Aurash
Modern Times Stage Company
May 14 – 29, 2010
Tickets: $12–$28
A decade after its award-winning Toronto premiere, Aurash returns. Rooted in a Persian nationalist myth dating back over a thousand years and reworked into dramatic form by the prominent Iranian playwright and film director Bahram Beyza’ie, Aurash resonates to this day as a passionate human portrayal of the bitter cost of cultural identity and war. Aurash is a naïve and simple stablehand who becomes an unwilling player in a post-war border treaty when chosen to determine a nation’s fate by firing an arrow from the top of a mountain. Soheil Parsa and Brian Quirt, have adapted Beyza’ie’s text into its present form, a mixture of story-telling and physical theatre with stirring soundscape and lighting. Originally produced by Modern Times Stage Company in 1998, Aurash garnered four Dora nominations and received awards for Best Direction (Soheil Parsa) and Best Sound Design (Richard Feren). The play has since toured to Iran, Cuba, Colombia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and now returns to Toronto for this limited engagement.
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From Arash by Bahram Beyza’ie
Directed by: Soheil Parsa
Featuring: Martin Julien, Ron Kennell, Michelle Latimer and Christopher Morris
Set Design – Setareh Delzendeh and Soheil Parsa
Costume and Properties Design – Setareh Delzendeh
Lighting Design – Andrea Lundy
Sound Design and Composition – Richard Feren
s/o = sold out
ltd = limited availability
About Modern Times
Modern Times Stage Company is an artistic collaborative devoted to offering culturally inclusive, alternative theatre experiences. Founded in 1989, the company’s work includes adaptations, translations and original works. Led by the Siminovitch nominated Artistic Director Soheil Parsa, Modern Times has become a leading intercultural voice in Canadian theatre. A unique integration of Persian and European theatrical aesthetics has fostered a strong artistic vision for the company that has been recognized with 40 Dora nominations and awards, and has toured internationally to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia, Cuba and Iran.
