© Foto di Mostafa Heravi / Editing: Maartje de Groot
Songs for no one
Nastaran Razawi Khorasani
Tickets on sale from 12 pm of December 22, 2024. With Explorer, Insider and Supporter memberships available in advance from December 20.
Running time: 60'
Iranian playwright and performer Nastaran Razawi Khorasani gives a voice to a boy and a girl living under the Islamic dictatorship in Iran. Dialogues, poems, and songs are interwoven on stage in an evocative solo based on a series of telephone conversations with the children. Songs for no one is a portrait of a hidden society and allows otherwise invisible stories to emerge. Overlaying excerpts from everyday life with the hopes and dreams of the younger generation, the show tells of the fragility and wonder of freedom. Winner of the Dutch BNG Bank Theaterprijs 2020 and 2021, Songs for no one was selected in 2022 by the Flemish Theatre Festival as one of the most socially relevant and innovative productions of the season, and for the Theater der Welt in Frankfurt-Offenbach in 2023.
Nastaran Razawi Khorasani, born in Iran in 1987, is a graduate of the Maastricht Institute of Performing Arts. In her documentary performances, she works with true stories of real people to give a voice to those who do not have one and create a space for listening to those condemned to silence. In 2014 she won the Gouden Krekel award for best theatrical performance. In 2020 she was nominated for the dance award dedicated to young audiences of the Nederlandse Dansdagen. In 2023 she was nominated for the Gieskes-Strijbis Podium Prize. Her work has been presented globally at Theater Commons in Tokyo, the Municipal Theater in Porto, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, and the Indonesian Dance Festival, among others. This is not a dance was nominated for the VSCD Mime/Performance award. Songs for no one is nominated this year for the Patronage Award and the Audience Award at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel.
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Due to ongoing works in Triennale, the theater is not accessible by lift. To avoid the stairs, enter through the gate in the park, in Viale Alemagna. The entrance is also accessible to people with disabilities.
Credits
Concept, direction and performance: Nastaran Razawi Khorasani
Music: Jimi Zoet and Nastaran Razawi Khorasani
Dramaturgy: Tobias Kokkelmans
Stage design and video: Peter van Til (BrotherTill)
Coach: Suzan Boogaerdt
Costume advice: Rebekka Wörmann
Technical: André Goos (Denzo Theater Techniek) and Andy Twillert
Production: Nadine Dijkstra
Business manager: Wilma Kuite (Alles voor de Kunsten)
Marketing: Dieke van der Spek and Leonie Poot
Photo: Mostafa Heravi
Graphic designer and image processing: Maartje de Groot
Stage photography: Julian Maiwald
A production from: Kobe collectief
Co-producers: BNG Bank Theaterprijs, Maas Theater and Dance, Theaterfestival Boulevard
In collaboration with: Het Nationale Theater, We Are Public and Workspacebrussels
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