nassim

What happens in Nassim cannot be told in detail, because the idea is that not even the person who interprets it knows what it is about and what they will have to do. In fact, at first the script is somewhere else and is projected on stage with a rhythm defined by its own author.

This is the most recent theatrical experiment by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, author of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, a work translated into more than 25 languages ​​and premiered in Chile last year.

Nassim is an autobiographical work that reflects with simplicity, tenderness and humor on the ability of language to bring us closer and distance us. At times it will resemble a class in Farsi, Iran's national language. A class with illustrations, projections, tea and tomatoes performed by Nassim himself along with a different actress or actor each performance.

Nassim premiered last year at the Bush Theater in London. "An unusually vivid celebration of the life of the theater," published the English newspaper The Guardian. The play won the Scotsman Fringe First award and has already been performed in England, Scotland, Germany, Denmark, Italy, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Mexico and Peru.

The work premieres at GAM with the sponsorship of British Council Chile and with the support of the German Embassy in Chile.

Post-function conversation

Dramaturgy: Nassim Soleimanpour
Direction: Omar Elerian
Cast: Nassim Soleimanpour, Claudia Celedón (Oct 20) and Ignacio Achurra (Oct 21)
Design: Rhys Jarman
Sound design: James Swadlo
Lighting Design: Rajiv Pattani
Stage Direction: Jenny Eyer
Script Editing: Carolina Ortega and Stewart Pringle
Production Manager: Michael Ager
Production: Bush Theater and Nassim Soleimanpour Productions
Photos: David Monteith-Hodge