Donate Now
Skip to content
Skip NavigationMenu
  • What’s Online
  • Gate Lates
  • Open Gate
    • About
    • Blog
    • Projects
    • Young Associates
    • Look Around: Stories at Home
    • The Letters Project
  • Artists
  • About us
    • Our Story
    • Manifesto for our Future
    • #PullUpOrShutUp: Our Statistics
    • Jobs
    • The Team
    • The Board
    • Policies
    • Green Gate
    • GATE THEATRE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
  • Support Us
    • Ways to Give
    • Supporting The Gate
    • Our Supporters
  • Visit Us
    • your visit
    • Contact Us
  • Search
    Search
    Close
  • My Account
  • Basket

Shubbak: Ēvolvō: Family Performance | ليلة ويوم

Yara new website banner

A magic visual delight from one of Beirut’s freshest young talents. Conjuring up complex and wondrous images and optical illusions, ēvolvō follows a journey from idyllic nature in the mountains of Lebanon, filled with birdsong and the buzz of insects, to the busy street-life of Beirut with its startling roofscapes and noisy traffic. A strange creature invades the city, is it an ancient monster or an image of the city drowning in plastic pollution? The city is haunted by animal spirits. Like an open-ended riddle, ēvolvō can be read in many ways – filled with wonder and visual surprises.

This earlier start time is aimed at families and young audiences.

Yara Boustany works at the crossroads of visual arts and performance. In 2015, she founded Amalgam, a theatre, dance, and circus training space in the heart of Beirut.

Presented with additional support from Arab fund for Arts and Culture, British Council, Drosos Foundation and Qatar Foundation International.

Find out more about ēvolvō, read the interview with Yara Boustany.

For later start times see here: Shubbak: Ēvolvō + One Day & One Night Beirut | ايفولفو |  ليلة ويوم بيروت

Image: Ayman Baalbaki.

 

Get Tickets

Friday 5 July - 3pm

Saturday 6 July - 3pm

UK Premiere

running time: 40 mins

Cast & CREATIVES

Yara Boustany
Yara Boustany
Having obtained her degree in audio-visuals from ALBA, Yara Boustany continued her studies at CAU Theatre, Dance and Circus School, Granada, Spain. In 2015, she founded Amalgam Studio in Beirut a space for performers to develop their practice.
Her work focuses on transforming words, images, ideas and thoughts into movements, visuals and sounds. She took part in national and international performances, including her solos Astroturf and One day – One Night – Beirut, the latter premiered at the International Solotanz Festival, Germany and was later presented in the Solo Dance Festival of Ankara, Turkey. In 2017, she received a grant from AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture to produce ēvolvō which premiered in BIPOD - Beirut International Platform of Dance and was later presented in Al Madina Theatre in Beirut and in Cialo Umsyl - Body/Mind Festival in Warsaw, Poland. In 2019 she participated in Breaking Art, Athens a project that brings choreographers and composers together where she started to work on her new piece in collaboration with musician Giorgios Gargalas. Photo credit: Dada Dante
Read Bio
Yara Boustany – Actor
Having obtained her degree in audio-visuals from ALBA, Yara Boustany continued her studies at CAU Theatre, Dance and Circus School, Granada, Spain. In 2015, she founded Amalgam Studio in Beirut a space for performers to develop their practice.
Her work focuses on transforming words, images, ideas and thoughts into movements, visuals and sounds. She took part in national and international performances, including her solos Astroturf and One day – One Night – Beirut, the latter premiered at the International Solotanz Festival, Germany and was later presented in the Solo Dance Festival of Ankara, Turkey. In 2017, she received a grant from AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture to produce ēvolvō which premiered in BIPOD - Beirut International Platform of Dance and was later presented in Al Madina Theatre in Beirut and in Cialo Umsyl - Body/Mind Festival in Warsaw, Poland. In 2019 she participated in Breaking Art, Athens a project that brings choreographers and composers together where she started to work on her new piece in collaboration with musician Giorgios Gargalas. Photo credit: Dada Dante
Read Bio
Yara Boustany contorts her body
A fragmented set design with a hand raised behind a metal sheet
Yara Boustany lies on a mirror with her legs and hands in the air which reflects her body upside down
Two hands reach out behind set pieces painted with clouds
Yara Boustany contorts her body and is reflected by a mirror
Yara Boustany puts her hands to her ears and is reflected by a mirror
Yara Boustany kneels in a dark theatre space with one dramatic light

Presented with additional support from Arab fund for Arts and Culture, British Council, Drosos Foundation and Qatar Foundation International.

Join the conversation

Yara new website listings image png

Shubbak: Ēvolvō + One Day & One Night Beirut | ايفولفو |  ليلة ويوم - بيروت

Read More
Evolvo by liliane rahal2

An Interview with Yara Boustany: ēvolvō

Read More
Chronicles new website listings image png

Shubbak: Chronicles of Majnun Layla | أخبار مجنون ليلى

Read More

Box office: 020 7229 0706

Gate Theatre
11 Pembridge Road
Notting Hill Gate
London W11 3HQ

Design by Matt Travis
Built by Apphut

Newsletter sign up

Twitter Facebook Instagram Youtube
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies Policy
  • Site Map

Supported by

Artscouncil-logo
Jerwood arts website blue

The Gate Theatre Company is a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales No. 1495543 – Charity No. 280278

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. - Cookie Policy