A ShiberHur, Young Vic production co-produced with the Bush Theatre and KVS Brussels’. Part of World Stages London
When Abraham returns home from a journey with his son, his wife is troubled by the boy’s state of mind. What took place on the mountain that day is the beginning of a lifetime of suffering for his son and the dawn of a new age for millions.
A haunting and heartbreaking twist on the story of Abraham and Isaac which reminds us that this historic tale of sacrifice began with just one family.
The Beloved marks the return to London of Palestinian theatre company ShiberHur following their acclaimed productions I Am Yusuf and This is My Brother and In the Penal Colony.
Beloved Events (Free to ticket holders)
Post-Show Discussion: Thursday 7 – June
The changing representation of women and feminity on stage
Bush Theatre Artistic Director in conversation with playwright and director Amir Nizar Zuabi
The Beloved is generously supported by Ramez and Tiziana Sousou.Presented with the support of the British Council
Amir Nizar Zuabi recently directed In the Penal Colony. His Alive From Palestine met with great acclaim at the Young Vic and continues to tour internationally. Other work includes Samson and Delilah (Flanders Opera, Antwerp) and a dramatisation of the epic poem Jidarriya by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (Edinburgh International Festival, Bouffes du Nord and world tour). He is soon to direct A Comedy of Errors for the RSC as part of the World Shakespeare Festival.
Edward studied Music at Oxford University and subsequently
trained as a composer and sound designer at the Bournemouth
Media School. He works in theatre, film, television and radio. He
has recently been nominated for several Off West End Theatre
Awards, and films he has recently worked on have won several
awards at the LA International Film Festival and Filmstock
International Film Festival.
Theatre credits include: Gravity (Birmingham Rep Theatre); On the Rocks, Amongst Friends and Darker Shores (Hampstead Theatre); Slowly, Hurts Given and Received and Apple Pie (Riverside Studios); Measure for Measure (Cardiff Sherman); Emo (Bristol Old Vic and Young Vic); Once Upon a Time in Wigan and 65 Miles (Paines Plough / Hull Truck Theatre); Krapp’s Last Tape and Spoonface Steinberg (Hull Truck); The Shallow End (Southwark Playhouse); I Am Falling (Sadler’s Wells & The Gate, Notting Hill); Orpheus and Eurydice and Quartet (Old Vic Tunnels); The Stronger, The Pariah, Boy With a Suitcase, Le Marriage and Meetings (Arcola); Hedda and Breathing Irregular (The Gate, Notting Hill); Madness In Valencia (Trafalgar Studios); The Madness Of George III and Macbeth (National Tours); Othello (Rose Theatre, Bankside); Knives In Hens (Battersea Arts Centre); Personal Enemy (White Bear & New York); Accolade, Rigor Mortis, Fog, Don Juan Comes Back From The War, Perchance To Dream, Drama At Inish, In The Blood, The December Man, Beating Heart Cadaver, Blue Surge, The American Clock, His Greatness, Portraits and Mirror Teeth (Finborough Theatre), as well as on the Arden Project for the Old Vic and the Vibrant season at the Finborough Theatre.
This is Jonatan’s first professional production. He attends the Arts
School, Tel Aviv where his main subject is Theatre Studies. The
course combines singing acting and dancing. Jonatan is looking
forward to performing on stage at the Bush Theatre.
International Work
Theatre credits include: Theatre includes: In The Penal Colony
(ShiberHur/Young Vic); 11 and 12 (Barbican-Bouff de Nord; Al
Jidaria (National Palestinian Theatre). Films credits include:
Candies, Inheritance, Miral, Carmel, Italians, Lemon Tree, Munich,
Forgiveness, Free Zone, The Syrian Bride, The Body, Galilee
Wedding, The Three lost Jewels, Cantique de Pierre. Television
credits include: The House of Saddam, The West Wing.
Theatre credits include: Hamlet, MacbethThree Sisters, Miss Juli,
Taatuon (The Kameri Theatre Of Tel-Aviv); Summer And Smoke
(Bear Sheeba Theatre); Hametz – Shivaa, Popcorn (Beit Lesin
Theatre); One Flow Over The Cookoonet, Waiting For Godo, Black
Box, A Period Of Adjustment, Anna Karenina (Habima The National
Theatre Of Israel). Directing and acting credits include: Scenes
From Marriage,The Sea Gull, O Go My Man, Elling (Habima The
National Theatre Of Israel). Television includes: The Kameri Quintet,
In Treatment, Les Burguiane, The Priminister’s Child’s Grandmother
Project. Film credits include: Snow In August, Letters From America,
Schindlers List, Dogs Do Not Bark In Green Light, Dawn, Actors, X
Explosion.
Theatre credits include: Romeo And Juliet, The House Of
Bernarda Alba, Tis Pity She’s A Whore (Bier Sheva Theatre);
Top Girls, Measure For Measure, The Lost Women Of Troy,
The House Of Bernarda Alba, Wild Honey, Three Sisters (The
Cameri Theatre); Alice In Wonderland, The Screens (Habima
Theatre). Film credits include: Berlin Jerusalem, Life
Acording to Agfa, An Electric Blanket Named Moshe, The 92
minutes of Mr.Baum, Jesus.
Theatre credits includes: I am Yusuf and This is My Brother and
In the Penal Colony (Shiber Hur/Young Vic); Damocles Sword,
Forced Landing, The Thing (Palestinian National theatre in
Jerusalem); Azir Salem (Al-Kassaba theatre in Ramalla); Peer Gynt
(Hebrew Theatre in Jaffa);The Screens (Habima Theatre); Salome
(Hamaabada Theatre). Film credits include: The Olive Harvest,The Moon, Sinking, A journey of Prostitute and I Frank In 2005 Taher participated in The Royal Court’s international residency for playwrights. His writing credits include In Spitting Distance, Both upon a time, Sea Wall.
Theatre credits include: Servent of Two Masters, La Guerre
Comme La Guerre, The Shape of Things, Alice in
Wonderland, The Comedians, Perfect Wedding, The Vagina
Monologues, August: Osage County, The 39 Steps (Habina
National Theatre of Israel), Mr Kolpert (Tmuna Theatre
Fringe). Film credits include: Walk on Water
Theatre credits include: Olive Harvest (Saraia theatre – Jaffa),
I am Yusuf and this Is My Brother (ShiburHur/Young Vic),
Belebelebel (Almidan-Haifa). Dance includes: Love is My
Religion, The biography, The March (rimaz dance companypalestine)
The
