The events in this performance take place in a parallel universe, where an anti-heroine dancer and her musician, in retaliation for decades of evil and corruption, form a powerful, underfunded and loosely organised couple fighting crime to bring justice!

With good intentions and no experience whatsoever; they are a so-so summary of the contemporary reality in Beirut. This creation is an almost-selfish, sort-of-childish attempt to feed an uncontrollable craving for vengeance. It gazes at the act of dancing as a martial-art resistance against physical, psychological, & human-rights violations, against the violent loss of intimacy, and the scorching thirst for justice.

Première at NEXT festival in Budascoop at Sat. 26 November. Info & tickets.

Stephanie Kayal (LB) & Abed Kobeissy (LB)

Stephanie Kayal is a performance artist, choreographer and dancer based in Beirut. In recent years, she has collaborated as a performer with several artists and companies with whom she performed in Beirut, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Chile, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan. Her second creation Galactic Crush premiered at NEXT Festival 2022.

Abed Kobeissy is a Beirut-based electro-acoustic musician. Using the Levantine buzuq as his main instrument, his music has a local identity without claiming to be traditional or ethnic. His music is based on the local urban soundscape and often deals with topics related to family and home.

With absurd and sharp humour, their collective work conveys themes of political despair, hope and survival, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.