The performance draws on poetic fragments from “The Dice Player” by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish as a starting point to explore questions of identity and fear through live performance. It offers an embodied experience that intertwines poetry, movement, memory, and gesture, where the body becomes a living archive narrating the experience of an ordinary human being living under extraordinary circumstances. Through fragmented scenes and ritualistic atmospheres, the piece opens a space for reflection on the fragility of existence and on how the self is continuously reconstructed on stage.

Biography

Shebli Albau (b. 1991, Jerusalem) is a Palestinian actor and performance artist based in Bern, Switzerland. He holds a BA in Acting from the Drama Academy in Ramallah, in collaboration with Folkwang University, and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Expanded Theatre at Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB). He has performed locally and internationally at festivals such as Edinburgh Festival and Carthage Theatre Days, winning the Best Actor Award at the International Festival Liberal Theater. Since 2017, he has worked as a professional medical clown with Red Noses and the International School of Humor in Vienna. His skills include physical performance, clowning, and sword fighting, giving him a versatile and dynamic stage presence.