Nowhere

“Welcome to Nowhere.

I’m going to share with you how I got here

And what ‘here’ actually means to me”.

In this intricate and playful solo show, acclaimed actor and activist Khalid Abdalla (The Day of the Jackal, The Crown, The Kite Runner) takes us on a surprising journey through his own life against a cartography of seismic world events.

Inspired by his involvement in the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and his experience of the counter-revolution that followed, Nowhere brings together the personal and the political in an act of anti-biography.

Tracing a path from the histories of colonialism and decolonisation; friendship and loss; protests and uprisings; to the ongoing violence in Gaza following the events of October 7th 2023, with urgency and insight, Abdalla asks how did we get here, and how can we find agency amidst the mazes of history.

As declared by Broadway World, “[i]t’s impossible not to take note and listen.”

Don't miss NATIVE Minds with Khalid Abdalla at Māoriland Hub, Ōtaki.

"Nau mai Nowhere.

Māku koe e kōrero mō taku taenga kikonei

Me te tikanga o ‘konei’ ki a au.”

I tēnei whakaaturanga takitahi e ngahau ana, mā te kiriwhakaari me te kiritohe rongonui, mā Khalid Abdalla (The Day of the Jackal, The Crown, The Kite Runner) tātou e ārahi i tētahi haerenga i tētahi ara torehapehape i tōna anō ao.

He mea whakaaweawe nā tana whai wāhi kite taihuringa o Ihipa i te tau 2011 me tanaputanga o te taihuringa i whai mai i tērā. He whakaaturanga a Nowhere e whakakotahiana i te taha whaiaro me te taha tōrangapū itētahi ātetenga haurongo.

E whai ana tēnei i ngā kōrero mō te here tātāmi me te wetetāmi; mō te hoahoa mete ngaro hanga; mō ngā mautohe me ngā whana; tae atu ki te kino e kitea tonu tiaana i Gaza i muri mai i ngā tūāhua o te 7o Oketopa 2023 - ka takoto i a Abdalla te pātai, nā te aha tātou i tae ai ki konei, ā, me pēhea tātou e whaikaha ai i ngā peka o te hītori?

E ai ki Broadway World, “uaua ana te kore e whakarongo, e aro hoki."