The year is 1906 or so it seems. The Iranian Monarchy is about to succumb to the will of the people. The Constitutional Revolution is gaining pace and the establishment of the first parliament is imminent.

 

Witty and haunting, The Persian Revolution is a modern-day take on the gripping events surrounding the establishment of the first secular parliament in the Middle East. America lands on the moon whilst an Islamic cleric searches the skies for God. In a corner of Tehran a child avidly reads the adventures of Tintin and the Vaudeville halls of London rowdily greet the majestic Shah. The sound of the Revolution approaches as the East awakens and takes its first tentative steps towards democracy.

 

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National Tour 2007

 

Cast: Ali Amadi, Donald Slack, Betsabeh Emran, Yasmin Bodalbhai, Noel Le Bon

Written and Directed by Mehrdad Seyf

Associate Producer: Lucia Latimer

Design: Leslie Travers

Lighting Design: Anna Watson

Production Manager: Pauric Hackett

Company Stage Manager: Amy Rudman

Technical Stage manager/LX Operator: Matt Henry

Sound: George Ogilvie/Julian Littman

Costume Supervisor: Isabel Muñoz

Props: Hugo Rocha

Press Representatives: Guy Chapman Associates

Administration: Giles Rowland

 

 

World Premiere, Lyric Hammersmith, October 2006

 

Cast: Ali Amadi, Donald Slack, Tahmores Tehrani, Sarah McNeil, Erin Brodie

Written and Directed by: Mehrdad Seyf

Producer: Claire Summerfield

Design: Leslie Travers

Dramaturge: David Farr

Lighting Design: Anna Watson

Production Manager: David Duchin

Stage Manager: Emily Gaskin

Sound: George Ogilvie/Julian Littman

Costume Supervisor: Isabel Muñoz

Props: Hugo Rocha

Press Representatives: Guy Chapman Associates

 

Funded by Arts Council England and Iran Heritage Foundation