‘It’s our act of protest as artists, to be on the right side of justice’
Al Jazeera
An Italian theatre director hopes his show, Inshalom, educates people about Israel’s brutal military campaign in Gaza and the history of the conflict.
Naples, Italy – On the stage of the small Zona Teatro Naviganti, an independent theatre in the heart of Naples, a red line divides two teams.
Each side hurls insults and accusations at the other as they record the number of victims while the sound of bombings and cries for help rings out.
This is the opening scene of Inshalom, or the absurd match, a dark comedy by director and playwright Maurizio D Capuano, who wanted to tackle the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian war.
The play was staged this past weekend, as Europe remembered the Holocaust.
“If we have to remember the victims of a genocide, it’s important to do it today more than any other day,” Giuseppe Brandi, one of the show’s actors, told Al Jazeera.
