Eye of the Beholder
IMMERSIVE MEMORY-THEATRE
Written and directed by Mélanie Esther Dorey
With Sarah Fakhri
AN IMMERSIVE CREATION ABOUT MEMORY AND TRANSMISSION
Eye of the Beholder is an immersive performance exploring family memory and the invisible ties that bind generations and cultures.
Three generations — three women from a Moroccan family living in France — invite the audience to travel through their shared history: their joys, sorrows, doubts, and hopes.
Through the gestures of daily life — brewing tea, kneading bread, singing — they weave a dialogue between past, present, and future.
The play reflects on heritage and transmission as spaces of transformation, where stories are continuously reimagined from one generation to the next.
The audience, seated in a circle around the performers, shares the same intimate space. Invited to listen — and at times to participate — they become witnesses to a moment of living, collective memory.
Created as a travelling research-performance project across several countries, Eye of the Beholder is written between France and Morocco and continues to evolve through international residencies and encounters.
In May–June 2026, the project will be developed further during a residency at SERDE in Latvia, deepening its dialogue with Northern European perspectives and contexts.
Drawing from oral storytelling traditions, the piece explores living memory as a space of exchange across cultures. It is a work about transmission beyond borders — connecting languages, territories and generations through the embodied power of storytelling and gesture.
Ongoing Creation
Eye of the Beholder is currently seeking partners, residencies,
and co-production opportunities for its next stage of development.
If this project resonates with you or aligns with your institution’s mission,
I would be happy to connect and explore potential collaborations.