Performances [POSTPONED]
Tuesday 5 July, 7.30 – 9 pm
Wednesday 6 July, 7.30 – 9 pm
Thursday 7 July, 7.30 – 9 pm
Friday 8 July, 7.30 – 9 pm
Saturday 9 July, 7.30 – 9 pm
IPCS, 78-80 Curzon Street, North Melbourne
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Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast is a visual theatre performance, reflecting on the nature of colonialism, intergenerational trauma, loss, land, culture, and identity.
“Colonization is a crime. It’s a crime against humanity. It’s truly barbarous and it’s part of a past that we need to confront by apologizing to those against whom we committed these acts.”
— Statement made by President Emanuel Macron in February 2017.
“French colonialism refuses to admit that a genuine European can really fight side by side with the Algerian people”.
— Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 1959.

Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast is a visual theatre performance, reflecting on the nature of colonialism, intergenerational trauma, loss, land, culture, and identity.
Whether in Australia or elsewhere in the global south, colonial powers have left long lasting marks on native populations and their descendants. Current research has sought to underscore the inheritance of such trauma passed down through the generations.
Through performance, Barbary coast gives creative expression to the descendants of the colonised, opening space for dialogue. The performance does not consist of storytelling, it makes use of art to stage a discussion about the lives of colonialism.
Based on lived experience at the time of the colonisation of North Africa and Vietnam, the performance invites the audience to draw parallels with the truth of the country where we reside.
In January 2020, the French presidency stated that there was “no question of showing repentance” or of “presenting an apology” for France’s colonial past.
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Barbary Coast
Concept and direction: Kaira Hachefa
Dramaturgy and director assistant: Karen Berger
Texts: Aouicha Hachefa
Performance by Kaira Hachefa & Anso Biguet
Puppet and set: Michael Conole
Calligraphy: Raafat Ishak
Sound design: David Joseph
Lighting design: Alex Bryce
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Date: 5 July 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Location:
Ashis Nandy Room, IPCS