explore and grow as a member of the 2018 Mechanicals at Factory Theatre

Harri Thomas is an Anglo-Canadian non-binary director, dramaturg, and performance maker based between rural and urban Ontario. Founding artistic director of Toronto’s Desiderata Theatre Co, their previous works as a director have included adaptations of classic texts, as well as world play premieres and live art creations. Their work emphasizes the body as the site of both trauma and forgiveness, in relationship to love, the earth, the spirit and society. They is a recent graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s directing program, and the artistic director of The Coppice, a rural art space near Stratford, ON.