King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild

The oldest story ever recorded, a modern friendship for the ages

OCTOBER 1 - 6, 2024

Created by Ahmed Moneka, Jesse Lavercombe and Seth Bockley
A TRIA Theatre Production produced in association with Soulpepper.
Co-presented with Prismatic Arts Festival

King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild is a hybrid theatre-music production featuring Ahmed Moneka and Jesse LaVercombe alongside celebrated Arabic-maqam fusion band, Moneka Arabic Jazz.

A present-day story of friendship interweaves with the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, and along the way traces Ahmed’s real-life journey from exiled Iraqi actor to acclaimed musician in Canada.

Featuring themes of art, ambition, sex, and mortality, this two-man epic spans centuries, cultures, and continents in a moving, funny, tragic, and ultimately celebratory performance.

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Neptune Theatre is located on sacred land that has been the site of human activity since time immemorial.
We are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq, and we acknowledge them as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land.