Directors Lab Mediterranean

Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab: Not a Eulogy But a Celebration For 25 years, this hugely influential program welcomed directors from all over the world to compare work and share practices. Is it really over?

Day 8th workshop "Composition of unaware and involuntary movement" by Benedetto Sicca.

Visiting Zoukak Theatre.

Founded in 2006 and dedicated to theatre practice as a social and political involvement, with a belief in theatre as a space for common reflection against marginalizing systems. The theatre group also founded and runs Zoukak Studio, a multidisciplinary performance and training space based in Beirut, and Zoukak Sidewalks - The Festival, a platform for artistic exchange that takes place every two years in the studio and in various venues around the city.

Zoukak Theatre Company

Day 7th workshop "Resisting the urge to perform" by Olive Pascha.

Special guest of the 7th day was Lina Abyad, director and professor of Theater Arts, she has directed more than 30 plays, and in 2011, received the Mellon Award by the American University of Beirut for producing the play. “Tea with Biscuits in Prison”. In 2013, she received the “Prize of his Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qassimi” for the “Dictator”, as best theatrical work for the year.

Day 6th workshop "Theatre of the oppressed" by Maria Varnakkidou.

Visiting Sunflower Theatre guided by Karim Daroub from KHAYAL, a Cooperative Lebanese Association for Arts & Education founded in 2004 as the extension and expansion of the Lebanese Puppet Theatre experience. The name “KHAYAL” has a two-fold meaning in Arabic: “imagination” and “shadow”, which describes the association’s creative approach and reflects the connection to shadow theatre which was a primary form of expression in the Arab theatre.

4th day of the lab workshop "Free associations" by Paolo Costantini.

5th day workshop "Syory structure" with Gregory Bonsignore at Hammana Artist House.

Hiking on the mountain with the bird watcher Wilderness Hammana.