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Show
Language: no broblem
Marah Haj Hussein / Monty
April 1 – 2, 2026
Running time: 70'
Tickets on sale from mid-December 2025
Full price: €18
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Students: €9
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Travelling through geographies, voices and imaginaries, Language: no broblem explores multilingualism as a condition of identity and resistance. Combining dance and theater, Marah Haj Hussein, a resident of Antwerp originally from Kofor Yassif in occupied Palestine, interposes an account of a train trip in Belgium with stories of her family in Palestine. Relations between Palestinian Arabic, her family's mother tongue, and Hebrew, the official language of the state in which they live, reveal the forms of repression, violence and domination that one language can exercise on another. With humor, anger and love, the performance reflects on the gradual mechanism of power that, from generation to generation, ensures the supremacy of the colonizers' language.
Marah Haj Hussein is a dancer, actress and maker from Kofor Yassif in occupied Palestine. She is currently based in Antwerp, where she graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor of Dance at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, and then in 2023 with her master’s degree in Drama at KASK in Ghent. By merging these two disciplines, Marah challenges the delineation that separates text from movement, while simultaneously searching for possible ways to allow both into the performative space. In her work, Marah investigates the definition of mother tongue in a multilingual context while while exploring the power dynamics between languages. Marah has won the Roel Verniers Prize by Het Theaterfestival 2023 for her solo piece Language: no broblem. In 2025 she won the award for the most Acclaimed Performance for age -35 at The Sector Awards.
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Info
Performance in Arabic, Hebrew, English, Dutch with English and Italian surtitles
Credits
Concept and Performance: Marah Haj Hussein
Sound Design: Anton Lambert
Music and Composition: Verena Rizzo
Projection Mapping & Techniques: Koen de Saeger
Dramaturgy: Krystel Khoury
Scenography and Textile: Agnese Forlani
Déco:r Mohamed Sultan
Light Design: Pol Seif
Co-Produced by: Monty & Moussem
Funded by: Het TheaterFestival and Fonds voor Nieuwe Makers van Stad Antwerpen.
With thanks to: Kaaitheater, Toneelhuis, Kunstcentrum BUDA, A Two Dogs Company, DeSingel, hetpaleis, Thomas Bellinck, Barakat Haj, Lubna Haj, Luna Haj, Hala Haj, Sari Haj, Moanes Fahoum, Anan Saadi, Fadia Shehadeh en Hashem Shehadeh
Highlights
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Lampadario "carciofo" di Poul Henningsen, nella sezione della Danimarca
Tre modelle percorrono il Ponte che collega il Palazzo dell'Arte con l'area verde antistante, progetto degli architetti Aldo Rossi e Luca Meda