Saber Came to Tea

Saber Came to Tea
Promotional poster for Saber Came to Tea
Written by	Robert Rae Saber Bamatraf Shatha Altowai Ghazi Hussein
Directed by	Robert Rae
Music by	Saber Bamatraf (composition and piano) Phil Westwell (Uilleann pipes and flute) Katherine Campbell (cello)
Characters	Afnan (bride) Saber (groom) Ali (uncle) Ahmed (father) Seham (mother) Khalid (brother) Arwa (Aunt)
Date premiered	8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)
Place premiered	Southside Community Centre, Edinburgh, UK
Original language	Arabic (with live English surtitles)
Genre	Drama Entertainment

Saber Came to Tea is a dramatic short play collaboratively written by Yemeni artists-in-exile Saber Bamatraf and Shatha Altowai, Palestinian poet Ghazi Hussein and Scottish playwright and director Robert Rae. The play premiered in October 2021 at the Southside Community Centre, Edinburgh.

Supported by Art27Scotland, IIE-Artist Protection Fund and IASH at the University of Edinburgh, the production integrates original music and multimedia elements. Based on real events, it tells the story of a young Yemeni couple navigating cultural traditions and personal aspirations amid societal expectations and conflict.^[1]