{"product_id":"two-palestinians-go-dogging-9781848428850","title":"Two Palestinians Go Dogging","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award - 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 2043, and Reem and her husband Sayeed are going to share a 'Serious Play about Palestine'. Things are tense. People are on the edge. The Fifth Intifada is right around the corner. But on a contested piece of land near their village of Beit al-Qadir, Reem and Sayeed are about to go dogging. Don't worry, you're allowed to laugh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSami Ibrahim's play \u003cem\u003etwo Palestinians go dogging\u003c\/em\u003e uses the lens of humour to explore how the everyday becomes political and the political becomes everyday in a conflict zone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe play premiered in May 2022 at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London, directed by Omar Elerian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSami Ibrahim\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer from London. His plays include: \u003cem\u003eA Sudden Violent Burst of Rain\u003c\/em\u003e (Paines Plough, 2022); \u003cem\u003etwo Palestinians go dogging\u003c\/em\u003e (Royal Court Theatre, London, 2022; winner of the inaugural Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award in 2019); \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, co-written with Laura Lomas and Sabrina Mahfouz, after Ovid (Shakespeare's Globe, 2021); \u003cem\u003eWind Bit Bitter, Bit Bit Bit Her\u003c\/em\u003e (2018 VAULT Festival, London); \u003cem\u003eIron Dome Fog Dome\u003c\/em\u003e (The Yard, London, 2017) and \u003cem\u003eForce of Trump \u003c\/em\u003e(Brockley Jack). He has worked at the Almeida Theatre as a member of their Creative Board, developing and producing \u003cem\u003eFrom the Ground Up\u003c\/em\u003e, a piece of immersive theatre.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453874802962,"sku":"9781848428850","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_514ac728-09db-408e-a230-5322e285f981.jpg?v=1729858724","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/two-palestinians-go-dogging-9781848428850","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}