written by  Mohamed Kacimi | translated by Jan Tošovský | set design​ and costumes Lucie Málková and collective  litterary advisor Jan Tošovský |​ music MYKO

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cast: Týna Průchová, Alena Štréblová / Eva Salzman-nová, Ondřej Pavelka, Tomáš Krejčíř /David Steigerwald and Igor Orozovič


Holy Land takes place in a half bombed-out apartment in a city at war. The location and time remain hazy, but the locals are Arab and the occupying army French. Imen, a young woman, waits for her mother, who disappeared after approaching an army checkpost. She is harassed by a soldier, Ian, impulsive, frightened, a lover of music who has little idea why he has been sent to fight in this war. Imen lives with Alia and Yad, an older couple; Yad is a midwife, bringing new life into the world in the midst of destruction. Yad was a freedom fighter in Lebanon in his younger years but no longer has patience for either ideology or death; Their son, Amin, responds to the pulverization of their neighbors’ house by turning to the Islam his parents have rejected, and seeking to become a shahid.

Opening night: 15th March 2009 in Studio Saint Germain of Rock Café club