{"id":5882,"date":"2025-05-26T21:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T19:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/?post_type=event&p=5882"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:01:29","slug":"honig-%d8%b4%d9%85%d8%b3-de-lor-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/event\/honig-%d8%b4%d9%85%d8%b3-de-lor-in-brussels\/","title":{"rendered":"Honig, \u0634\u0645\u0633 & de l\u2019Or in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Drama Panorama is the German partner in the international, multilingual project funded by Perform Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Play<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u0639\u0633\u0644 \u0648\u0634\u0645\u0633 \u0648\u0630\u0647\u0628 <\/em>(engl. Honey, Sun, and Gold<\/em><\/em>) is a monodrama written by Yasser Abu Shaqra, performed and directed by R\u00e9mi Sarmini, which was staged in Tunisia in 2021. Inspired by Hector Malot’s novel Sans famille<\/em>, the Syrian author, director and actor R\u00e9mi Sarmini transposes the play into today’s reality. He tells of his flight from Syria in 2016, escaping the war, and his wanderings around the world in search of a safe place to live and work. His search relates to his \u201cminority status\u201d as a migrant and refugee as well as his sexual orientation and the impossibility of living his love openly. The loss of a home and a loved one creates a bridge between the \u201ctwo R\u00e9mis\u201d and brings humor and a poetic distance to this highly emotional, autobiographical play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We would like to apply the methods of the European laboratory Instant MIX for \u201ctranslating in the act” and test two different versions of the text without surtitles for Germany and France, each containing German or French respectively, and which we additionally cast with a local actor (in Berlin) or actress (in Paris). This proposal was submitted and selected as part of the Perform Europe program to experiment with more inclusive and sustainable forms of touring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In both countries, there is a translator and a dramaturge who will work with the Tunisian-Syrian team on the realization of the bilingual version. In Germany, dramaturge Henning Bochert is a founding member of Drama Panorama: Forum f\u00fcr \u00dcbersetzung und Theater e. V., in France it is Anne B\u00e9r\u00e9lowitch, founder of Instant Mix and a specialist in multilingual dramaturgy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production will be brought to Paris, Berlin and Brussels as a theater laboratory in two different versions, where selected scenes will be performed bilingually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second actor in Berlin will be Kinan Hmeidan from the Maxim Gorki Theater ensemble, who himself comes from Syria and with whom R\u00e9mi was actually in contact at the time the story is set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In France, another actress, M\u00e9lody Pini, who will be joining the team, completed her acting training at the TNS (2019) and has a personal relationship with the Arabic language, which she has been studying seriously for two years. She will also be part of the Brussels performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are seeking opportunities to stage the entire play in multiple languages in a next step. We would be delighted to hear from interested partners in Germany, France, and Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press information short (PDF, DE)<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Project information (PDF, DE-EN-FR-AR)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

25 and 26 April 2025<\/strong> | 8 pm
Theater unterm Dach<\/a>, Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19 June 2025 | 6 pm<\/strong>
20 June 2025<\/strong> | 3 pm<\/strong>
Jeune Th\u00e9\u00e2tre National<\/a>, Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 November 2025<\/strong>
Espace Magh, Brussels<\/a>
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The Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Translators: <\/strong>Sandra Hetzl (AR-DE), Annamaria Bianco (AR-FR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consultants:<\/strong> Monica Marotta (Berlin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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R\u00e9mi Sarmini<\/strong> is a freelance theater and film director and actor who graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus in 2015. He founded the theater group Tajroubeh (2011) and co-founded the association ARTVEDA in Brussels. In Damascus, he has performed in Hysteria<\/em> (2014), Anton Chekhov’s The Wedding<\/em> (2015) and Eugene O’Neill’s The Sign of the Cross X<\/em> (2015), in the United Arab Emirates in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/em> (2016) and in Beirut in Death and the Maiden<\/em> (2018). He staged One Minute in Erbil<\/em> (2017) and works such as Honey, Sun and Gold<\/em> in Tunisia (2019-2023). He also taught acting at the \u201cTeatro\u201d theater in Tunisia between 2019 and 2023 and took part in the opening of the Sharjah Theater Festival as an assistant director (2018).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yasser Abu Shaqra<\/strong> is a Palestinian author and theater maker. He was born in Damascus in 1985, where he received his training at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. Between 2010 and 2014, he supervised numerous cultural projects in Damascus and rural areas. His text Before Dinner<\/em> has been translated into English and Japanese and performed in Beirut, Baghdad, San Francisco, New York, Tokyo and Paris. A collection of his poems has been translated into Danish. He is the author of the original version of Honey, Sun and Gold<\/em>. His latest play, Unsettled<\/em>, was performed in public readings in Berlin (bilingual Arabic and German version) and will be published in Arabic and English in the US in fall 2025. He currently lives in France.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Anne B\u00e9r\u00e9lowitch<\/strong> has worked as theatre director \/ writer and teacher for 25 years. She is the artistic director of the Instant MIX Theater Lab (founded in 2016). Instant MIX is a European and Mediterranean collective for the creation and production of multilingual shows, in Europe and beyond. It involves translation “in the act” and innovative productions of classical and contemporary plays, multilingual devising and writing, and research on creative uses of multimedia to make linguistic diversity entertaining and accessible to all types of audiences. Multilingual productions directed by Anne Berelowitch include: Noz I Melem (Adieu Europa), <\/em>adapted from Danilo Kis and Von Horv\u00e1th (in Serbian, French, Hungarian, German, and Yiddish); Mountain Language<\/em>, by Harold Pinter (in French\/English, Arabic, and Amazigh); In the Shadow of the Cathedral, <\/em>by Alfred Sant (French, Italian, Maltese, and English); Alceste’s Nightmare<\/em>, adapted from Moli\u00e8re’s Misanthrope <\/em>and English versions of the play; Natale in Casa Cupiello, <\/em>adapted from De Filippo (French and Neapolitan).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Henning Bochert<\/strong> has worked for over 25 years as an author, dramaturge, lecturer and translator from English and German, including works by Susan Glaspell, Dawn King, Eve Leigh, Carlos Murillo and George Brant. He runs a translation agency and is involved in Drama Panorama: Forum f\u00fcr \u00dcbersetzung und Theater e. V.<\/a>, raum4-netzwerk f\u00fcr k\u00fcnstlerische alltagsbew\u00e4ltigung e. V.<\/a> and Weltleseb\u00fchne e. V.<\/a> He has been conducting artistic research into multilingual theater for several years and has led workshops and published brochures on the subject.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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M\u00e9lody Pini<\/strong>, born in Switzerland,graduated from the French acting school Th\u00e9\u00e2tre National de Strasbourg (TNS) in 2019. She acted under Stanislas Nordey (Le Soulier de Satin<\/em>, Ce Qu\u2019il faut dire<\/em>, Berlin mon Gar\u00e7on<\/em>), Pascal Rambert (Mont V\u00e9rit\u00e9, Mon Absente<\/em>), and Jean-Pierre Vincent (\u00c9lectre in L\u2019Orestie<\/em>, Avignon IN). In 2021, Lo\u00efc Touz\u00e9 created a solo for her at the Op\u00e9ra National de Paris – Palais Garnier. She also played Ophelia in Hamlet<\/em> directed by Audrey Bonnet and in Paysage <\/em>directed by Yanis Skouta.In 2026, she\u2019ll be in Rien n\u2019est su, <\/em>directed byAudrey Bonnet, and in \u00c9pitaphe, <\/em>directed by Magali Tosato.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kinan Hmeidan<\/strong> was born in Damascus in 1991. He studied acting at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and graduated in 2014. Hmeidan was part of the \u201cOpen Border\u201d ensemble at the M\u00fcnchner Kammerspiele in the 2017\/2018 season, but also appeared in the film Zeugen<\/em> (2016). Before that, he worked with some of the independent directors who were still active in Syria (Osama Ghanam, Samer Omran, Jihad Sa’eed) and appeared in TV series and films. Hmeidan has been a permanent member of the Maxim Gorki Theater ensemble since the 2020\/21 season. He is currently on stage in B\u00fchnenbeschimpfung<\/em> by Sivan Ben Yishai, directed by Sebastian N\u00fcbling, which was voted Play of the Year 2023 and nominated for the 48th M\u00fclheimer Theatertage. He can also be seen in D\u00e4monen<\/em> (Berlin) by Boris Nikitin and Sebastian N\u00fcbling.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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