Masahat and the Palestine Committee in Norway invite you to an evening at Riksteatret with the internationally acclaimed play Deadlift - الحمّالون.
The play is inspired by, and a tribute to, Suleiman Mansour’s iconic painting Camel of Hardships (1973), which shows a porter carrying Jerusalem on his back. It is a wordless theatrical meditation on how much a human body, and a people, can bear before endurance itself becomes an act of resistance.
Deadlift - الحمّالون is a visual and physical performance by Bashar Murkus, one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Palestinian theatre. It is a powerful Palestinian work of art that communicates through body, image and movement, exploring themes such as burden, endurance, destruction, care, resistance and rebuilding. The work is produced by Al-Harah Theatre in partnership with Boy Jonkergouw Producties and Sweden’s Riksteatern.
We look forward to welcoming you to a play that will stay with you long after the evening is over.
After the performance, there will be a conversation with Marina Barham, director of Al-Harah Theatre.