As a theater maker Yara Bou Nassar is interested in inspecting her identity with respect to the collective memory and the paradoxical binaries of her society. She approaches themes which are often focused on the deconstruction of social stereotypes and daily behaviour in the urban context as well as in the private and intimate space. She is particularly interested in manifestations of discomfort in the body and uses movement as the core of the creative process. Her work is often based on documentary material and blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
What stories do we construct around our dreams and disappointments when we decide to leave or return to our home country? How does the decision to stay or leave a place at a particular time shape the course of an entire life? This play questions migration and the consequences of timing in a decision making process.The author dives into the journey of her parents connecting the circumstances of their past departures with today's reality of Beirut, the collective exile and mourning. The text explores the intersection of events in this story, and what remains suspended between the real and the imaginary.
"Tomorrow is the Best Day of my Life" embodies fragments of fragility and resistance in private and public spaces, by dissecting emotions through actions. The work emerges from a deconstruction of habits and obsessions connected to encounters and trauma. By revisiting personal family footage, the work exposes intimate physical impulses carried from childhood to adulthood, while questioning the legitimacy of preserving memory through image and the metamorphosis of the private space during crisis.
photos by Whard Ibn Jinan
Three people are placed in a fake duplication of the real world. They are part of an experiment. They are asked to fulfil a constructed daily life routine and give testemonies about their insecurities. The experiment focuses on the mutation of their behaviour as their anxiety rises and as they lose control over their situation.
Idea Yara Bou Nassar Staging, Text and Performance Yara Bou Nassar, Annalena Fröhlich, Music Paed Conca Video Annalena Fröhlich Stage and Costume Romy Springsguth Light and Technic Lola Rosarot Production Michael Röhrenbach Coproduktion and stage Tojo Theater Reitschule Bern, Residency and stage Station Beirut.
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photos by Michael Atallah
photos by Michael Atallah
