MAJNOUN
ran: 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 modernism and tradition.
Majnoun was performed at Riverside Studios for a three week run in 2004.
National Tour 2006
Majnoun toured the following venues during April and May 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