No. 14Theatre: Stage & Costume

Yes Daddy

Role: Assistant Director & Assistant Designer · Touring Stage Manager
Company: Khashabi Theatre, Haifa
Director: Bashar Murkus
Year: 2024

Played atPremiered at Sard Theatre, Haifa, 19 July 2024 · Noorderzon, Groningen · Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, Barcelona · Festival d'Avignon · Théâtre des 13 vents, Montpellier · Théâtre Joliette, Marseille · Espoo Theatre · Alibi Theatre, Bastia

Credits

Text & direction: Bashar Murkus
Dramaturgy & production: Khulood Basel
Performers: Anan Abu Jabir, Makram J. Khoury
Set design: Majdala Khoury
Lighting: Muaz Al Jubeh
Technical director: Moody Kablawi
Stagehand: Basil Zahran
Assistant director: Nancy Mkaabal
Surtitle translation (French & English): Lore Baeten
Production: Khashabi Theatre, Haifa
Supported by: A. M. Qattan Foundation, AFAC Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
International distribution: MAG.I.C. / La Magnanerie

A two-hander over one night, between an escort and an old man losing his memory. On tour since 2024.

I worked on Yes Daddy as assistant director and assistant designer, and I have been its stage and touring manager since 2024, taking it to the Noorderzon Festival, the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, the Festival d'Avignon, Théâtre des 13 vents, Théâtre Joliette, Alibi Theatre in Bastia and Espoo Theatre in Finland.

About the piece

One night, two men. A young escort visits an elderly man whose memory is failing, and who keeps mistaking him for people from his past, his long-lost son among them. With no witnesses and no consequences, the young man starts to become someone else. The play keeps rewriting itself, each scene able to overturn the one before, and asks how far we will go to escape loneliness.

Upcoming dates

8 – 9 Dec 2026
Yes Daddy
Teatro do Bairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal
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15 – 16 Dec 2026
Yes Daddy
National Theatre of Greece, Rex Theatre, Athens, Greece
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Where it's played

18 performances in 8 cities

19 – 20 Jul 2024
Sard Theatre, Haifa
World premiere
2 performances
30 Aug – 1 Sept 2024
Grand Theatre, Groningen, Netherlands
Noorderzon · European premiere
3 performances
12 – 13 Apr 2025
Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona Calling Palestina
2 performances
24 – 26 Jul 2025
Théâtre Benoît-XII, Avignon, France
Festival d'Avignon · French premiere
3 performances
6 – 7 Nov 2025
Théâtre des 13 vents, Montpellier, France
2 performances
14 Nov 2025
Théâtre Alibi, Bastia, France
1 performance
18 – 19 Nov 2025
Théâtre Joliette, Marseille, France
2 performances
19 – 21 Mar 2026
Espoon teatteri, Espoo, Finland
&Fest
3 performances