DEADLIFT
About this event
A powerful Palestinian visual performance exploring the human body, endurance and rebuilding – directed by Bashar Murkus. How much can a body carry before it breaks? Palestinian director Bashar Murkus transforms Suleiman Mansour’s iconic image of a porter carrying Jerusalem into a wordless visual performance. Suleiman Mansour’s painting Jamal Al Mahamel, often translated as Camel of Burdens, shows a porter bent beneath the unbearable weight of an entire city. In DEADLIFT, Bashar Murkus translates this enduring symbol into intense physical theatre, asking how much a human body can bear and when endurance itself becomes resistance. Created without spoken text, DEADLIFT centres around a Palestinian ensemble, moving through cycles of weight, exhaustion, injury, care and reconstruction. Watch as a city is carried, broken and built again testing the limits of the human body. Bashar Murkus is a Palestinian theatre director and playwright and the Artistic Director of Khashabi Theatre in Haifa. His work moves between theatre, performance and visual art to create a distinctive visual and physical language. His performances have been staged across the world and engage with urgent political qu
Event details
- Date
- Saturday, 5 June 2027
- Start time
- 00:00
Getting there & venue info
Aviva Studios, See venue website, Manchester .
Good to know
What time does DEADLIFT start?
DEADLIFT is on Saturday, 5 June 2027 at Aviva Studios, Manchester. The listed start time is 00:00 (UK time).
What are the set times for DEADLIFT?
Official set times for DEADLIFT haven't been published. The listed start is 00:00. Running orders are usually confirmed by the venue or artist closer to the date, so check their social channels.
Where is Aviva Studios?
Aviva Studios is at See venue website, , Manchester.
