“To be in a time of war, is to learn how to embroider to candlelight. Embroider the candlelight. And wait.” 

When you can’t go outside, listening becomes a meditation. Remembering and rehearsing for the time you can go outside becomes a way to live again. Curfew describes the distortion of time when it’s controlled by outside forces. 

Play Inside Series 2: How to be a Real Man or The Availability of Air is a selection of embodied audio stories from writers from Palestine, Egypt and the UK, funded by the British Council International Collaboration Fund and directed by UK artists Michelle Roche and Rosie Poebright (Splash and Ripple) in collaboration with Dawar Arts, Egypt and The Freedom Theatre, Palestine.

Written by Anonymous (Palestine)

Sound Design by Hana Seifelnasr

Project Managed by Nery Mounir (Egypt) and Lama (Palestine)

Welcome into our worlds. Into our homes, into our lives. 

Come, join us for a moment. 

Witness what we see, what we feel, what we hear. 

We get power from sharing our stories. Witnessing survivors' perspectives shifts the power back into their hands. These stories transport us from homes in Egypt to England and to Palestine. We know it’s not always easy to listen to, but it’s important to be heard, to be witness to the complexity of lives, and resilience of people, people fighting for air and remembering to breathe.