Current Shows.
Halim Al-Hakawati
Al-Hakawati is a solo storytelling and improv performance! Yes, you read that right. I get up on stage all alone and improvise a full show. It still scares the shit out of me every time! It was born because of a need (my partner had to leave town - and no, it’s not because of what you’re thinking) and then I had to… well… improvise!
Anatomy of a Home
Anatomy of a Home plays at the intersection of storytelling with autobiographical monodramas. In it, I explore my relationship with my home, Beirut; a place I love so much that promised to never leave and now I’m learning to hate because I can’t live in it for another second.
Be My Guest
Two improvisers. Stories. Short scenes. Audience members. Fun! Because of this show, I was able to play with many great improvisers wherever I was invited. Being the first improv show with which I started touring, it keeps a special place in my heart, especially that it allows me to play and learn from the best improvisers out there.
Peer Gynt of Bourj Hammoud
My first storytelling performance was commissioned by the Amsterdam Storytelling Festival in 2018. Soon the show transformed into an auto-biographical monodrama and started touring the world. Look out for it in a city near you. I’m currently working on rewriting it in Arabic, too.
This is Beirut!
This is Beirut! is a live variety radio show… Oh but it’s fully improvised! Interviews, stories, events, and other happenings come to life on stage by Fida’ “Feeds G” Ghibreel and myself. The stage might be too big for just a radio studio, but it definitely gets much bigger… or smaller as the worlds of stories are created.
Interview the Dead
In this one-on-one performance, audience members get to interview one of 10 dead personalities. Ghina Daou and I each play 5 of these personalities. We also change the personalities that we prepare depending on where we’re performing the show. You will love this experience!
Upcoming Events.
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The Short and The Long of It - Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 15 - 20:00
This is the world premiere of a show I’ve been wishing and waiting for my whole life as an improviser! We’re hoping that its success will mean that we do it more often. So, please, join us and tell us if we should do it more or not!
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Soula's Storytelling Nights - Utrecht, Netherlands
April 16 - 20:30
I will be telling a story in Utrecht for the first time! It will be at Theater Kikker and part of Soula’s Storytelling Nights: The Great Escape. Check the link below for more information and tickets.
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Middag in de Roode Remise - Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 21 - 15:00
Roode Remise is trying storytelling on a chill, lazy Sunday afternoon. I’ll be there to tell a story… or two… or three. Come chill with us. Details below.
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Hosting Samizdat @ Mezrab - Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 30 - 20:00
Samizdat: Stories from The Underground is Mezrab’s socio-political storytelling night. Hosting this night has become the highlight of being in Amsterdam for me. Come enjoy a bunch of the best storytellers in Amsterdam take their personal stories on a political/social spin!
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Storytelling for Improvisers @ Flock Theater - Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 6 - June 24
Every Monday for 2 months we’ll be exploring how storytelling can make our improv better at Flock Theater! The workshop will culminate with a showase at Flock’s Improv Festival!
Register for a workshop.
I offer coaching sessions to performers of all kinds as well as a number of theater, improv and storytelling training workshops. Read more about the coaching sessions here and the offered workshops here and when you make up your mind, register using the form below. I’m looking forward to hearing from you!
Previous Shows.
Some of my previous shows I worked on either as a performer, director, writer, sound designer, musician, or other.
I have been a very bad archiver of my work for a long time. I’ll keep adding any good quality footage I find here, so keep checking.
Al-Diktator | The Dictator | 2015 - 2018
By Issam Mahfouz | English version translated by Robert Myers and Nada Saab
Directed by Sahar Assaf
With Sany Abdul Baki or Sahar Assaf
Al-Khandq | Based on the site-specific performance “Watch Your Step” | 2014
By Robert Myers
Directed by Sahar Assaf
Films.
Some of the TV or film projects I worked on either as a performer, sound designer, or acting coach.
I have been a very bad archiver of my work for a long time. I’ll keep adding any good quality footage I find here, so keep checking.
Là bas | 2018
A film by Mohamad Sabbah
With Raffi Feghali and Mariah Tannoury
New Years | 2019
A film by Leila Basma
With Raffi Feghali, Angelina Nga Le, and Charleen Grotts
Beirut, I Love You - Season 1 Bonus | Jason Scott Fitzgerald | 2011
Created by Mounia Akl & Cyril Aris
Other.
Some talks, interviews, talks, press cuts, and other…
I have been a very bad archiver of my work for a long time. I’ll keep adding any good quality footage I find here, so keep checking.
Improv Histories: Lebanon with Raffi Feghali | 2021
Interviewed by Jill Bernard, HUGE Theater.
Conversation on Contemporary Beirut Theater | 2017
LAU, New York
LAU NY hosted a performance and panel discussion featuring professors and actors from the Lebanese American University and the American University of Beirut. In this video, we see actors Sany Abdul Baki and Raffi Feghali perform a scene from The Dictator before commentary from the panelists.
Reinventing Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horsemen - This Day | 2018
A review of the reading of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horsemen at the American University of Beirut in 2018
Interview about Ab: Beit Byout | 2015
On Ouyoun Beirut on Al-Yawm TV
Interview about We Are the Ones Who Live Here | 2022
On Sabah Al-Yawm on Al-Jadeed TV
The Scene: Artists in the Mediterranean | 2021
A debate between Raffi Feghali, Ellada Evangelou, and Katrin van Beurden moderated by Swenja Zaremba
Interview about Shou Sheghlak | 2016
On Akhbar Assabah on Future TV
I was hosted by Nabra and Marina to talk about my curation of a day at The Buffer Fringe Festival in Nicosia, Cyprus in 2022.
Artful Peace - Peacebuilder | 2012
An interview and portfolio about my work in Peacebuilder Magazine