Ma’ak Nazel (Going down with you) | Berlin Production
An adoption of the German musical production “Line #1”; this theater production was a milestone in the history of Yemeni theater, achieving great level of success and scoring high reviews between critics and writers. The production premiered in Sana’a in October 2009 - after playing in several Yemeni cities and reaching international interest, the German House in Yemen took the production to Europe and was presented in Berlin in June 2010, becoming the first Yemeni play to be performed in Europe.
The entire cast of Ma’ak Nazel traveled to Berlin in June 2010 where the piece played on the stage of Grips theater for two consecutive days, becoming the first Yemeni play to ever be performed in Europe. The sold-out show received a ten minute standing ovation from the Berlin audience on both nights. The production was also received positively within German culture press.
The story revolves on a young female victim of tourist marriage; a trend spreading wide in Yemen where an older man from the Gulf countries marries her for several days then disappears from her life, leaving her alone and pregnant. A year later, Amal learns that her so-called husband is in Aden. She follows him to the city, reaches the bus station in Aden
and begin meeting locals; each with different background representing the fabric of the Yemeni society.
