In 2010, the French construction materials group Lafarge opens a cement factory in Syria – one of the largest foreign investments in the country. A short time later, Syria experiences a brutal civil and proxy war. The management makes deals with the factions warring over control of the region where the factory is situated. In four biographies – partly fictional, partly based on fact – of a journalist, the son of a general, a businessman and a factory worker, the playwright Mohammad Al Attar and his Syrian compatriot, the director Omar Abussada, dissect the history of the factory – and with it the power relations that have determined the course of the conflict in Syria.
Supported by Zeit Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius within the framework of the series »Zeit für Welttheater«, Ilse und Dr. Horst Rusch-Stiftung and within the framework of the Alliance International Production Houses supported by the Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Unterstützt durch das NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ Gastspielförderung Theater, gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, sowie den Kultur- und Kunstministerien der Länder.
Co-produced by Ruhrtriennale & Volksbuhne Berlin
Thanks to The legal NGO Sherpa & Marie-Laure Guislain. ECCHR & Claire Tixeire. Jobran Khanji. Muhannad Al Ibrahim. Mohammed Al Hariri. Matthieu Fauroux, and Aron Lund for their precious time and help during the research to make this play.
Kartentelefon +49 40 270 949-49
tickets@kampnagel.de
