Army reservist and playwright Roee Joseph spent sixty days at Shura military base, taking part in one of the most difficult tasks imaginable – identifying fatalities of the massacre. Hour after hour, he and other soldiers searched for any small sign that could give a name to each body, and allow a proper burial. In the rare pauses, Joseph opened his laptop and wrote everything as it unfolded: what he saw and heard, the thoughts that passed in his mind, and the brief conversations with those around him. Shura is a deep and poetic testimony of endurance and truth. It understands that to bury something, you must first know what it is. Shura is a brave and open attempt to help us all understand what happened, and to let it come, at last, to rest.

Roee Joseph is an award-winning playwright and theatre creator specializing in independent documentary theatre. His plays, performed at prestigious platforms like the Israel Festival and the Sibiu Festival in Romania, explore personal and political realities. With a universal appeal, his works are open to adaptation and translation for audiences worldwide