Amir Reza Koohestani | Mehr Theatre Group | Iran


An investigative chamber play in telephone conversations
Midnight, January 8th, in a suburb of Tehran. It's snowing. Ali is visiting his girlfriend Fatima, who is rehearsing the play "The Maids" by Genet with some friends. As a military conscript, Ali should not be absent from his barracks overnight. The snow forces him to stay. When he wakes up the next morning, he is alone. His gun has gone. What exactly has happened? Who has the gun, and why? Countless telephone calls ensue, which Koohestani weaves into a disturbing quest for truth. The piece was created in response to the 2009 Green Revolution, at which point Amir Reza Koohestani was not in Iran. The experience of having first the outside- and then the inside-perspective, changed his views.
What exactly happened? Who is pursuing which objectives here? The audience is also confronted with these questions and can only attempt to decipher the hidden codes.

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01.7., 18:00, Ballhof Zwei Foyer
Introduction to the political situation and the theatre scene in Iran with Anja Dirks and Thomas Krueger, President of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung

With
Ali Saeid Changizian
Fati Fatemeh Fakhraee
Sara Negar Javaherian
Sogol Elham Korda
Abdi Ahmad Mehranfar
Shideh Mahin Sadri
Text, design and direction Amir Reza Koohestani Sound and music Martin Shamoon Pour Production management and assistant director Mohammad Reza Hosseinzadeh Video and technical manager Hessam Nourani Surtitles Negar Nobakht Foghani Administration company and touring Pierre Reis Produced by Mehr Theatre Group in Tehran, Iranshar Hall, December 2009-January 2010, with support from the Dramatic Arts Centre Tehran
Supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education and the Goethe Institute