Mohamed Fellag
- Actor
- Writer
From 1978 to 1985, he participated in several theatrical productions,
before returning to Algeria in 1985 to join the National Theatre of
Algeria to play the principal role in Eduardo De Filippo's production
of L'Art De la Comédie. In 1986, he played in Ray Bradbury's Le Costume
Blanc Couleur Glace à la Noix De Coco and created Les Aventures De
Tchop, his first one-man show. He acted in a number of movies and TV
shows during the period of turbulence in Algeria during the late 80s
and early 90s. In 1989 he wrote the play Cocktail Khorotov and SOS
Labès in 1990. The Islamic Salvation Front won the federal elections in
Algeria in 1991 and this sparked a long and bloody civil war. The
artist wrote Un bateau pour l'Australie-Babor Australia in 1992.[2] In
1995, after a bomb explosion during one of his presentations, he moved
first to Tunisia and then to France. There he found success on stage
with his plays that confronted the social difficulties of France.