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First It all started with a picture. The picture of Pripyat city in Ukraine, a city attached to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant. The city that had been desolated due to the explosion of nuclear power plant and it is still empty. The pictures indicate a human catastrophe. A dynamic city which is now looks like a ghost town. The idea of writing about empty cities seemed appealing to me and became even more appealing when I thought about two people who happened to be a couple, live in such a city. A two person city; and it is not known where the others are ... in my opinion The situation and the idea were attractive, therefore the process of writing the play began in early 2017 with mentioning of this important question: “What is the reaction of the two to this action?”but the key to the adventure, is somewhere else; The key is in society and social coexistence. Second Let's review together again divine religions, human morality, human conscience, each of these come to mankind at historical turning points to show the line between good and evil, between norms and anomalies in a semi-transparent and relative way; but now in the age that you and I live in, the civil law and the need of peaceful coexistence and the existence of a society can keep us away from evil things. Perhaps most of us do not resort to violence because of the presence of others ... Perhaps we are afraid of being judged by others that we don’t allow that hidden violence hidden in us to rise like a monster from our inside. Third Now that I read the play again, I see that this emptiness of cities has come to us again due to the advent of the Coronavirus Pandemic. What a proud prediction!! (don’t be scared. I was joking) But seriously, during this quarantine period for pandemic the domestic violence has been erupted all over the world again. Maybe we are looking for a moment to vent our hidden violence somewhere... I do not know, but I am scared.

Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah

Fana Kulturhus, Bergen
7
Jan
2024

Thanks to: Shahla Nikpay Parnian Nooroozi Hoda Parsian Mehrnaz Mohsenzadeh

Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah

Cologne (Köln), Germany
8
Dec
2023

Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah

Rommen scene, Oslo
5
Nov
2023

Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah
Photo by Siavash Kheirkhah

Cornerteateret, Bergen
21 to 23
Apr
2023

Cast

Mehdi Khanipour
Director and Actor
Ali Hataminejad
Writer
Fereshteh kakisahneh
Actress
Fahimeh Naghashi
Director Assistant
Siavash Kheirkhah
Video and Photography
Afshin Movafagh
Light and sound
Iman Vafaei
Simultaneous interpreter
Mahtab Tabrizi
Assistant director
Karen Theater
Producer
Sepideh Garakani: Actress
Jan Holden: Light and Sound
Thomas Honningsvåg: Light and sound
Mojtaba Falahati: Light and sound
Javad Alikhoeyan: Graphic Designer
Sepideh Mostafavi: Technician
Fahimeh Javidi: Tease
Daniel Kadivar: Producer
Youth Unison: Producer
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