Following the story of Amina Arraf, the blogger known as A Gay Girl in Damascus, and the events fomented by the media’s coverage of her kidnapping, Sour Lips fuses fantasy and non-fiction to create its own speculative narrative. But we are here, just as we are everywhere.'
DAMASCUS 18:00 – Amina was walking near Fares Al-Khouri Street when three armed men seized her. According to an eyewitness, A
mina was bustled into a red Dacia Logan with a bumper sticker of Basel Assad. The men are assumed to be members of the Ba’ath Party militia or one of the security services. Amina’s present location is still unknown. Sour Lips runs at Ovalhouse 29 January - 16 February 2013. Tickets are available from Ovalhouse Box Office on 020 7582 7680 or online at www.ovalhouse.com
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Ovalhouse and Paper Tiger presents
Sour Lips
By Omar El-Khairy
Produced by Iain Goosey
Directed by Carissa Hope Lynch
Designer: Florence McHugh
Lighting Designer: Joshua Pharo
Sound Designer: Tom Wilson
Associate Director: Gary Horner
Stage Manager: Phillip Richardson
Press: Alice Baynham
Casting Director: Gemma Lloyd
Cast Includes: Simon Darwen, Takunda Kramer, Lara Sawalha, Celine Rosa Tan and Eden Vik
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This project is funded by Arts Council England via the National Lottery. The writing of this play was also assisted by a grant from The Peggy Ramsay Foundation.
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DISCLAIMER
This play is a fictional account, inspired by both a hoax and its true story. It contains extracts from Tom MacMaster’s weblog, A Gay Girl in Damascus. However, the characters, timelines and incidents have been changed for dramatic purposes. In some cases, fictitious characters and incidents have been further added to the narrative, and the words are those imagined by the author. The play should not be understood as either a biography or factual account.
