A Knock on the Roof

A grim irony about the ongoing situation in the Middle East is that any work about life in Gaza will probably seem topical, even if it predates the most recent conflict. Syrian-Palestinian writer-performer Khawla Ibraheem stars in her own drama about the blackly comic anxiety of life in Gaza, with its name taken from the IDF’s penchant for dropping small bombs onto buildings in Palestone as ‘warning’ before blowing them up. A hit at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, it transfers to the Royal Court directly after a short run in New York. Oliver Butler directs.