According to a friend, Rabih Mroue is as good as it gets when it comes to Lebanese theatre. Although I know nothing about theatre, I enjoyed seeing a play by him when I was in Beirut. It dealt with how ordinary people became caught up in the sectarianism of the civil war - a topic normally avoided in public discourse, so the piece had been subject to censorship.
I don't know where exactly they're planning to take the "Nancy" play, but if it is coming to a location near you it's definitely worth checking out. The article also contains a remarkable incident of the culture minister's personal intervention in order to lift the customary censorship (the play had originally been banned in Lebanon). If it's that easy to change something, why not go for it and change a few of the other problems as well?
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