Qena: I don’t know whether I am more of an activist or an artist

Gideon can never be reduced to a single, clear role that would make the tragedy easier to confront.

For Qena, this play also marks her return to theatre after a decade.

You follow the mother’s character all the time, because you feel like she might be justified in everything.

In the play, the teacher knows more about the boy than the mother does; she knows a side of him the mother never reached.

The play does not blame either the parent or the teacher. The fault is larger than that, it is structural.