Poster artwork by Safdar Ahmed
PACT Presents: Papers from the Citadel
By Adeeb Razzouk
“From the imaginal abyss he conjures with light and music, with his body and his face... There is nothing else like it on this planet.”
A character awakes in a surreal room where he is stripped of everything he was attached to. The room has no doors, only a single window. The person calls the room the Citadel. The world is in constant darkness; it is always night.
Papers from the Citadel began as a series of writings made when Adeeb left Syria for Lebanon during the civil war. In solitude, as he wrote more and more, the Citadel and its characters became his inner sanctum.
Joined by collaborators Andrea Lim, Ali Rezvni and Amy Morris, the multimedia Papers of the Citadel conjures images out of words, shapes out of sounds, and light out of darkness to tell a story at once personal and universal about the power of an inner creative world in times of loss and hardship.
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Thursday 20th March, 7:30 pm (Opening Night)
Friday 21st March, 7:30 pm (Auslan Interpreted performance)
Includes post-show artist talk hosted by Alissar Chidiac. Please note that the post-show artist talk will not be Auslan interpreted.Saturday 22nd March, 2:00 pm (Matinee)
Saturday 22nd March, 7:30 pm
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Papers from the Citadel contains
strobe lighting,
loud sounds (including simulated earthquake),
moments of total darkness,
haze/fog and;
content related to trauma and traumatic experiences
Meet the Key Artists
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Written and Performed by Adeeb Razzouk
Producer and Production Manager Amy Morris
Sound Design & Music Composition by Andrea Lim
Projection Design & Cinematography by Ali Rezvani
Lighting Design by Theo Carroll
Costume Design by Sam Hernandez
Mask Design by Ross Brown
Additional Music by Nour Salman & Adeeb Razzouk
Sound Technician Milo Mclaughlin
Dramaturgy by Paul Dwyer
Lighting Mentor Fausto Brusomolino
Performance Coach & Direction Consultant Janie Gibson
Script Editor Michela Carattini
Poster artwork by Safdar AhmedSpecial thanks to Noah Cohen Stoddart, Claudia Chidiac, Alissar Chidiac, Martin del Amo, Raffi Minas, Barbara Campbell and Richard Manner (Theatre and Performance Studies, USyd), Harry Klein and Toby Petch (Sydney College of the Arts, USyd), Nick Vagne, Gaby Whalland, Kiri Zakinthinos (CuriousWorks).
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AUSLAN interpreted performance – Friday 21st March, 7:30 pm.
Both the performance and the post-show artist talk will be Auslan interpreted.
Audio Described performance available – please get in touch with us for more information.
Hard copy or digital script is available upon request.
A social story about Papers from the Citadel is available upon request by emailing info@pact.net.au
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PACT is an accessible venue, with level access throughout the public areas of the building and non-gendered, ambulant and wheelchair accessible toilets.
There is accessible (non-dedicated) street parking on Railway Parade. The nearest accessible train stations are Erskineville (5 minutes) and Newtown (15 minutes).
PACT supports the Companion Card Program. Contact us directly during office hours for assistance with your booking; the companion ticket must be booked at the same time as the purchased ticket.We encourage you to contact us at info@pact.net.au with any access questions and to discuss your requirements with us.
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
Presented by PACT with support from
Development of the work was also supported by
University of Sydney
CuriousWorks
SSI (Settlement Service International)