Mundo

Skander Zehani et Khawla El Hadef

During the show, Skander invites the spectators into his kitchenette and offers them recipes, while retracing the past and present lives of the inhabitants of a building in the heart of Lafayette, the central district of Tunis. In this building located at 29 Avenue de la Liberté, which is called "le petit colisée", generations of children, Tunisians, Italians, Kabyles, Jews... And bonds ranging from love to friendship have been woven during their cohabitation. Through words, sounds and gestures, and while the recipes are cooking, Skander's childhood and teenage memories echo the history of Tunis in the 1990s.

"Mundo", is a show that addresses our common memory, mixing object theatre, video, sounds, cooking...and a story full of nostalgia and humour.

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Artistic path :

Skander ZEHANI : Skander ZEHANI was born in 1985 in Tunis. Trained as an engineer, he attended theatre workshops supervised by Taoufik Jebali, Ghazi Zaghbani, Nejib Ben Khalfallah and Moez Gediri at the Espace El Teatro (Tunis). He performed in the show "Ichkabad 1", written by Taoufik Jebali and directed by Ghazi Zaghbani (2008), in "Manifestou sourour" directed by Taoufik Jebali (2009) and "Insihab" directed by Moez Geudiri and produced by espace "El Teatro" with the support of the British Council (2010). Skander was also an actor in "Don Quixote" (Comedia dell'Arte) by Anne Marie Sellami (2014), "Myrath" by Kawla El Hadef (2015) and "the girl and death" by Hela Ayed (2017). In cinema, he played a role in the short film "Sables mouvants" by Sarah Abdelkafi, supervised by Nouafel Saheb Ettabaa and produced by ESAC in 2017.

Khawla El Hadef: (designer and director), director, actress, coach and pedagogue, expert in the entire process of theatre production. She has worked alongside actors, directors, writers... to develop plays from concept to stage. Well versed in contemporary theatre, classical adaptations and all kinds of art and expression. More than 20 years of experience, including seminars, workshops and visits in Tunisia and around the world: Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil and Argentina.

Written and interpreted by: Skander Zehani

Design and staging: Khawla Elhadef

Assistant Director: Yoser Galai

Set design: Hatem Miladi

PR and Communication: Amen okja

The group worked via facebook messenger videoconferences, emails and phone calls and it is probably the lack of space and the lack of a proper theatre stage or the constant back and forth between the kitchen and the other living rooms of his apartment that Khawla el Hadef deliberately chose a kitchen as the stage for Mundo. Isn't it like the backstage of a theatre, the kitchen is the place where everything is prepared and concocted. While the show was initially auditory and visual, it is now transformed into a gustatory, oral and sensory journey. This is a theatrical performance in which the actor (Skander Zehani), alone (or confined) in his kitchen, will show us his culinary knowledge and at the same time reveal his often incredible stories from his life as a child and then as a teenager. The food will be real, raw, cooked and eaten on stage and in the theatre. The preparation of the dishes and the food will be an integral part of the dramaturgy.

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