BACKGAMMON
​​An Iranian and a Greek sit down to play a game of Backgammon. With coffee, tea and playful banter they engage with the audience, unfolding a slow-burn performance, full of stories, traditions, gossip, family values and strong emotions dipped in traditional music and seasoned with Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern spices.
There’s always a good dose of laughter served with ounces of nostalgia and a pinch of teary-eyes.
With this show, Ela&Yala are breathing life into the characters they know and love from their home countries, aiming straight for the hearts of the audience, reminding them that no matter where we come from, we’re all just humans with hopes, needs and dreams.
​The cast:
Christianna Tsigkou (Ela AKA The greek)
Tanine M. Dunais (Yala AKA The iranian)
BAGGAGE CLAIM
Baggage Claim is a stark, poetic play about two figures caught in a liminal space where departures never arrive and arrivals never come. With an empty suitcase, a fishing-net veil, and a border that keeps shifting, Aziz and Leila wait—delayed again and again.
Time stretches in silences, punctuated by static announcements and distant bangs.
Their words circle, repeat, and contradict, mirroring the endless deferrals of escape.
At once absurd and tragic, the play captures the hopelessness of being stuck in transit, suspended between past and future, where waiting itself becomes the only certainty.
IPA
An Imam, A Priest And An Atheist Walk Into A Bar
Every new generation of human beings on this planet believe that we understand the universe better than anyone that came before us. And we call these beliefs religion, science, magic. But isn’t the wisest generation the one that knows it knows nothing at all? Three improvisers—raised Muslim, Christian, Atheist—set out to clear this up once and for all.
​The cast:
Chris Mead(UK)
Gael Doorneweerd-Perry(France)
Tanine M. Dunais(Iran)​​
ECHO
A sleepy village where nothing ever happens. The people, though, are odd, all tied up in their own little worlds. Then, suddenly, a crash, a scream! When the dust settles, it's clear: a murder has been committed. But who did it? The Detective (played by Jenny Hasenack) will try to find out what exactly happened, here in this small town (played by Tanine Dunais). Show technical description This is a longform show about a murder mystery, in which the detective is played by Jenny and all other roles by Tanine. It is about solving the murder, but mostly about getting to know this small town and the people who live in it. It is lighthearted and funny, but also connected, patient and authentic.
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The cast:
Jenny Hasenack (The Netherlands)
Tanine Dunais (Iran)
