"Perform-Autopsy" is a theater performance that puts history on the table of autopsy, questioning the individual and common responsibility towards past events that didn't pass unnoticed.
This performance gives the audience a chance to participate in a process of writing the unwritten history of Lebanon, relying on the popular memory of Lebanese people through the details, a memory which might be the only narrator of history.

Since October 2012, "Perform Autopsy" has toured in more than 20 different locations across Lebanon.

Credits:
Directed by: Hashem Adnan and Omar Abi Azar Performed by: Lamia Abi Azar, Omar Abi Azar, Hashem Adnan, Danya Hammoud, Junaid Sariedeen, Maya Zbib
Written and Devised by the group Scenography by: Richardo Clementi Sound engineer: George Abou Zeid


About the Audio Version
The Audio version was recorded in July 2020 at studio One Hertz, Beirut.
Sound Engineer: Jawad Chaaban.
Performers: Lamia Abi Azar, Omar Abi Azar and Junaid Sarieddeen, with the participation of Maya Zbib and Hashem Adnan

The production of the Audio Version and the Radio tour are supported by the European Union and Drosos foundation.

The recorded theatre play was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of Zoukak Theatre Company and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

Perform Autopsy

Zoukak is a non-hierarchical structure, dedicated to theatre practice as a social and political involvement, with a belief in theatre as a space for common reflection and in collectivity as a position against marginalizing systems.  it aims at promoting theatre as a tool of personal, social and cultural development, reinforcing youths’ capacities and practitioners’ skills. It aims also at developing a space of encounter and dialogue for children, youths and their communities by exposing them to theatre and offering them opportunities to practice it in various forms (as spectators, participants, practitioners, etc.) providing alternative examples to the surrounding violence, exclusion and discrimination. 
Along with various activities, artistic production is at the centre of Zoukak’s mission. With more than 25 performances, Zoukak constantly strives to find new group work methodologies and tackles various themes; such as power structures (politics, society, religion), re-enactment, history, death and immortality, gender and sexuality, childhood and violence, among others.
Their work has been shown in various cities in the Middle East, Europe, the United States, South America, Africa and South Asia. Zoukak has received multiple international awards including the 2017 Japanese Praemium Imperial Award for young Artists and the 2017 Culture for Peace Award from the Chirac Foundation.