Mudar Alhaggi

Mudar Alhaggi (*1981) studied theatre studies at The Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damaskus. Alhaggi works as an author and dramaturge, he writes for the radio and TV, pens scripts and leads writing workshops for refugees. He staged “Footfalls” by Samuel Beckett and the production “One Thousand and One Tents”, which was devel-oped in a workshop with refugees in Lebanon. In
2013 the production “Now T-Here“, in which he was involved as author and director (in collaboration with Stella Cristofolini) was presented in Oberhausen and Berlin. Since 2015 he manages “Future Stages. A Creative Programme for Emerging Syrian Writers” in Lebanon together with Erik Altorfer. In 2015 and 2016 he developed “41 Stunden” with Kopp / Nauer / Praxmarer / Vittinghoff, a coproduction with Schlachthaus Theater Bern. With Erik Altorfer, he presented another work with adolescent
refugees and young people from Graz at Schauspielhaus Graz. Mudar Alhaggi lives in Berlin since summer 2015. Since 2017 he is artiestic director of COLLECTIVE MA’LOUBA.