84theater
Iran's 84theater
84theater is a young theater group established in 2006 in Tehran. The group has concentrated on performing plays written by international and Iranian playwrights including Chekhov, Beckett, Pinter, Mamet, and numerous writers from any corner of the world. The group has also had many workshops in Tai Chi Chowan (Chinese martial art), Neutral Mask and Sound Training. Most members of the group are students or graduated from Cinema and Theater College, University of Art, in Tehran. The group is founded by Ali Akbar Alizad (a lecturer in Cinema and Theater College) as the main director and Reza Soroor as the Writer/dramaturge. The texts are often selected for their socio-political themes.
As part of the application process for Contacting the World we asked companies to go somewhere different and collaborate with someone new. This is what 84theater did.”
84theater collaborated with another theatre company named Tehran-To to explore different ways of making theatre. The theatre making methods of two groups are different and the collaborative activity helped explore new ways of working.
