BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9557@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240719T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240720T210000 DTSTAMP:20240624T161245Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/unity-theatre-liverpool-arab-art s-festival-chambers-of-the-heart/ SUMMARY:Unity Theatre: Unity Theatre: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival: Chamber s of the Heart DESCRIPTION:\nChambers of the Heart\n\n\n\n\nFriday 19 July\, 7:30 pm - 9:0 0 pmUnity Theatre\n£15\nBook Tickets\n\nSaturday 20 July\, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm\nUnity Theatre\n£15\nBook Tickets\n\nThree women confront love\, desi re and memory in stories spanning East and West in the first staged perfor mance of Chambers of the Heart.\n\nNewly divorced and adjusting to living alone in lockdown\, 30-something Yasmine turns to online dating but there is something oddly familiar about who she meets.\n\nReem is a Syrian refug ee in her early 40s fleeing her country but unable to let go of the memory of an unrequited love.\n\nMother is in her early 70s and reluctant to be on stage as she is interrogated by her son who is trying to unlock the pas t.\n\nWritten by Hassan Abdulrazzak\, directed by Sepy Baghaei and perf ormed by Laila Alj\, this work will debut as a staged performance at Liv erpool Arab Arts Festival. \n\nLaila Alj\nLaila is a London-based Morocca n performer. She is also a steering group member of MENA Arts UK. Theatre credits include: All’s Well That Ends Well (RSC)\, Hakawatis (Globe Theatre)\, Trouf/Scenes from *71 Years (L’Artisto/Centre Culturel Néa polis)\, French Without Tears (Orange Tree Theatre)\, A Night in Proven ce (Mill at Sonning)\, Ignorance (Hampstead Theatre). Screen credits in clude: Landscapers (HBO)\, FBI International (CBS)\, Ten Percent (Am azon)\, Homeland (Fox)\, Casualty (BBC). Radio includes: French Like Faïza\, Lullaby\, Girls of Riyadh.\nHassan Abdulrazzak\nHassan Abdulraz zak’s plays include The Special Relationship (Soho Theatre\, 2020)\,  And Here I Am (Arcola Theatre\, 2017 and touring)\, Love\, Bombs and App les (Arcola Theatre\, 2016 and UK tour\; Golden Thread\, San Francisco\, 2018 followed by a second UK tour\; Kennedy Centre\, Washington DC\, 2019) \, The Prophet (Gate theatre\, 2012) and Baghdad Wedding (Soho\nTheatr e\, London 2007\; BBC Radio 3\, 2008\; Belvoir St Theatre\, Sydney 2009\; Akvarious productions\, Delhi &\; Mumbai 2010). Hassan has translated n umerous Arabic plays. He is the recipient of George Devine\, Meyer-Whitwor th\, Pearson theatre awards as well as the Arab British Centre Award for C ulture. www.abdulrazzak.weebly.com\nSepy Baghaei\nSepy Baghaei is an Iran ian-Australian theatre director based in London. Selected credits include: As director: Sokhan Begoo (Royal Court)\; Habibti Driver (Octagon Theatre )\; Mycorrhiza\, Little Women\, Wilde Tales\, and Citizen (The Space)\; Re : Memory (Old 505 Theatre)\; Grimm Tales (City of Sydney Library). As asso ciate director: The Boy With Two Hearts (National Theatre/Wales Millennium Centre). As staff/assistant director: Manor (National Theatre)\; Once Upo n A Time In Nazi Occupied Tunisia (Almeida)\; Welcome To Iran (Theatre Roy al Stratford East/National Theatre)\; Reasons To Stay Alive (Sheffield The atres/English Touring Theatre)\; Othello (English Touring Theatre)\; As Yo u Like It (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre).\nFurther event information:\ n\nSuitable for 16 years and above.\n\nThe performance is 70 minutes and w ill feature a Q&\;A with the creative team after a short intermission.\ n\nVenue:\n\nUnity Theatre\, 1 Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\n\n\n\n\nTi ckets &\; Booking information for all Liverpool Arab Arts Festival even ts can be found here: https://www.arabartsfestival.com/2024-festival/here:   ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/06/Chambers-of-the-Heart-banner-1920x600-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Performance LOCATION:Unity Theatre\, Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, Unit ed Kingdom GEO:53.400829;-2.971716 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Unity Theatre :geo:53.400829,-2.971716 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR