15/11/2025
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The Smooth Life / Monday 17.Nov.25 (7:00pm)
A multi-awarded, non-traditional solo documentary puppet performance end with a culinary surprise at the
Created and performed by Husam Abed, this intimate work blends storytelling, object theater, and live cooking to recount his family’s displacement from the Baqa’a refugee camp in Jordan - the largest Palestinian camp through generations shaped by the 1948 Nakba and beyond.
Audience members sit around a table as stories unfold through soulful music, raw materials (tin cans, rice, wire, paper), projections, maps, and tactile memories. Abed speaks, whispers, sings, and dances—bringing us close to lives and histories that may feel distant, yet resonate deeply.
This is theater where art meets survival, memory meets flavor, and personal history becomes collective reflection.
🧾Get your tickets! Link in bio or in pay the bistro.
(Seats are limited - booking early is recommended.)
Praise for The Smooth Life
“Staying clear of propaganda, The Smooth Life is all the more powerful and thought-provoking for the normality and joyful moments of life that it portrays in the face of brutal politics.”
Rachel MacNally, Jury Member, A Puppet is a Human Too Festival (Poland)
“It is performance straight as real life. A show that hits and strokes you together. I wish all spectators, creators and festival promoters to see or invite productions like this one.”
Vladimir Hulec, Critic & Jury Member, Skupa Plzen
“A very moving story, told in a beautiful way - rich in colors and flavors. A must-experience.”
Stephanie Filippi, Prologue to the Performing Arts (Canada)
Creative Team:
Stage Design: Réka Deák
Dramaturgy: Marek Turošík
Performed & Directed by: Husam Abed
Music: Folk, Tareq Al Jundi, Husam Abed, Sanaa Mousa, Rim Banna
Awards:
Jury Grant of Distinction, A Puppet is a Human Too Festival, Warsaw, 2015
Jury Distinction for Artistic Concept, Valise, Lomza, 2015
