Radio Muezzin

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event Radio Muezzin
Venue Esplanade Theatre, Singapore, Singapore
Umbrella Event Singapore Festival of Arts 2011
First Date 4 June 2011
Last Date 5 June 2011
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Can technology transform the face, and voice, of something as transcendent as religion? A muezzin is an official chosen for his good character, who proclaims the Islamic call to prayer, both five times a day for daily prayer as well as on Friday for public worship. Unlike his Jewish and Christian counterparts who may use trumpets or bells, the Islamic muezzin relies only on his sonorous voice, declaring the greatness of his God and inviting his fellow Muslims to salvation. In Radio Muezzin, a performance which might become the swan song for the servants of the mosque, the principal characters are four Egyptian meuzzins: a blind Qur'an teacher; an Egyptian farmer's son; an electrician and a bodybuilder. All four meet an engineer who has acquired the skill of encrypting radio signals at the Awan High Dam.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Multimedia
Documentary Drama
Subjects Middle East
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Helgard Haug Director
Stefan Kaegi Director
Daniel Wetzel Director
Laila Soliman Dramaturg/e
Mahmoud Refat Musician
Mahmoud Refat Sound Designer
Bruno Deville Video Designer
Mohamed Shoukry Visual Artist
Works
Text Nationality Egypt
Germany
Production Nationality Egypt
Germany
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Singapore Arts Festival 2011
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 211098