Iran: no booze, no sex, no techno?

Majnoun blasts the Western image of Iran through the roof in a surreal and comic collision of images, music and text.

 

30 Bird exposes the relationship between Iran and the West, the role of women, the veil and the modernisation that swept the country during the 20th Century. A soundscape of popular Iranian and English music, a non-narrative structure, and sculptural design reflect the fragmented results of the peculiar marriage between modernity and tradition.

 

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Majnoun was performed at Riverside Studios for a three week run in 2004.

 

National Tour 2006

Traverse Theatre - Edinburgh

Lyric Hammersmith - London

The Junction - Cambridge

The Hawth - Crawley

Exeter Phoenix - Exeter

Phoenix Arts - Leicester

Brewery Arts - Kendal

Birmingham Repertory Theatre - Birmingham

 

 

National Tour April/May 2006

Cast: Daniel Alexander, Ali Amadi, Betsabeh Emran

Written and Directed by Mehrdad Seyf

Producer: Claire Summerfield

Designer: Leslie Travers

Lighting Design: Flick Ansell

Music & Sound: Behzad Bolour

Music Production: on Leili Julian Littman

Production Manager: Dave Ferrier

Tour Production Manager: Shaun Tracey

Company Stage Manager: Laura Miles

Costume Assistant: Isabel Muñoz

Administration and Marketing: Maryam Asghari

Press Representatives: Guy Chapman Associates

 

 

World Premiere, Riverside Studios March 2004

Cast: Kourosh Asad, Jonathan Hansler, Roxana Pope

Director: Mehrdad Seyf

Producer: Claire Summerfield

Designer: Leslie Travers

Lighting Design: Flick Ansell

Music & Sound: Behzad Bolour

Music Production: Leili Julian Littman

Dramaturgical Support: John Wright

Production Manager: Matthew Darby

Stage Manager: Lizzie Dudley

Costume Assistant: Isabel Muñoz

Press Representatives: Guy Chapman Associates

 

 

Funded by Arts Council England, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Iran Heritage Foundation.

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