HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES west coast premiere by Salman Rushdie adapted by Tim Supple and David Tushingham directed by Dominique Serrand November 15—January 7, 2003 The Roda Theatre running time: 90 minutes, no intermission “What are all these stories? Life is not a storybook or joke shop. All this fun will come to no good. What's the use of stories that aren't even true?” When Khattam-Shud, the cult master of silence from the dark side of the moon, launches his plan to destroy the world’s stories, it is up to young Haroun to stop the destruction. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is the tale of a boy’s adventure into strange new lands—a dream world of water genies and mechanical birds, where chatter and silence battle for control, where a boy must follow an elusive path toward adulthood. Based on Salman Rushdie’s fable of the same name, Haroun and the Sea of Stories is directed by Dominique Serrand whose vivid imagination and sensual aesthetic enlivened The Green Bird and Don Juan Giovanni on Berkeley Rep’s stage. Haroun is a tale sure to enchant young and old.