Embroidery

Embroidery presents a gathering of six Arab women during a traditional tea session. As they share intimate conversations about life, they reveal their dreams, losses, and achievements. The performance invites the audience into an Arab home to listen to stories that reflect the challenges of love and life in a society caught between tradition and modernity.

Inspired by Marjane Satrapi’s book of the same name, Embroidery is built upon real testimonies collected from the hundreds of interviews featured in the documentary 7 Billion Others by French filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Traveling the world, the documentarian sought to answer the question: What makes us human? Amok approaches the same question through theater, but from the perspective and lived experience of women.

The play encourages a shift in perspective, allowing us to hear the voices of women from another cultural background—voices that, despite their different origins, feel deeply familiar. Embroidery weaves together tears and laughter, stitching a thread that embodies the strength of each woman.



"When I close my eyes, I can still see the faces of those women embroidered on the walls of my eyelids—their laughter, their shared tears. I hold this memory as the very essence of the word “saudade" (Longing)

Bordados – Amok Teatro






CAST AND CREATIVE

Direction: Ana Teixeira and Stephane Brodt

Cast:

  • Fathmeh: Carmen Frenzel
  • Massarat: Flávia Lopes
  • Hiba: Jacyam Castilho
  • Khadija: Sandra Alencar
  • Nesrine: Vanessa Dias
  • Walla: Vania Santos

Text: Ana Teixeira

Lighting: Renato Machado

Assistant Directors: Gustavo Damasceno

Set Design, Costumes, and Musical Direction: Stephane Brodt

Off-stage Music: Rudá Brauns (composition and performance)

On-stage Music: Vanessa Dias (composition)

Sound Editing: Gabriel Petit

Scenic Technician: Beto de Almeida

Seamstress: Ateliê das Meninas

Executive Production: Gabriel Garcia and Lucas Petidemange

Production Management: Amok Teatro and Sonia Dantas




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