Italy, Iran hold joint theater production in Tehran

An Italian-Iranian joint theater production is currently being held at a hall in the Iranian capital city of Tehran.

Italian Meticci Theater Company and Iranian Mouj troupe have collaborated in a theatrical production titled ‘The Violin of Titanic’, which is being held in the Roudaki Foundation’s theater hall in Tehran.

‘The Violin of Titanic’, directed by Pietro Fliridia, is an adaptation of a 1978 work by German author, poet, translator and editor Hans Magnus Enzensberger.

The 1978 work primarily deals with the failure of western capitalism, a point that the writer makes explicitly in the passage about Icelanders, who, when their properties are threatened by volcanic lava flows, endeavor to stem the inexorable tide with hoses.

Using the elements and features of the famous Titanic story (such as first-class and third-class ship rooms, icebergs, boats, submergence and survival), the plot of the show attempts to symbolize not only the “economic but also the cultural and social crises in the world.”

“The show portrays part of the interviews and opinions of dozens of people with different outlooks on the crises,” said Sanam Naderi, assistant director of the show.

Cast members include Ali Azarshin, Amir Babashahabi, Sara Baqeri, Ali Bani Amer, Masoud Rousta, Farhad Qotbi, Mahboubeh Kabir, Ali Zamani and Hanieh Hashemi.

The play will be performed until March 5 at Tehran’s Roudaki Foundation theater hall.

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