Highly acclaimed production WHERE TO BELONG embarks on UK tour
Photo credit: Alex Brenner
The highly acclaimed moving autobiographical production Where To Belong is to embark on a UK tour. Where To Belong is the story of artist and performer Victor Esses’ journey to find home. The tour begins on 7 September at Oxford Playhouse before visiting five other venues.
Victor Esses is Jewish-Lebanese, Brazillian, and gay: Where To Belong explores how to find your place in a rich and complex world of identiies. In 1975, Victor’s mother fled Lebanon as a refugee of the Civil War and in 2017, Esses visited Lebanon for the first time. In 2018, amidst the elections that saw Brazil choose a far-right president, he travelled from London to São Paulo to show his partner the city of his childhood. This play is a personal account of Esses’ visiting Lebanon for the first time, video calling his mother now in Brazil from the Lebanese flat she was forced to abruptly leave.
Where We Belong is a deeply moving production and uses a variety of different layers to bring his story to life. These include video projection, photographs, music and song to suggest what home means to him, Esses explores the universal themes of identity, togetherness, compassion and empathy in this remarkable production.
Victor Esses said: “The trip to my parents’ homeland of Lebanon was an intense andemotional experience that really highlighted the particularities of my different identities, andhow they impact the way in which I relate to the world.
“Given the increasingly alarming homophobic attacks happening all over the world, it feels particularly important for me to give voice to this and connect with audiences over our fundamental similarities. After such an isolated time, it also feels very pressing to present a piece which is all about connection and understanding.”
Below is the tour information and where you can book your tickets at the various venues for Where To Belong.
7 September Oxford Playhouse
9 September Harlow Playhouse
18 September The Place, Bedford
23 September Chapter, Cardiff
14 October HOME, Manchester
