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HAIDAR

by Jotdown Productions

Music and sound design - Adam Paroussos

6-7th April 2018

Memorial Hall, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

12th May 2017

Platform Theatre, London

A coming of age story told through the eyes of a 10 year old boy growing up in a war-torn context, Haidar is composed around the on-stage creation and destruction of a large metal sculpture. Told in a palindromic framework, the show reverses at a midpoint to explore the same sequence of events through the eyes of Haidar’s female friend, Radiah. 

Pendulums mirror the palindrome. Back and forth, back and forth. A suspension in time, space, and mentality. History will always repeat itself, never truly progressing.Our sculpture resembles a boat. Being suspended with a false sense of security. Pushing forward with such strength, only to be taken backwards with the same momentum. Being oppressed within a social and political structural system. Our sculpture symbolises the transition from boy to man, girl to woman. From home to isolation. 

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HAIDAR (excerpts) - Adam Paroussos
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Photos: Kevin W Condon

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