Sex i Bagdad* (Sex in Baghdad)
Sex i Bagdad* (Sex in Baghdad) was a cooperation project between Dramatikkens hus and AIDA the spring of 2010 - the European Association for Intercultural Artistic Development - led by Rezan Saleh.
In 2012 a new version of Sex i Bagdad was performed at The Theatre of Cruelty in Oslo. See underneath for more information.
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 6185)| Object type | Production |
| Produced by | AIDA |
| In collaboration with | Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting (NCNP) |
| Based on | The Thousand and One Nights by |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Multidisciplinary, Theatre, Music |
| Running period | May 15, 2010 |
| Website | Dramatikkens hus |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
What happens to the human need for art when civilisation falls apart?
Sex i Bagdad* (Sex in Baghdad) was a scenic project about looking towards the war-ridden Iraq with another glance. What exists behind the standardised war images daily presented to us? There is something else there. There are, among other things, love, erotic and beauty. There is a story about a very complex and very fascinating cultural melting pot. There are meeting points across race, politics, sexuality and personal secrets.
A number of artists from Iraq, France, USA and Norway among other countries would in collaboration work forth an intermedial, cross-cultural performance based in The Thousand and One Nights and a fictional meeting between a female American soldier and an Iraqi woman. The work period in Dramatikkens hus was an important stop along the road.
In the flier for Sex i Bagdad in 2012 the following, among other things, was written:
"Sex i Bagdad is about three women in Iraq during war, and it is developed within feminist dramaturgy.
Sex i Bagdad directs another kind of optic towards the war-ridden Iraq. What is behind the bloody images of war we are daily presented to? Behind terror, Islamic extremism and cultural conflicts?
The play emphasises what is notshown in the media, via the three women.
Because there is love, eroticism and beauty. There is a fascinating cultural melting pot, there are meeting points across nationalism, politics, sexuality and personal secrets.
The actors have taken actively part in shaping the play."
Sex i Bagdad was supported by: Arts Council Norway.
Sources:
Dramatikkens hus, dramatikkenshus.no, 06.09.2010,
http://dramatikkenshus.no/pub/dramatikkenshus/Innhold/kalenderarkiv/?aid=953&cid=1045&viewall=1#dramatikkenshus
E-mail from AIDA, 22.02.2012
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Hassan Blasim | – Text |
| Rezan Saleh | – Text |
| Rezan Saleh | – Idea |
| Rezan Saleh | – Direction |
| Kristin Norderval | – Music |
| Yousef Abassi | – Visual design (Grafisk design) |
| Kito Sino | – Stage design |
| Sara Baban | – Actor |
| Odille Heftye Blehr | – Actor |
| Kristina Knaben Hennestad | – Actor |
| Olli Wermskog | – Actor |
| Stig Zeiner | – Actor |
| Karokh Sian | – Musician (Tromme) |
| Kristin Norderval | – Singer |
| Hayder Helo | – Director’s assistant |
| Musto Alamo | – Lighting technician |
| Erling Kittelsen | – Consultant (Tekstkonsulent) |
| Namaa Alward | – Other |
| Sarkaw Gorany | – Other |
| Raman Hussein | – Other |
| Tara Jaff | – Other |
| Al-Barrak Yassir | – Other |
| February 26, 2012 – The Venue of The Theatre of Cruelty | Show |
| February 25, 2012 – The Venue of The Theatre of Cruelty | Show |
| February 24, 2012 – The Venue of The Theatre of Cruelty | Show |
| May 15, 2010 – Hallen, Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting (NCNP) | Work-in-progress |