NEWS UPDATE: TOLD FROM THE INSIDE

Rehearsals started today for Told from the Inside. Cast includes Ammar Haj Ahmad, Nadia Albina, Josef Altin, Moe Bar-El, Ishia Bennison, Paul Chahidi, Nadia Clifford, Vincent Ebrahim, Nathan Welsh, Badria Timimi, Ben Turner and Sargon Yelda.

Told from the Inside is the outcome of a two year collaboration, the Royal Court worked with 12 writers from Syria and Lebanon running workshops led by playwrights David Greig and Sam Holcroft with Royal Court International Director Elyse Dodgson. Three of the final scripts will be presented, each showcasing a rare insight into one of the most dangerous conflicts of our times, told by young voices who are living the situation from the inside.

Goats
By Liwaa Yazji (Syria)
Translated by Yasmine Seale
Directed by Richard Twyman
7 & 8 March 2016, 9pm
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Cast: Ammar Haj Ahmad, Nadia Albina, Josef Altin, Moe Bar-El, Ishia Bennison, Paul Chahidi, Nadia Clifford, Vincent Ebrahim, Nathan Welsh, Badria Timimi and Ben Turner.

Ghalia’s Miles
By Maya Zbib (Zoukak Theatre Company, Lebanon)
Translated by Katharine Halls
Directed by Lucy Morrison
9 & 10 March 2016, 9pm
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Cast: Nadia Albina, Ishia Bennison, Nadia Clifford and Badria Timimi.

The Final Return
By Ghiath Mhithawi (Syria)
Translated by Victoria Lupton and Stefan Tarnowski
Directed by Richard Twyman
11 & 12 March 2016, 9pm
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Cast: Josef Altin, Ishia Bennison, Paul Chahidi, Nadia Cliff.