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THE WHOLLY-WATER: Father, I Have a Question…Premiere: 18 November 2026, 20:00
Venue: Alfred ve Dvoře, Prague
Running time: 50 minutes
Language: English, Arabic, Czech
The Wholly-Water: Father, I Have a Question… is a 2026 Ibsen Scope Grant production by Prague-based Dafa Theater, one of five works selected from 207 applications across 65 countries.
Inspired by Ibsen's Brand, the piece traces how military occupation and economic precarity hollow out the father — once provider and protector — into absence. Where Brand's rigidity was a freedom he chose, these fathers are shaped by forces beyond their control: what if they, too, could choose to protect, provide, remain?
That same loss of control runs through the piece as water — from the tap at home to the sea, held under the same grip, the same watching eye. Through movement, sound and materials, performers move between control, care and resistance. A space of collective witnessing, where body and matter resist indoctrination and open room for responsibility.
Director: Jeries AbuJaber
Co-created and concept development:Husam Abed, Jeries AbuJaber, Matej Vejdělek
Dramaturge, Light designer & technician: Matej Vejdelek
Stage, costume and puppet designer: Katanari, Jasmine Molinari
Music composer: Cyril Kaplan
Video material: Mariam Basha, Ameera Ahmad
Production: Lucie Horakova, Husam Abed
Graphic designer: Robert Voss
Art Consultant: Robert Smolik, Lucie Nemeckova
Documentation: Adriana Vancova
Producer: Dafa Theater
With the support of 2026 Ibsen Scope Grant, Municipality of Prague 7, Alfred Ve Dvoře, Zizkostel, Klub Letka
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Alfred ve dvoře / Motus, Františka Křížka 495/36, 170 00 Praha, Česko, Prague, Czech Republic
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