Kfir Lapid-Mashall
2026 Residency
In residence, Kfir Lapid-Mashall will develop his new solo performance Arab Daddy بابا عربي. Unsettling his personal archive and family history, this work is the materialisation of Kfir’s conflicted Arab-Jewish ancestry. Incarnated as Arab Daddy, he desires a queer experiment in masculinity: one that is policed by family, culture, and expectation; one that is tied up in imperialist violence and nostalgia; one that can only be freed by flamboyant passions; one that must be boldly sought but at a cost. Working with collaborators, during the residency Kfir will study and train Arab Daddy’s voice, movement, and pulse.
About the artist
Glasgow-based queer artist-scholar, Kfir works across dance, performance art, and political theatre. Previous works such as The Trial of William Merrilees, SHOW.TRIAL., and ARE YOU ENTERTAINED? engaged audiences in confronting the migrant experience, authoritarian censorship, and the policing of queer bodies.