Woman performs among the rubble of Mar Mikhael

Al Akhbar yesterday spotlighted the free street performance “Jude” opening on October 2 in the Beirut neighborhood of Mar Mkhael and which was recently devastated by the Port of Beirut blast. The play is adapted from “Jaz” by Koffi Kwahule, translated and directed by Alan Saadeh and performed by Dana Mikhael. Speaking to Al Akhbar, Saadeh said Jude is about a woman residing in a building that lacks the basics of decent living, but does her best to cleanse it and fails. She is repeatedly sexually harassed and eventually raped by one of her neighbors, Saadeh expounded. The play portrays as well the deep-rooted norms and traditions in a theatrical style in perfect illusion of reality, he added. Jude will be staged at 17:45 pm just in front of Bar Tartine restaurant.(Al Akhbar, September 29, 2020)