Date: June 13, 2024

Venue: Bloomsbury Theatre and Studio

Address: 15 Gordon St, London WC1H 0AH

Time: 20:00

This unmissable comedy monodrama will take the London stage for the very first time, as part of Arts of Lebanon Festival (ALiF).

The sole heroine on stage, Anjo Rihane plays three different women from the southern village of “Nabatiyeh,” as she recounts her hopes and disappointments in the comic drama “Moujadarra Hamra.”

Living in the southern suburbs of the city Maryam, Fatmeh and Souad—the three women—share their experiences about all the familiar topics from marriage, divorce and kids to food and immigration, while also bringing up the important conversation of violence against women and the male chauvinist mindset with a lighthearted and carefree touch. The show alternates between different characters’ dialogues as we delve into their personal lives and experiences.

Maryam, an educated woman who moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a writer while enjoying the liberties of the city, falls in love with and marries Bassem, a southern-born Lebanese guy. Fatmeh, a widow, asks her late husband if he is okay with her getting married again ten years after his passing. Souad, the third character, personifies the southern woman who is crushed beneath her husband’s cruel authority. Constantly battered

by her husband, Souad chooses to heed her mother’s advice that the only way to a man’s heart is his stomach.

Written and directed by Yahya Jaber, “Moujadarra Hamra” has gained a reputation for its witty humour and engaging storytelling: After five years of entertaining audiences in Lebanon and across the Arabic-speaking world, this unmissable comedy monodrama will take the London stage for the very first time, as part of Arts of Lebanon Festival (ALiF).

The show is performed in Arabic with no translation.

This show is brought to you by AM Management and Marsm

This performance will be filmed by the artist’s production team. By purchasing a ticket you consent to being filmed.