Les Forteresses
Gurshad Shaheman
Gurshad Shaheman welcomes us, just as one would welcome guests into one’s own home, for an evening of life stories that is deeply moving and full of insight.
After Pourama Pourama, in which he told his own story, French-Iranian director Gurshad Shaheman lets the women of his family speak out. In a setting reminiscent of a café in Tehran on a beautiful evening, he invites his mother and two aunts onto the stage, while three actresses give voice to their memories. All three lived through the 1979 Revolution and the war. In the 1990s one moved to France, another to Germany, while the third chose to remain in Iran.
Gurshad Shaheman weaves the confessions drawn from their life stories into a poignant text evoking what unites these women and what separates them. Their personal stories against the backdrop of history and its tragic upheavals. A family saga that unfolds in a welcoming and caring theatre, where words are used to convey tears, memory and, above all, courage.
Calendar
Information
To see at Théâtre Les Tanneurs → Infos & tickets
03 > 13.02.2027
Cabaret Téhéran
Gurshad Shaheman
Venue
Studio
Duration
2hr50
Language
fr
Kids
15+
Price
10€ > 24€
Cast
Text and direction
Gurshad Shaheman
Assistant director
Saeed Mirzaei
Assistants
Sarah Jahanbaksh
Cast
Guilda Chahverdi
Sima Mobarakshahi
Shady Nafar
Gurshad Shaheman and the women of his family
Sound design
Lucien Gaudion
Set design
Mathieu Lorry Dupuy
Lighting
Jérémie Papin
Dramaturgy
Youness Anzane
Stage and lighting management
Pierre-Éric Vives
Costumes
Nina Langhammer
Stage management and props
Darek Hazebroucq
Make-up
Sophie Allégatière
Vocal coaching
Jean Fürst
Administration
La Ligne d’Ombre - Emma Garzaro
Coordination and distribution
La Ligne d’Ombre – Anouk Peytavin
Production
La Compagnie La Ligne d’Ombre and Les Rencontres à l’échelle – B/P Coproduction Le Phénix, Valenciennes National Theatre, TnBA – Bordeaux National Theatre in Aquitaine, Pôle arts de la scène – Friche la Belle de Mai, Centre Culturel André Malraux, National Theatre of Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, Le Carreau, National Theatre of Forbach and Eastern Moselle, Théâtre d’Arles, state-subsidised theatre of national interest in art and creation – new writing, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Residency support
Le Manège Maubeuge, Les Rencontres à l’échelle – B/P, resident company at Friche la Belle de Mai, Théâtre Les Tanneurs Funding DRAC Hauts-de-France, Hauts-de-France Region, SACD Theatre Fund, Spedidam
This project received writing support from the SACD – Beaumarchais association (2019) and creation support from ARTCENA
Acknowledgements
Sophie Claret, Camille Louis, Judith Depaule, Aude Desigaux
Les Forteresses was published by Les Solitaires Intempestifs in September 2021
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