‘Terribly intelligent, horribly funny and wonderful’

PERSIANS. TRIUMPH OF EMPATHY

Chokri Ben Chikha and Action Zoo Humain, artist in residence at NTGent, combines word, dance and music into a dazzling and moving whole. From an ancient Greek tragedy, a diverse cast of six performers, some from Israeli or Palestinian backgrounds, asks whether empathy is stills possible in a conflict that has been polarising for decades.

‘A deliberate punch in the stomach’, according to De Standaard (BE) ****, which proves that “theatre has the power to look the other person in the eye as a human being in the midst of chaos”.

Or as the theatre blog Pzazz puts it:

‘The result is wondrous. 'PERSIANS' puts  the whole debate and theatre itself on edge.’