Instead, the project became a performance.[1] Beginning in May 2016, a troupe of eleven comedians began performing Kabareh Cheikhats.[2][8] They were performing twice a month in the basement of Le Vertigo, a bar in downtown Casablanca.[8] By October 2017, over 40 performances, in both private and public settings.[8] The troupe—Jouk Attamtil Al Bidaoui—began performing in cities around Morocco and held a number of international engagements as well, including in France, Belgium, and the UK.