Rebuilding Beirut's theatre scene with online fundraiser production WHISPERS INTERNATIONAL

British playwrights will unite with acclaimed Lebanese artists for Whispers International on 24 April, to raise money to rebuild the Beirut theatres destroyed by the devastating non-nuclear explosion in 2020.

The pandemic and Lebanon’s economic crisis has created further hardship for Lebanese artists and producers; many of whom have lost their studios, homes and belongings.

Six British playwrights - Mike Elliston, Geraldine Brennan, Kate Webster, Angela Harvey, Kim Hardy and John Jesper - have offered their texts free of charge to support their fellow theatre professionals in Lebanon. Addressing important issues including mental health, political injustice, women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights, the monologues have been adapted to mirror the current situation in Lebanon and have been translated into Lebanese Arabic with English and French subtitles. 

Whispers International features globally celebrated Lebanese actors including Nadine Labaki (Director of Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and César Award nominated & Cannes Jury Prize award-winning Capernaum), Georges Khabbaz (Murex D'or, Festival de Molière and Rotterdam Film Festival award winning actor), Rita Hayek (lead actress in Academy Award nominated The Insult) and many more.

Directed by Beirut-based, award-winning theatre director, Lina Abiad, Whispers International is produced by Josyane Boulos and London-based actor, producer and writer Agatha Ezzedine.

This production follows an initial successful showing in November 2020 which raised 70 million Lebanese Liras, all of which was used to rebuild Beirut’s theatres.

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