Mind Map: Possible Ideas
Commedia Dell'arte
Epic Theater
Political Theater
Karagöz and Hacivat
Realism
Poor Theater
Improvisation to depict comedic moments due to the nature of the play being a dark comedy.
Conventions such as breaking the fourth wall to add realism and to elicit more thought-provoking concepts with the audience.
Adds more audience impact and acknowledgement to Palestinian society and culture.
Emphasizing on critical political motives that resulted in catastrophic events within Palestine, such as the Nakba, and the Intifada.
Use of projections could be used to display real-life footage of the tragic incidents, thus giving the audience more clarity on what had occurred.
Could be done when Hajja is interacting with the audience to give more light-heartedness to her characterization. As well as to show her forgetfulness and hyperactive personality.
Islamic shadow puppetry that was developed in Turkey.
Tells a story by using various shadow puppets. These stories would typically teach the audience a lesson regarding morals or values they should begin to adopt.
Could be used to teach the audience about Palestines rich history and culture through immersive and imaginative puppetry.
Karagöz and Hacivat may also be used for flashbacks or to depict past events.
A movement through theater that began around the 19th century to depict real life scenarios. Realism is used to retell stories of ongoing or past events that are seen as critical to society.
It could be used to emphasize Palestinian societies evolution after its catastrophic events, such as how modern Palestinian society had incorporated the Nakba as a cardinal point of their culture.
Lack of proper set design, props, and costumes could allude to the crippling state of Palestine's economy, and how it political disputes had left many Palestinian families in poverty.
Transformative props and a lack of thorough set design could be used to showcase minimalism in Palestinian society.