I Will Tell You This

6 October 2020

Contributors

Dima Mikhayel Matta

The Conversation

Impulses

Lebanese writer and performer Dima Mikhayel Matta created this performance for the first virtual session of The Performance Theatre 2020.

The recent explosions in Beirut, her personal experience of the aftermath and TPT’s theme ‘Re/Assemble’ were Dima’s inspiration for this piece.

Art has always been a positive force in turbulent times, both to raise awareness and to provide inspiration.

We work with artists from around the globe to design our programme each year, illuminating our themes in unexpected ways.

Dima Mikhayel Matta

Dima is a Beirut-based writer and actress. She received a Fulbright scholarship and completed her MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University in 2013. In 2014 she founded Cliffhangers, a non-profit initiative and the first bilingual storytelling platform in Lebanon that serves as a safe space for people to share their stories. Her first play 'This is not a memorized script, this is a well-rehearsed story', an autobiographical play on queerness and her relationship with the city, premiered in Beirut in February 2020 and has toured in London, New York, and Belfast. She is currently working on her second play.