Lady Tabouli
Shortlisted 2021 Nick Enright
Prize for Playwriting NSW
Premier’s Literary Award
“Despite one day knowing, perhaps, the same sister that you grew up with, that you shared everything with, will one day spit in your face and take your nephew away. That one day, your mother stares you in the face and makes you choose.
But I’m still the same. I’ve never changed.
It’s everyone else that’s changed, that’s the whole point”
Unapologetic, piercing and bittersweet… we all have families and we all have secrets.
Original production presented by the 2020 Sydney Festival/National Theatre of Parramatta.
Playwright James Elazzi
Director Dino Dimitriadis
Original Cast -
Antony Makhlouf
Deborah Galanos
Johnny Nasser
Nisrine Amine
Production Designer Jonathan Hindmarsh
Lighting Designer Benjamin Brockman
Sound Designer Ben Pierpoint
Dramaturg Hilary Bell
Stage Manager Hannah Crane
Production Photo Robert Catto
Lady Tabouli is James Elazzi‘s unflinching clash of cultures and a searing look at how expectations can eat away at us until we decide to change the rules.
It’s the day of his nephew’s baptism and Danny is godfather. Living back home with his religious Lebanese mother, he’s thrown into the maelstrom of preparations and high emotions: God forbid this christening comes second to the Boustanis’! The family can’t afford to lose face, especially with Danny recently and mysteriously calling off his engagement. But secrets will out, and amidst the sugared almonds and balloon deliveries, Danny discovers the true colours of those to whom he’s closest. Where do you turn when the people you love refuse to accept the truth?
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TIME OUT SAYS
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Lady Tabouli review: a hilarious comedy about suffocating expectations
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Australian Arts Review
10.21 7:00-8:00PM
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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