Amir Reza Koohestani
Where Were You on January 8th?
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Where Were You on January 8th?
Text, Stage and Direction, Amir Reza Koohestani
Sound and Music, Martin Shamoon Pour
Director's Assistant, Mohammad Reza Hosseinzadeh
Video and Technical Direction, Hessam Nourani
With Saeid Changizian, Fatemeh Fakhraee, Negar Javaherian, Elham Korda, Ahmad Mehranfar, Mahin Sadri
Tour and Company Administration, Pierre Reis
Production Mehr Theatre Group
Corealisation La Colline – théâtre national ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of Centre des Arts dramatiques of Téhéran
With the support of ONDA
Premier Decembre 2009-January 2010 at Iranshahr Hall in Téhéran
Amir Reza Koohestani came back to Iran in July 2009, shortly after the June demonstrations. Inspired by his return, the play tells the story of Ali, a young man who breaks the law governing weapon carrying, during his military service. The staging bears signs of Koohestani’s training as a cinematographer. It is also influenced by tazieh, a traditionnal theatre of mourning.