Embracing the Margins: Saye Theater at OFF Avignon 2024 July 21, 2024 Current, News, Previous, Projects For the fifth time, Iran Saye Theater proudly participated in the OFF Avignon Festival, this time with our production of Persephone. We emphasize OFF because everything that transpires within the vibrant street...
Review of Traverse in Adelaide Fringe 2023 April 2, 2023 Current, News, Previous, Projects Traverse was reviewed during its presentation at Adelaide Fringe 2023 by Gianluca I. Noble for InDaily. Not-for-profit theatre group Iran Saye Theatre is presenting an intriguing, though difficult to follow...
Saye Theatre Workshop: An Introduction to Silviu Purcărete November 4, 2022 Previous, Projects During October and November 2022, Saye Theatre held a workshop in Tehran following six months of research into the work of Romanian theatre director Silviu Purcărete. The workshop was organized as an opport...
In search of order in the chaos of our civilization- Review on The silent House in Montenegro fiat theater festival September 29, 2022 Current, News, Previous, Projects Author: Ana Tasić (Politika daily newspaper/ 29 Sep 2022) At the end of the 37th Festival of International Alternative Theater (FIAT) in Podgorica, at the small Dodest scene, the play "Silent House" by the I...
The Door — Adelaide Fringe Review March 3, 2018 News, Previous The Door: The Plight of the Migrant… Painful, Challenging, Beautiful Review by: Michael CoghlanPublication: The ClotheslineFestival: Adelaide FringeDate: March 3, 2018 The Door by Mehdi Mashhour explores...
The Door November 30, 2017 Previous, Projects The Door The Door is a performance about immigration and the uncertainty of leaving or staying. The story follows two women, both named Marjaneh, whose journeys move in opposite directions: one leaves Iran fo...
The man and the words October 26, 2014 Previous, Projects The Man and the Words The Man and the Words is a wordless performance about a man confronting himself. A man falls in love with his own right hand. From this unusual relationship, the performance explores the...
The poetry of dummies October 23, 2008 Previous, Projects The Poetry of Dummies The Poetry of Dummies is an experimental performance based on an old rain-making tradition found in some rural communities in Iran. In this tradition, when the rainy season approaches and ...
The Maids May 28, 2008 Previous, Projects The Maids The Maids is a play by French dramatist Jean Genet. The production was directed by Mehdi Mashhour and performed by Somaye Shoghi and Mona Shams. Set within Genet's world of role-playing, class tension...
