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Let's Make Europe Smile

A project funded by the European Cultural Foundation

Last year we made Europe smile by adapting the play ‘Feu la mere de madam’ known in English as ‘Better late’ by Georges Faydeau, the acclaimed French playwright, and staging it in seven European towns in the name of the Sudden Death of my Mother-in-Law.

We had eight nights in London, including one at Arts Depot; six nights in Germany: one night in each towns of: Hamburg, Berlin, Siegen, Kassel, Frankfurt, Koln; and two nights in Paris.

 



From left: Soheila Ghods-Tinat, Soussan Farrokhnia,
Manouchehr Namvar-Azad and Hamid Daneshvar

The play enjoyed excellent reception both from the audiences and from the theatre community. Just over 1,400 people came to see our work.

From left: Hamid Daneshvar, Soehila Ghodstinat, Manouchehr NamvarAzad & Soussan Farrokhnia

This project helped a new community theatre (Omid) to get established.
 
 

Omid Theatre Hall in West London was a newly formed hall and few people were aware of its formation. Our publicity helped this community hall become well-known amongst our community, and other artists started booking the hall to stage their work. This, in itself will enhance the cultural life of our community, particularly in West London.

 
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Our play also brought the theatre life of two towns: Castle and Zigen in Germany to life for the Iranian ethnic minority, as they had not seen a Persian play in years. Our partner group in Germany believes that this will influence the authorities in those areas to allocate more budget to such cultural activities.
 

From left: Hamid Daneshvar; Manouchehr NamvarAzad, Soehila Ghodstinat, Soussan Farrokhnia

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the generous support of:

  • The European Cultural Foundation ;
  • Our partners in Europe: ‘Disart’ in France; ‘Rawand’ in Germany
  • Omid Theatre
  • Nimrooz and Kayhan newspapers for their positive reviews
  • Radio Deutsche Welle (the German radio for Persian speakers) for reflecting this event.
  • And our audiences who encouraged us and laughed with us!
 

Soussan Farrokhnia Director and Actress and Manochehr (Emanuel) Namvar-Azad Actor

 

Soheila Ghods-Tinat

 

Hamid Daneshvar and Soussan Farrokhni

 

 
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