Thirteen-year-old Hayaat and her family spend their days dodging curfews, trying to buy a weeks groceries before the sirens blare, remembering their home among the olive groves before it was taken from them. But when the curfew breaks and her beloved grandmother Sitti Zeynab is taken to hospital, Hayaat sets out on a mission to retrieve a jarful of soil from the familys old farm so she can grant Sittis last wish of touching the soil of her homeland once more. All Hayaat and her friend Samy have to do is cross the hated wall that divides the West Bank and traverse the most dangerous patch of land on earth. Eva Di Cesare has adapted Randa Abdel-Fattahs book into a daring adventure of freedom and friendship, exile and courage, family and love.
Eva Di Cesare graduated from Victorian College of the Arts in 1989 and is one of the founding members of Monkey Baa Theatre Company. In 2013 Eva developed and facilitated the Discover the StageDigital Drama Workshops for the Sydney Opera House with Tim McGarry. They also co-wrote and directed the 2013 Opera House Babies Proms Series and Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (with Sandra Eldridge) for CDP Theatre Producers and Simon Tedeschi Pianist and Prankster for Monkey Baa. Eva is currently co-writing Possum Magic, based on the wonderful picture book by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas.
