Bøger af Carmen Nasr

1508. France. A woman dances compulsively - and soon hundreds join her.1962. Tanzania. A schoolgirl's laughing fit spreads from village to village.2011. USA. Cheerleaders are overcome by uncontrollable twitching.2023. London. A group of women suddenly lose the ability to speak - and no one can figure out why. The team at an all-female podcast decide to investigate and end up on a journey of discovery, uncovering more than they bargained for.The Maladies by Carmen Nasr is a powerful, provocative play, offering rich material for schools, colleges and youth theatres, particularly those looking for leading roles for young women. It was devised with the Almeida Young Company, directed by Yasmin Hafesji, and first performed at The Yard Theatre, London, in April 2022.

“All the astronauts orbiting around the Earth, they’ll look down out of their little round windows and they’ll see me, standing onthe top floor of Vision Towers, huge and glowing”An oasis of free enterprise, no income taxes, no unions, no opposition parties. A paradise of consumption. A skyline on crack. Urban planning on steroids – Dubai.On the 88th  floor of an unfinished skyscraper in the Emirate’s glittering skyline, the life of a migrant labourer becomes fatefully intertwined with that of Jamie, a British expat with his eye on the big time.