
DAREEN ABBAS

Broken Shapes weaves together the writings of Rimah Jabr and the visual art of Dareen Abbas in a psychogeographical journey that dissolves the boundary between text and set design, set against the backdrop of an occupied city.
Structured as an autobiographical monologue, the piece interlaces personal and collective histories across multiple layers. At its core are the fragmented memories of the protagonist's father—written by Rimah Jabr—as he struggles to recall his city and piece its geography back together. What emerges is neither pure memory nor pure invention, but something in between: a subjective reconstruction shaped by imagination, a diasporic memoir written in the language of place and space.
Running parallel to this narrative layer is Cube Corner, a set-design work by Dareen Abbas that inhabits the present tense of the performance itself. Through a continuously morphing structure, it generates new sonic and performative conditions in real time—an architectural and spatial rewriting that unfolds alongside, and in conversation with, the memories being recalled onstage.
Director: Rimah Jabr, Sculptures and video: Dareen Abbas| performance Femke Stallaert, Golce Oral Dramaturgie Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, Esther Severi.
Producent: Natasha Greenblatt Productie: Nomadisch kunstencentrum Moussem & The Theatre Centre Toronto Co-productie: Kaaitheater, C-TAKT, d e t h e a t e r m a k e r director of photography Geert Verstraete | visual advisory/editing Teun Brock | assistant director (video) Bas Bonhof | sound Arzue Saglam, Laurens Desmet | sound recording Vincent Struelens | woodwork Yannick Castanga.
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