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Producing & creation

Selected productions, 2026.

Original work that challenges conventional artistic boundaries and uses performance as a platform for social dialogue.

Arcana

Devised theatreDubai, UAE · April 2026

Veiled performers in white lace stand around a banner marked with a red handprint
Arcana · Over X Theatre Company, 2026

A ten-minute devised theatre piece exploring ritual, concealment and collective memory.

Directed by Ahmed Elsaghier for Over X Theatre Company, Arcana played two Dubai festivals in April 2026.

18–19 Apr
Short & Sweet FestivalNew Covent Garden Theatre, Dubai
25–26 Apr
X FestivalThe Junction, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai
Director
Ahmed Elsaghier
Company
Over X Theatre Company
Cast & production team

Cast

  • Tadeo Pons Morat
  • Menna Zakzouk
  • Mariam Bayoumy
  • Ahmed Elsaghier
  • Fadi Zarca
  • Zorjwan Mohamed

Production team

Production manager
Faiz Mustafa
Stage manager
Raghdaa Khamis
Deputy stage manager
Gasim Osman
Asst. stage managers
Faris Hamid, Assem Allatif
Sound
Mohamed Ehab
Scenography
Fatma Nasser
Costume
Kawtar Naboulsi
A performer kneels in a pool of blue light while masked figures in white stand around him
Short & Sweet Festival, Dubai
Two masked performers mid-movement, in black and white
Arcana in performance
Official poster for Arcana, directed by Ahmed Elsaghier
Official poster

The Quarry

Devised performanceAlexandria, Egypt · July 2026

Performers carry timber beams hung with chains across their shoulders; one wears an orange jumpsuit
The Quarry · Production still, 2026

Four performers, bound by chain, tool and labour, enact a physical reckoning with extraction, endurance and survival.

A devised performance that spotlights the issues and risks faced by quarry workers, staged as part of the Bab El Bahr Forum in Alexandria.

14 Jul
Bab El Bahr ForumAlexandria, Egypt
Director
Ahmed Elsaghier
Company
Over X Theatre Company
Producer
Per Ankh Cultural Organisation
With
Agora OrganisationStreaming by Basita Organization. Supported by the Drosos Foundation.
Cast & production team

Cast

  • Khaled Muhammad
  • Ahmed Elsaghier
  • Salma Ebada
  • Marwan Awad

Production team

Choreography
Khaled Muhammad
Lighting designer / operator
Ahmed Ramadan
Music designer
Amr Zidan
Music operator
Noha Osama
Video creator
Nada Mekky
Video operator
Mostafa Shatory
A masked performer in green goggles crouches inside a red-lit stone niche
On set
Four performers lock arms in a tight huddle
Production still, The Quarry (2026)
Official poster for The Quarry
Official poster
A performer in a red jumpsuit and safety glasses sits in a stone niche; a masked figure crouches in the dark above her
A performer in a balaclava and dark jacket stares past a woman in a red jumpsuit
A performer in a white T-shirt holds his balaclava at arm's length and looks straight at the camera
A performer with a cloth over his face and green goggles sits wedged in a red-lit stone recess
A heap of steel chain on the studio floor
Three rough-cut stones stacked on the floor beside a sledgehammer

The Quarry · Performance and set photographs, Alexandria, 2026

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