Actor-Puppeteer Peyvand Sadeghian is a Persian-Chinese-Brit with a background in boundary-pushing theatre. Soon, at the Soho Theatre, for the ‘Cabaret & Drag Lab on 21st July, experience Sadeghian’s world of drag, cabaret, and a Persian Punch & Judy to explore what her life might have been like as a citizen of Iran. Sadeghian is listed … Continue reading
We talk Hard Sun, the India-Pakistan partition and the early days of Asian comedy in London. “Motherhood never ends! Until they die!” Continue reading
Sibling-son star satirist and journalist Peyvand Khorsandi joins us in the studio for the final round up of amazing auction items in the dizzying last days of bidding. What will Khorsandi make of, say, the private performance offered by Jem Finer of the Pogues, and the array of vintage collectables and remarkable experiences donated to … Continue reading
Priceless the joke that tells the truth. American-Iranian actress creatively rails against Hollywood’s racism in her quirky, innovative short film below, Brain of Terror. Kathreen Khavari is an actress fed up with what she continually experiences as Hollywood’s intense manifestation of USA’s wider racism. Thus she created this six minute short about a woman dreams … Continue reading
At 13.30GMT – Comedian Patrick Monahan, a previous guest, discusses the Middle East in the Olympics, cuddles and his recent stage material. Monahan (born 1976 in Ahvaz, Iran) holds his own at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a solo show at one of the main city venues. Monahan recently won the live reality TV competition … Continue reading
Monday’s show was a musical tribute to Ebi before his impending performance at the Royal Albert Hall (pictured left), with an interview with Shahed Elahi Gomshaei (son of the famous philosopher loved by the young, the old and even the clerics) and an interview with Della from Gulan a Kurdish cultural organisation who are putting … Continue reading
Omid’s new film The Infidel, is a farcical comedy about a muslim who finds out he was born a jew. He gave us an interview about the film and his own feelings as a bahai and being the UKs most famous Iranian. Also on the cards is the world’s first fluid piano. With one performance … Continue reading
