URBAN SAFAR RABAT
Guest direction
2026
URBAN SAFAR RABAT is far more than a theatre performance: it is an immersive journey into the beating heart of the city and the lives of its people. Over the course of three unforgettable hours, the boundaries between theatre and reality, audience and performer, strangers and neighbours gradually dissolve.
Created using the internationally acclaimed adoption methodology developed by the Dutch theatre company Female Economy and its artistic director, Adelheid Roosen, the project begins long before the audience arrives. For two weeks, performers and local residents share each other’s everyday lives, day and night. Out of these intimate encounters emerges a performance that is not simply staged, but truly lived.
On a surprising journey through the streets of the Kasbah of the Oudayas and the Medina of Rabat, you step into a world that usually remains hidden. Behind doors, in squares, and along narrow alleyways, personal stories, dreams, and memories unfold, revealing new perspectives on the city and its people.
URBAN SAFAR RABAT is a celebration of hospitality, curiosity and human connection —an opportunity to discover the city as you have never experienced it before. URBAN SAFAR RABAT is a co-production by Female Economy, Jouk Attamtil Al Bidaoui (Kabareh Cheikhats), and Fondation HIBA.
The performance runs from 26 November to 5 December 2026.
Team
CONCEPT + ARTISTIC SUPERVISION
Adelheid Roosen
DIRECTED BY
Ghassan Elhakim, Marte Boneschansker, Adelheid Roosen
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Myriam Sahraoui
ADOPTED PERFORMERS
Amine Naouni, Fazou Lahouitar, Hamza Boulaiz, Zouheir Ait Benjeddi, Ghassan El Hakim, Myriam Sahraoui, Leendert Vooijce
ADOPTED PARENTS
Rachid Aridod, François Beaurain, Jérôme El Glaoui, Hamza Saber, Dalila Boudahra
NOMADIC PERFORMERS
Walid Rakik, Oumayma Nouib, Hamza Ennaji, Mohamed Ammar, Hajar Masnaoui
FINALE MUSICIANS
Kabareh Cheikhats
RESEARCH
Ghassan El Hakim, Amine Naouni, Hamza Boulaiz, Myriam Sahraoui
ARTISTIC ASSISTANCE
Anne Heintz, Vincent Brons
PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO
Ghassane Kaaibich, Leendert Vooijce, Adam van Raaij (intern)
PRODUCER | MOROCCO
Kabareh Cheikhats, Siham Sendali
PRODUCER + EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | THE NETHERLANDS
Bregtje Bos, Female Economy
PUBLICITY | MOROCCO
Ilham Tarikko
PUBLICITY | THE NETHERLANDS
Rowyda Zakaria, Salien Oosterman, Fanny Kuitenbouwer, Lola Hernandez Garcia, Maxi Meissner
A PERFORMANCE BY
Female Economy
IN CO-CREATION WITH
Kabareh Cheikhats, Fondation HIBA, Company Marte Bonenschansker
WITH THE SUPPORT OF Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK), Performing Arts Fund NL, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, L’academie du Royaume du Maroc, L’atelier Vegetal Concept, Kulte Art Center and Editions