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Shubbak Festival: Mette Loulou Von Kohl & Dima Mikhayel Matta at the Gate Theatre

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Time 20:00
Date 04/07/19
Price £24

A double bill of bold works in development. Join Mette Loulou von Kohl and Dima Mikhayel Matta as they present their frank, powerful and honest works on queerness.

NO ONE LIKES AN UGLY REVOLUTIONARY
لا أحد يحب ثورية قبيحة
Mette Loulou von Kohl

With frank honesty Palestinian/Danish/US-based artist Mette Loulou von Kohl delves into her infatuation with Palestinian freedom fighter, hijacker and icon Leila Khaled. Alternating between reverence and fetish, and grappling with her own position on racism, orientalism, sexuality and lineage of resistance and activism, No One Likes An Ugly Revolutionary becomes a cauldron of conflicting forces – yet told with disarming charm and poignant irony.

THIS IS NOT A MEMORIZED SCRIPT, THIS IS A WELL-REHEARSED STORY
هذا ليس نصّاً محفوظاً، هذه قصّةٌ مدروسة
Dima Mikhayel Matta

‘Yesterday, I woke up with the certainty that holding hands with the woman I love in Beirut is revolutionary.’

The body is the city. The city is the body. Dima Mikhayel Matta draws a powerful picture of her queer existence in relation to Beirut. Remembering past and current relationships, childhood memories and confronting prejudice head-on, Dima’s pithy text accuses, moves and reflects in equal measure. Dima Mikhayel Matta is a writer, professor, actor and spoken word artist. In 2014 she founded the popular storytelling initiative Cliffhangers.

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