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
This week on Resonance104.4FM, a visit from Julian Maynard, one of the directors of Station House Opera’s ground-breaking new piece: At Home in Gaza and London at Battersea Arts Centre. Using live-streaming, recorded video and innovative projection, At Home in Gaza and London brings performers from Gaza and London together live, in one performative, yet … Continue reading
Saam Theatre Company present an ambitious five days of theatre celebrating Iranian Culture. The festival invites audiences to meet Iranian actors, directors and playwrights from all over the world of Iranian origin, as they devise and perform works in Persian. Also on display is an art exhibition by Iranian artists who have yet to be … Continue reading
Tickets are already selling out in Tehran for Hadi Rozat’s adaptation of Richard Rodger’s 1959 musical and Robert Wise’s highly acclaimed world famous film “The Sound of Music“, which will go on stage at the Vahdat Theater, Tehran. The opera house in Tehran was built in 1967 and was part-based on the Vienna State Opera, … Continue reading
Our weekly show is now: Thursdays 19.3-20hrs, repeating Monday morning 08.30 You can listen on your transistor radio if in London on 104.4FM. Around 7 million people live in London. But radio bods, don’t tell us people don’t listen on air anymore, or tune in, because we broadcast to the most amazing set of people, … Continue reading
Behrouz Vosoughi, Golshifteh Farahani and Soussan Farokhnia in a London performance of a Persian language production currently touring the world “A Private Dream“. Behrouz Vossoughi (b.1938 in Khoy, West Azarbaijan, Iran) began acting with a role in Samuel Khachikian’s Toofan dar shahr-e ma. Vossoughi became a major star following his performance as the brooding hero in … Continue reading
Off the Curtain: A Performance of Rostam and Sohrab – Tuesday 20 August, 7pm Pardeh Khani (reading off the curtain) combines acting, narrating, and intimate storytelling with innovative stage prepping. In the almost interactive Off the Curtain female storyteller Sara Mashayekh provides the audience with an alternative form of presenting an epic story and breaks … Continue reading
What do you do when your fixed ideas of terrorism are challenged, are shattered on your doorstep and the bomber looks just like you? The Arcola Theatre in Hackney, London hosts a guest production for just three nights of “I Call My Brothers” a ground-breaking piece of Swedish theatre addressing the uncomfortable and muddy home … Continue reading
So & So Circus Theatre present: Backgammon for Beginners. “November 1976. A military jet arrives in London, a bemused looking Iranian man in flares steps onto the tarmac. He holds a single suitcase, taking in the sight of this new land.” On now at Jackson’s Lane Theatre, Archway 19-22nd September 2012, then touring. Fridays get … Continue reading
LEGKS Troupe Present: THE TALE OF PRINCE SIYAVUSH In this story taken from Firdausi’s epic, the Shahnama (The Persian Book of Kings), young Prince Siyavush must prove his innocence by riding unharmed through a blazing fire. Presented over three days by the LEGKS Troupe in Persian. The tale is recounted in traditional style of naghali, … Continue reading
Six Pillars 