Theatrical Reading as part of the Theater is = a MUST لازم..مسرح Festival, supported by Jesuit Cultural Center.

When I left the operating room and began to gradually wake up from the anesthesia, I saw my father hiding his tears and leaving the room. Mayada was sitting on the edge of my bed, holding my hand. I asked her:
– Cancer?
She shook her head emphatically.
And so…at the age of 27, I got breast cancer.
In that room overlooking a blooming garden, they gave my father my tumor, along with its
accessories, including lymph nodes and part of the swimmer’s breasts, in a transparent glass container to take to the medical analysis laboratory, so that we would know its type and degree and learn more about it.

Text and Performance by Anna Akkash

Anna Akkash, Syrian nationality.

BA in English/ BA in Theater Studies, Damascus/ MA in Cultural Sciences, majoring in Theater and Performing Arts, Tunisia.

Member of the Arab Writers Union and the Artists Syndicate.

Founder and artistic director of Mraya Theater Project 2017.

She worked as a teacher at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, and worked at the National Theater in Damascus as a dramaturg, adaptor, author of theatrical scripts, and as an assistant director, and since 2013 she has been working as a theater director.

A multi-award winning playwright.

A screenwriter for a number of short films and Syrian TV shows, in addition to her work as a drama consultant on several Syrian films.

She works in translation from the English and Russian languages, in addition to studies and research in theater, the most important of which are “History of Costumes” and “The Historical Origins of the Monodrama”.

 Entry instructions:
 No smoking is allowed.
 No food or drinks of any kind are allowed.
 The place is not responsible for the loss of any kind of personal belongings.
Entry is free and is on a first-come, first-served basis.