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And Here I am

Ahmed Tobasi, Hassan Abdulrazzak & Zoe Lafferty
Photo en noir et blanc de Photo en noir et blanc d'Ahmed Tobasi sur scène entrain de performer. Il porte un débardeur blanc et un   keffieh (écharpe à carreaux noir et blanc) couvre son cou et sa bouche. Tickets
11 – 15.02.2025
And Here I am
Ahmed Tobasi, Hassan Abdulrazzak & Zoe Lafferty
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This dark, bittersweet political comedy traces the journey of Ahmed Tobasi, starting with his childhood in the Jenin refugee camp and culminating in his resilience as a performer on stage. The odyssey of a man searching for his identity and the true meaning of freedom.

Based on the actor Ahmed Tobasi’s personal coming of age story, And Here I am is an epic voyage of identity and self-discovery.

Combining fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy, spanning both the first Palestinian intifada and the second, we follow Tobasi through his transformation from armed resistance fighter to artist, and his journey as a refugee from the West Bank to Norway and back again.

This series of tragicomic episodes is vividly brought to life by award winning writer Hassan Abdlrazzak. transporting us to the heart of the hardships, struggles and contradictions of a young Palestinian man growing up under occupation and his pursuit for the true meaning of freedom.

Photo en noir et blanc d'Ahmed Tobasi sur scène entrain de performer. Il porte un débardeur blanc et un keffieh (écharpe à carreaux noir et blanc) couvre son cou et sa bouche.
Photo d'Ahmed Tobasi sur scène levant le bras vers le public.

PALESTINE

Grande salle

From 14 years old

Show in Arabic and English with French subtitles

Interpretation Ahmed Tobasi
Text Hassan Abdulrazzak
Direction Zoe Lafferty
Stage design and costume Sarah Beaton
Sound creation Max Pappenheim
Lighting creation Andy Purve et Jess Bernberg
Movement Lanre Malaolu
Technical Director Robyn Cross
Traduction Eyas Younis
Vocal coach Amiee Leonard
Technician Moody Kablawi

A production by Oliver King for Developing Artists, in coproduction with The Freedom Theatre | A delegated production by Sens Interdits | With the support of Qattan Foundation, AFAC, ONDAOffice National de Diffusion Artistique.

Cover visual © The Freedom Theatre
Others visuals © JFT Festival

Press Review

Incroyable récit sur son parcours. (…) [Son histoire] trouve le ton juste, oscillant entre l’humour burlesque et la gravité d’une écriture dépouillée.

Igor Hansen-Løve, LES INROCKUPTIBLES
16 October 2023

Il y a beaucoup de cœur et d’humour à l’œuvre dans cette épopée autobiographique, mais derrière cette forme généreuse, pleine de rebondissements, c’est une histoire de survie qui remue.

Samuel Gleyze-Esteban, L’OEIL D’OLIVIER
23 October 2023

Récit à la fois tragique et burlesque de son parcours personnel.

Romain Jeanticou, TÉLÉRAMA
23 October 2023

Remarkable (…) A raw and sharply comic production

Lyn Gardner, THE GUARDIAN
05 July 2017

An absolute treat for the senses (…) Tobasi’s infectious personality let us wanting to see and hear more.

Alan Stuart Malin, NORTH WEST END
12 July 2017