The Playground Theatre presents
Short Film Screening II
13th March | 7PM
'The Nightmare' by Clare Davidson & Will Thomas Freeman
'Here I stand' & 'To My Dear Idealist' by Csilla Toldy
'Dual' by Maggie Razavi
“The Nightmare” by Clare Davidson & Will Thomas Freeman
Taking inspiration from The Tale of Genji, a man and his wife are tormented in the astral realm by a spurned ex lover.
Csilla Toldy will screen two of her award winning short films:
'Here I stand'(2020) commissioned by the Executive Office of Northern Ireland as the public artwork to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.
'To My Dear Idealist' (2022) . A bi-lingual film based on a poem by Lithuanian prodigy Matilda Olkinaite, who was killed by Lithuanian nazis together with her family in 1941. The film won best cinematography at the European Film Union Gala in 2024.
'Dual'
As Sami and Sara sort through the belongings of their recently deceased Syrian grandmother, the two sisters find themselves reckoning with the demons of both their family's past and their culture's present, of the displacement of Middle Eastern people.
How can Sami, as a half English, pregnant, white-passing feminist, reconcile with a heritage she claims ‘kills women for wanting freedom’? How can Sara handle her sister's identity struggles, as she herself both celebrates her culture while trying to break the cycle of inherited trauma?
Dual is a story of two sisters wrestling with their identity in the face of a complicated history - and doing their best to make sure this story ends with them.
BOOKING INFORMATION
Duration: 45 min
Interval: 20 min
Content Warnings: n/a
Accessibility: n/a
Recommended for 15+
Tickets (Unreserved)
General Admission £15
Senior Concession £12
Unemployed | Under 30 | Student £8
Access for All £11 (reserved)
Access for All Note: Please contact boxoffice@theplaygroundtheatre.org.uk for your complementary ticket for a career/companion/friend
This event is part of the Women's Voices Festival. Festival passes are available to see all events.
'The Nightmare'
By Clare Davidson & Will Thomas Freeman
Performed by Naomi Sorkin, Adam Clayton-Smith & Emily Benucci
'Here I stand' & 'To My Dear Idealist'
by Csilla Toldy
Dual:
Written & Directed by Maggie Razavi
Produced by Tallula White
Performed by Natalie Ava Nasr & Eve Newton-Koubeh
Cinematographer & Editor | Jonas Lesk
1st AC | Mike Davies
Sound | Joanny Rouviere
1st AD | Neta Gracewell
Production Design | Maggie Razavi, Tallula White, Neta Gracewell
Script Consultant | Diana Miranda
As Sami and Sara sort through the belongings of their recently deceased Syrian grandmother, the two sisters find themselves reckoning with the demons of both their family's past and their culture's present, of the displacement of Middle Eastern people.
How can Sami, as a half English, pregnant, white-passing feminist, reconcile with a heritage she claims ‘kills women for wanting freedom’? How can Sara handle her sister's identity struggles, as she herself both celebrates her culture while trying to break the cycle of inherited trauma?
Dual is a story of two sisters wrestling with their identity in the face of a complicated history - and doing their best to make sure this story ends with them.
Dual stars Natalie Ava Nasr (who played Renske in Gail Louw's critically acclaimed play The Girl in the Green Jumper which premiered at The Playground Theatre in 2024) and Eve Newton-Koubeh.
Dual is written and directed by Maggie Razavi, a London-based Persian/Swedish artist who creates scripted and non-scripted work. Her debut play Counter featured in the 2023 VAULT Festival. She was awarded an RBKC Arts Grant for Inklusive: Stories of the Soul, a documentary featured in the 2023 Earl’s Court International Film Festival.