Akbar Alizad
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Ali Akbar Alizad (Persian: علی اکبر علیزاد; born 1973) is an Iranian theater director, known mostly for his performance of Waiting for Godot (2006).[1] Alizad has been a member of the Aein Theater Group and the Leev Theater Group for 10 years, and in 2006 he founded his theatrical group named 84theater.[2]
Career
[edit]Alizad is a lecturer at the Cinema & Theater College, University of Art since 2004, teaching drama analysis, playwriting, and dramatic principles.
He was also a member of the Aeein Theater Group from 1991 to 2004 and a member of the Leev Theater Group from 2004. In 2009, he met Noel Greig in Tehran to hold a workshop where Alizad translated his book; Playwriting: A Practical Guide, into Persian.[2]
Performances 2005–2009
[edit]- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, Tehran, Molavi Hall (2005)
- Two Latin American plays, Tehran, Department of Cinema & Theater (2006)
- Oleanna by David Mamet, Tehran, City Theater (2006)
- Anniversary Celebratory and Swan Song by Chekhov, Tehran, Department of Cinema & Theater (2007)
- Ohio Impromptu, Footfalls, Come and Go,[3] Catastrophe, and Rough for Theater 1 by Samuel Beckett[4] (Tehran, Molavi Hall, June 2008)
- All That Falls by Samuel Beckett, Artist home, Tehran, September 2008
- Police by Slawomir Merozek, first premier: May 2009
- Catastrophe & Come and Go by Samuel Beckett, Romania, 2009
- What Where / Mountain Language[5] Beckett/Pinter, (2010)
- Magic Mountain, written and devised by Ali Akbar Alizad (2010), a collaboration between 84theater and 20 Stories High from Liverpool, performed in Manchester, UK, as a part of Contacting the World Festival
- Catastrophe and Come and Go by Samuel Beckett, UK, Manchester, 2010
- Endless Monologue, a documentary performance based on the verbatim technique. July 2011, East Gallery, Tehran
- Play by Samuel Beckett, Arasbaran Art Center, Tehran, November and September 2011.
- Krapp's Last Tape, by Samuel Beckett, Molavi Hall, 2012
- Tango, by Slawomir Merozek, (banned by Iranian Art censorship)
- The House of Bernarda Alba by Lorca, Tehran, 2014
- Act Without Words I & II by Samuel Beckett, Tehran, Moje No hall, 2014
- Oleanna by David Mamet, Tehran, Samandarian hall, 2015[6]
- Mountain Language/Faith in Ourselves by Harold Pinter/Martin Crimp, Tehran, Molavi Hall, 2016
- Fragments by Samuel Beckett, Tehran, City Theater (2016)
- The Maids by Jean Genet, Tehran, Molavi Hall, (2018)
- Alice in Tehran, written and directed by Ali Akbar Alizad (in rehearsal)
References
[edit]- ^ Houppermans, Sjef (2006). Présence de Samuel Beckett. Rodopi. p. 431. ISBN 978-90-420-2117-4.
- ^ a b info@theater.ir (28 December 2016). "An Interview with Ali Akbar Alizad, Director of Piece by Samuel Beckett / Many Iranians Still Regard Beckett an Absurdist Playwright". en. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ Come and Go by Samuel Beckett xvid. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20 – via YouTube.
- ^ Ohio Imprumptu by Samuel Beckett.mp4. 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Vol 56, No 1 | TDR/The Drama Review | | MIT Press Journals". Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
- ^ "'Oleanna' at Iranshahr". Financial Tribune. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2023-04-01.