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Hotel Modern and Abdelkader Benali join forces in The Fall of Granada, a historical performance full of storytelling, puppets, shadow play, live animation and music.

For seven hundred years, the south of Spain was part of a prosperous Moorish kingdom, in which Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together. The arts flourished, science flourished. In 1492, this came to an end, when Catholic Spain conquered the last Moorish city: Granada. What followed was a long process of persecution and expulsion of Muslims and Jews by the Spanish Inquisition.

With spectacular shadow play and compelling storytelling, Hotel Modern and Abdelkader Benali bring the world of Granada to life: the moving stories, the dances, the painful loss and the unimaginable climax of the Fall.

Creators and actors:
Abdelkader Benali
Pauline Kalker
Arlène Hoornweg
Herman Helle

Text:
Abdelkader Benali
Hotel Modern

Live music:
Chris Saris

Assistance props, puppets and costumes:
Marsha Agerbeek
Juliet Campfens
Jacqueline de Maat
Jozef van Rossum
Barbara Witteveen

Technicians:
Joost ten Hagen
Pablo Strörmann

Production:
Hotel Modern

The guest performance of this production is supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support of the Cultural Diplomacy Fund of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 

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