Mister Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran

Event: Mister Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran
Date: 08-Dec-2011
Time: 21:00
Location: Theater Frascati | Amsterdam

"When I was eleven, I beat up my pig and visited the prostitutes” – so the story begins. Moise, the  Jewish boy later nicknamed Momo (short for Mohamed) lives in the Rue Bleue in Paris. His father, an unemployed lawyer, sits at home depressed and his mother has disappeared. Momo takes care of his father and does his daily shopping at the shop of  'the Arab', Mr. Ibrahim. Somehow, a friendship blossoms between Mr. Ibrahim and the boy. He teaches Momo about life, happiness, Judaism, the Koran, and using a smile as a secret weapon. When Momo's father commits suicide, Mr. Ibrahim adopts him. Together they journey to the land of the Fertile Crescent, the real homeland of  Mr. Ibrahim.

Erik Vos is one of the Netherlands’ best-known stage directors. He was a founder of the famous theater group ‘de Appel’, and later went on to direct many operas and theater pieces in the Netherlands and abroad.

Sabri Saad El Hamus left Egypt at the age of 21 for the Netherlands. He joined the theater academy in Arnhem, acted with Toneelgroep Amsterdam, De Trust and de Gebroeders Flint, and appeared in several television series and movies. He has acted in and directed several theater pieces and was appointed artistic director of the theater group De Nieuw Amsterdam (DNA) in 2008.

Text adaptation: Inez van Dullemen, Erik Vos, from the book by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.

Performed by: Sabri Saad El Hamus, Tim Linde, Saar Vandenberghe.

Language: Dutch

This play is also showing on 1,2,3,6 and 7 December in Theater Frascati. Click here for more info.