Khalil Khalil
Khalil Albatran / Bilal Alkhatib (Palestine)
- Fri Jan 23 7PM
- Sat Jan 24 7PM
- Sun Jan 25 2PM
Memory // Inheritance // Individuality
How does a name shape a destiny?
Khalil Albatran was named for his brother, a martyr of the First Palestinian Intifada. In a family where the name carries both honour and grief, he has lived as a continuation of another life—one that ended before his began.
Through movement and music, Khalil Khalil becomes a dialogue between presence and absence. The artist places his body in direct conversation with memory, confronting what it means to live as both an echo and an original. Each movement negotiates the distance between what is remembered and what is alive now.
Beyond one man’s story, the work opens a window onto a shared experience for many who bear the names of the fallen. A performance in which the artist confronts an existential question: can a body exist beyond the history it inherits?
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Artist Bio
Khalil Albatran / Bilal Alkhatib
Palestine
Khalil is a Palestinian theater director, performer, and music composer. He works independently across performance and sound under the name BTR / Batr, and believes in theater as a free, resistant, and engaged act. He founded Mushtabik, a platform exploring how art can confront reality through live, interactive performance.
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Venue
1398 Cartwright St, Vancouver
Content Advisory
Strobing lights, haze
Showtimes & Tickets
Standard: $39 // Generous: $59
Accessibility
Arabic with English surtitles
Credits
Idea and Director Khalil Albatran & Bilal Alkhatib Performer Khalil Albatran Lighting & Sound Isam Rishmawi Stage Manager Nathalie Asmari Promotions & Communications Ilaria Depari
A production in collaboration with Sawa Sawa Program – Institut de France, Les Subs L Yon, Al Mawred (Beirut), Mishkal Grants, British Council, Goethe Institut.