Adeeb Razzouk is a multi-disciplinary artist, youth arts worker and emerging intimacy coordinator working on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, SydneyOriginally from Syria, he nurtures his passion for discovering new storytelling mediums using arts and technology
Work
Born in a living room in Lebanon , our project has journeyed across continents to find a home here in Australia. We create our light room shows from the comfort of our own space, editing and uploading them for you to experience. The music that sets the scene comes from a mix of sources - collaborations with friends, online discoveries, and simply the tunes that move us.What began as an intimate, interactive experience has evolved into a theatrical performance piece for unconventional venues. When lockdowns forced us to close our doors to live audiences, we embraced the screen and found a new way to share our work with the virtual world.
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Kalam Maozon كلام موزونKalam Maozon (Tuned Words) is an attempt to revive shadow theatre practice and make it available online. Our characters and stories are drawn from the oral histories of the city of Aleppo as documented by Samir Tahan in his book Aleppo Calendar. Telling the stories of our ancestors serves as bridge to our connection with them.This project was the collaboration of three Syrian artists:
Raffi Minas, writer and puppeteer, Canada
Aya Mhana, original music scoring, Canada
Adeeb Razzouk, producer and voice actor, Australia
About
Growing up in an ancient city, rich in culture, where documented stories survived generations of hardship, I discovered the importance of creativity as a tool of survivalWith my technical background and interest in multimedia, I enjoy exploring the artistic use of technology and its possibilities
Contact
AustraliaBUCKLAND and GUN MANAGEMENT
Nick Bucklan Nick@bucklandandgun.com.au+61 431 740 955
Papers form the Citadel - Work in progress
Papers from the Citadel is an interactive performance which uses movement combined with darkness and light to tell an original concept storyBased on The Papers from the High Castle by Adeeb Razzouk, this fictional story takes place in a surreal world where the protagonist wakes to find himself in room that floats on air. This room has no door and only one window, and features a stranger who reminds him of a place he used to call home. As way of keeping track of time, he decides to write a diary of everything he is experiencing
Theatre
“From the imaginal abyss he conjures with light and music, with his body and his face... There is nothing else like it on this planet.”
— Audience member
A character awakes in a surreal room where he is stripped of everything he was attached to. The room has no doors, only a single window. The person calls the room the Citadel. The world is in constant darkness; it is always night.Papers from the Citadel began as a series of writings made when Adeeb left Syria for Lebanon during the civil war. In solitude, as he wrote more and more, the Citadel and its characters became his inner sanctum.Joined by collaborators Andrea Lim, Ali Rezvni and Amy Morris, the multimedia Papers of the Citadel conjures images out of words, shapes out of sounds, and light out of darkness to tell a story at once personal and universal about the power of an inner creative world in times of loss and hardship.
Written and Performed by Adeeb Razzouk
Sound Design & Music Composition by Andrea Lim
Projection Design & Cinematography by Ali Rezvni
Lighting Design by Theo Carroll
Producer and Production Manager Amy Morris
Dramaturgy by Paul Dwyer
Lighting Mentor Fausto Brusomolino
Performance Coach Janie Gibson
Script Editor Michela Carattini
Costume Design Sam Hernandez
Mask Design Ross Brown
Additional Music by Nour Salman & Adeeb RazzoukSpecial thanks to Claudia Chidiac, Alissar Chidiac, Martin del Amo.
*** Press Reviews ***
Razzouk is perfect as Wilfred reliving this extraordinary tale of pleasure and pain. His performance work is the highlight of the evening
Broadway World Sydney
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Adeeb's performance in portraying grief was stellar. It was relatable and heartfelt and included splashes of humourWeek End Notes
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Intimacy CoordinationAdeeb is an Arabic-speaking intimacy coordinator with Key Intimate Scenes, AustraliaSpecialising in the prevention, minimisation and management of secondary traumatisation in actors, he is a scholarship recipient of the KIS Intimacy Coordinator Qualification Training Program, the only one of its kind in AustraliaFor more information or to book intimacy coordination services for stage or screen, please go to the KIS website