Where to Belong
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Where to Belong
By (Author) Victor Esses
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
1st August 2019
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social groups: religious groups and communities
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards)
LGBTQ+ Studies / topics
822.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
64
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 5mm
Description
What makes a home for you Victor Esses is Jewish-Lebanese, Brazilian, and gay. In 1975, Victors mother flees Lebanon as a refugee of the Civil War. In 2017, Victor visits Lebanon for the first time. In 2018, amidst the elections that will see Brazil choose a far-right president, he travels from London to So Paulo to show his partner the city of his childhood. Where to Belong is the tender, moving story of these journeys an exploration of how to find your place in a rich and complex world of identities.
Author Bio
Victor Esses is a maker working with live art, theatre, performance, games and LARP. He is Associate Artist to CASA Theatre Festival, has been nominated for an International Press Award, and has been associate director to maverick international director Gerald Thomas. His piece Where to Belong was shortlisted for an Emerge Performance Prize, it was developed and supported by CASA, and presented at Southwark Playhouse and Rich Mix. Performance credits include: Sound of Us (Vilnius, Tallin Larp Festival, Theatre Deli) a LARP about ideology and music; Dis Place (CPT, Arts Admin, Latitude Festival) a theatre game about immigration and democracy; and Codependently Yours (Arcola Theatre Lab, VFD, Albany) a performance piece with music and poetry supported by Arts Council England.
