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ROOF FASTENER.
How far can you run in five minutes?
Written by Palestinian writer and actress Khawla Ibraheem, and directed by Ali Haydar Çataltepe, and... Featuring a solo performance by Nihal Yalçın. brought to the stage; staged; performed. Roof Installation. This is a powerful narrative that vividly portrays how war disrupts everyday life. The game, named after the "warning shots" fired before bombings to clear buildings, giving residents only a few minutes to escape, revolves around Maryam, who lives in Gaza, and her relentless practice drills as she tries to save her son.
What can fit in a bag? How far can a person run in five minutes? How does time pass when you feel the weight of a child in your arms? As the war continues, Maryam's life increasingly becomes a series of repeated drills, preparing for a potential attack. Every day is spent preparing for a disaster that hasn't yet happened, and time becomes a confusing cycle where the uncertainty of waiting blends with the frantic preparations for escape.
This play, which blends humor with tension and juxtaposes the mundane with disaster, reminds us that the lives lost in war are not just numbers, but represent individual struggles for survival. Following its success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it was subsequently staged at the New York Theatre Workshop and the Royal Court Theatre. Roof Installation.It is considered one of the most compelling solo plays in contemporary theater, bringing to the stage the story of humanity that lies behind grand political narratives, all through the lens of a mother's everyday life.
Warning: This game contains themes of war, violence, and potentially disturbing psychological content.
FACT THEATER.
+16
DRAM
95 minutes.
CREDITS/DETAILS/INFORMATION.
Written by: Khawla Ibraheem
Directed by: Ali Haydar Çataltepe.
Starring: Nihal Yalçın.
Text improved by: Oliver Butler.
Translated by: Arya Akkutlu
Playwright: Ferdi Çetin.
Assistant Director: Dilara Vural.
Lighting Design: Eren Uğurhan.
Music Design: Can Birben.
Posters and Photographs: İdil Sezgin.
Production: FACT THEATRE.
Co-producer: Nihal Yalçın.
Assistant Director: Yelda Kardaş Ayfer.
