In 1995 ASHTAR presented its first experimental theatre production “The Last one”. This brought about a new dimension to its mission that would be continued in coming years as part of a specific vision based on the creation of a debate between local, Arab and International Theatre experiences and experiments.

ASHTAR’s experimental theatre program presents a seasonal theatre production. This constitutes an open workshop for the active participation of the company members, in addition to joint experiments and experiences with other theatres. Such interaction allows finding common grounds for debate and collective search for suggestions and answers.

In this manner “Martyrs Are Coming Back” was adapted from a short story by the Algerian author El Taher Wattar. Likewise, “Meditation of the Fugitive” by Berthold Brecht was chosen and later named “Boring” because of its association with the daily Palestinian life. Within the periphery of this vision “Women of Sand and Myrrh” was produced; where four Palestinian actresses from Nazareth, Jerusalem, Jordan and Syria moved with the presentation into areas considered dangerous and constantly avoided by the Palestinian theatre. This same vision urged ASHTAR to undertake the joint production “Of Soil and Crimson,” which brought together three Arab companies “ASHTAR Theater” from Palestine, “Mir’at Media” from Jordan and “El Teatro” from Tunisia, in a historical discussion of Canaanite mythology.

In its theatre mission, ASHTAR provokes questions about the concept, the soul and the body and moulds them into an integral part of the scene and turns them into a thorough search of life.