There has been a call for me to start keeping a research blog on my work on this project, and especially how I think a feel about this work in the light of current political developments in the motherland (Iran, for those ever-imaginary new readers). Well, here's the first update - up to date and excited about taking you on a date some time soon:
I'm making a play. Again.
More updates to come! xxx
Monday 22 June 2009
Shahnameh-ye Azadeh
Being devised in a school hall somewhere near some of you soon:
SHAHNAMEH-YE AZADEH (Azadeh's Shahnameh: A Royal Dispatch)
• Shahnameh – The Persian Book of the Kings, by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, was completed in eastern Iran in around A.D. 1010 and is a royal chronicle, spanning the reigns of fifty Persian monarchs.
• A work of mythology, history, literature and propaganda, the Shahnameh is a living epic poem that pervades and expresses many aspects of Persian culture.
This young cast breathes fire into Iran’s national epic with ‘Shahnameh-ye Azadeh’, the first dramatic adaptation of Abolqasem Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings.
The energetic chorus of aunts and uncles are our guides, inviting us into the world of Azadeh, a young British-Iranian girl. Azadeh invokes the poet, Ferdowsi, who tells her stories that help her understand her cultural heritage, using mantic shadow puppetry, stylistic mime and bilingual verse.
An accessible, intimate and apolitical devised promenade production that conveys the warmth of Iranian hospitality whilst weaving a playful narrative thread between Iran’s ancient, modern and expatriated cultures.
SHAHNAMEH-YE AZADEH (Azadeh's Shahnameh: A Royal Dispatch)
• Shahnameh – The Persian Book of the Kings, by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, was completed in eastern Iran in around A.D. 1010 and is a royal chronicle, spanning the reigns of fifty Persian monarchs.
• A work of mythology, history, literature and propaganda, the Shahnameh is a living epic poem that pervades and expresses many aspects of Persian culture.
This young cast breathes fire into Iran’s national epic with ‘Shahnameh-ye Azadeh’, the first dramatic adaptation of Abolqasem Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings.
The energetic chorus of aunts and uncles are our guides, inviting us into the world of Azadeh, a young British-Iranian girl. Azadeh invokes the poet, Ferdowsi, who tells her stories that help her understand her cultural heritage, using mantic shadow puppetry, stylistic mime and bilingual verse.
An accessible, intimate and apolitical devised promenade production that conveys the warmth of Iranian hospitality whilst weaving a playful narrative thread between Iran’s ancient, modern and expatriated cultures.
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