Rabih Mroué, born in 1967 in Beirut, lives and works in Berlin. He has created a complex oeuvre spanning different disciplines and formats between theatre, performance and visual arts. He addresses the immediate reality of issues that have been swept under the rug in the current political climate of Lebanon and the Middle East, relating to the enduring consequences of the Lebanese Civil War and recent political events in his region. His 2007 play How Nancy Wished That Everything Was an April Fool’s Joke, was banned by the Lebanese Ministry of the Interior and premiered in Tokyo. The ban was eventually lifted.

He is a contributing editor for TDR/The Drama Review (New York) and co-founder of the Beirut Art Center (BAC). He was a fellow at The International Research Center “Interweaving Performance Cultures” at Freie Universität/Berlin and was associate director of Münchner Kammerspiele (2015–2018).

His works include: Four Walls and a Roof (2024 at FIT 2026), Hartakāt (2023), Sunny Sunday (2020), Borborygmus (2019), Sand in the Eyes (2017), So Little time (2016), Ode to Joy (2015), Riding on a cloud (2013), 33 RPM and a Few Seconds (2012), The Inhabitants of images (2008), Who’s Afraid of Representation (2005), Looking for a Missing Employee (2003).

He has performed and exhibited internationally including dOCUMENTA (13) Kassel, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Madrid, The ICP Triennial and MoMa New York, Centre Pompidou Paris, SALT Istanbul, Reina Sofia, the Art Institute of Chicago, CA2M Madrid, MACBA Barcelona, and the Van Abbe Museum Rotterdam, among others.

Rabih Mroué has been working with Lebanese actress, director, and author Lina Majdalanie since 1990 as theatre directors, performers, and playwrights. Collaboratively they have curated numerous cultural events, taught at universities worldwide, and received several international awards and recently they got the Theaterpreis Berlin 2026.

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@ FIT

Four Walls and a Roof
2026 Edition
29 – 30.09 | 02.10 – 11.10

Sand in the Eyes
2019 Edition
24.09 – 06.10