When all the outraged warnings and urgent alarm calls over the atrocities taking place in Gaza have been voiced, and to seemingly little effect for those enduring the suffering, what remains? In the case of these two plays, which distil the experience of being a modern-day Palestinian under fire, it would seem to be humour, albeit pitch black and acid sharp.
Staged as part of PalArt festival and Shubbak festival, they deploy absurdism, satire and radical joy, swerving between the horrors to capture immense human resilience in the face of unspeakable suffering.
