Between the River and the Sea  - Jonge Harten
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Between the River and the Sea 

Gorki | Yousef Sweid

Esra Rotthoff

  • Admission

    <29 year €15,-

  • Duration

    60 minutes

  • Language

    English

  • Location

    Machinefabriek

  • Viewing guide i

    PERFORMANCE

Yousef Sweid takes you on a journey through his story of a life between two worlds.

The complexity I’ve lived with all my life has forced me to be alone with my position. If I’m already alone anyway, why not be alone in front of an audience?«

Yousef Sweid, born in Haifa, is a Palestinian Israeli actor — someone who grew up between two worlds and has always grappled with that complexity. In his play, Sweid explores his life between different cultures, narratives, and realities —  different versions of the truth. He interweaves personal anecdotes with his unique political reflections, sharing everything from funny stories about life in Berlin to flashbacks of his childhood as an Arab kid from a Christian family in a Jewish kindergarten. He seeks to understand how to navigate a world where he always finds himself »in between.«

Between the River and the Sea is a heartfelt plea for sharing unheard stories and for listening. It is an invitation to embrace complexity and to witness the story of a life that simply cannot choose an easy side.

Together with SPOT, NITE, and Grand Theatre , Jonge Harten is programming the performance Between the River and the Sea on November 14. Jonge Harten is a co-signatory of the cultural boycott against the state of Israel. At the same time, we believe more in dialogue than in protest alone. That is why we invite you to join us after the performance for a conversation about the state of the world.

Credits

By Isabella Sedlak, Yousef Sweid / With Yousef Sweid / Directed by Isabella Sedlak / Music Thomas Moked Blum / Dramaturgy MURAT DİKENCİ / Dramaturgical support Irina Szodruch / Lighting design Team Studiobühne

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Jonge Harten offers a diverse program. But where do you start choosing? To clarify things somewhat, we have three main storylines that we are focusing on this year. You can see these lines throughout our program. So that you can easily choose which line suits you best and what you feel like doing at the moment. What are you going for?

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DEEPENING

FIELD

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PERFORMANCE

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STAGE

A program line in which we put creative young people on stage and in which you can participate in great masterclasses yourself. We ensure that you are pampered all day long and of course we close the day with a great party, by none other than Clash!

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