The Chairsby Eugene Ionesco الكراسي ليوجين إيونسكو
Photography صور by Houssam Mcheimech
PREMIERE 15 June 2009 At the stage of the Sunflower Cultural Space, Badaro
ACTORS Basma Baydoun (La Vieille) . Julien Boutros (Le Vieux)
ABOUT THE PLAY
In The Chairs, a couple of indeterminate age prepare for an evening event in which after a lifetime of preparation, the husband will at last deliver his “message” to an invited audience. The couple slowly fills the room with empty chairs as they being to receive visitors just as empty, while waiting for an orator to arrive. The piece—both comic and melancholy—hauntingly explores the ideas of love, loss, and empty ambition.
SUPERVISON Abdo Nawar
PLAY TRANSLATION . SCENOGRAPHY . PLAY DIRECTORS Basma Baydoun and Julien Boutros