PERFORMANCE TIMES
In Season
6.30pm, 2 Jun
7pm, 3 – 6 Jun
2pm, 6 Jun
Nowhere
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY KHALID ABDALLA
DIRECTED BY OMAR ELERIAN
2 – 6 JUN
Merlyn
Presented with Fuel
A bold, playful anti-biography from Khalid Abdalla that weaves the personal and the political.
“Welcome to Nowhere.
I’m going to share with you how I got here
And what ‘here’ actually means to me.”
Actor Khalid Abdalla (perhaps most well-known for Netflix’s The Crown) invites us inside a new kind of “anti-biography”. An audacious and lively show that tells the story of his life, set against the shifting cartographies of seismic world events. From his involvement in the Egyptian revolution, and his experience of the counter-revolution. From the histories of colonialism and decolonisation to personal reflections on friendship and loss, into meditations on Gaza post-October 7.
Khalid Abdalla brings together the personal and the political—through stories, archives, multimedia, song and dance—in an impassioned plea for peace. It’s a show that asks how we got here, and how we find agency inside the mazes of history.
EVENT & TICKETING DETAILS
TICKETS
DURATION
95 minutes, no interval
CONTENT NOTES
Contains distressing scenes, references to death, coarse language, haze, flashing lights and loud music.
ACCESSIBILITY
The performance on Wed 3 June, 7pm will be Auslan interpreted. To access an allocation of seats for AUSLAN users, please head to the Rising website.
SUPPORTED BY
Nowhere was commissioned and produced by Fuel and supported by the British Council.
Nowhere was originally funded by Arts Council England and CVC and was supported by Battersea Arts Centre.
Supported by Here & Now - Performance Created in England