“Terrace” is a minimal fantasy / We kept our faces red with a slap

Theater News Base: Bourgeois Abdolrazaghi, theater director and head of the “Thought One” group, which is currently showing “Terrace»As a producer in the fourth wall theater on stage, about the figure Giri This play said: Show «TerraceIs the result of a workshop “From Idea to Performance” that was held with my students in the theater group “First Thought”. The group has been operating independently since 1987, and the workshop lasted for nearly a year, and the result was a performance of the play “Terrace»شد.

He talked about choosing this play ژان Claude کری‌یر Which in Iran is like a text یاسمینا Reza is popular, he said: The text «TerraceI did not choose and the play was chosen by Majid Eghbali, one of my students who wanted to direct this work, and I was with them as a consultant and group leader. شأن I was doing. At the same time, I told the children that if the work reached a point where it was worth performing, I would support them and give them a public performance. Of course, I myself am very interested in plays یاسمینا I have Reza and می I know That “TerraceIt also has the same atmosphere as Reza’s works and is popular with theater artists. The first play that I staged professionally in 1987 was “Conversation های After a funeral » یاسمینا It was Reza and after that I staged 2 more plays by this author and read a play.

Abdul Razzaqi stated: Unfortunately These days, the state of theater performances has become such that everyone finally rehearses and performs for a month. There is no proper supervision over the work of these young people, while the way I was trained in this workshop was the opposite of such an approach. For some students, it was a little difficult to train in a workshop for a year and then apply for a performance because they see that everyone holds a workshop quickly and performs in a short time. But my effort is to do a right and principled work, which, of course, we had a fall among the students, but in the end, with the children who were interested and willing to spend more time teaching, they realized that one should try to perform in a theater. And it was hard, we continued the workshop and the show “TerraceIt was also the product of this workshop.

The director and theater teacher explained about the features of the performance: “We tried to take the play in a direction where we see a more modern performance than the original text.” Because the play was written about 25 years ago and has an older atmosphere than today. the show “TerraceIt is a fantasy comedy that takes place in a modern and contemporary atmosphere, so the play can be taken from the play. یاسمینا Reza Danast, of course, is the same story, but the type of look and the way of execution have become very different.

عبدارزاقی Who is also in charge of designing the stage of the play, said about the atmosphere and the way of performing the work: I tried to perform the play space in a completely minimal Be designed in such a way that the whole decor displays of one box and several پودس Is composed and no Accessories You do not see on stage. There is a hand in the show that comes out of the heart of the box whenever needed Equipment Gives them the characters they need. This hand is like a soul that is all Accessories Provides the actors and then collects them himself so that at the end of the play we see that the stage is empty as at the beginning. The work of the actor in this box is very difficult because something has to sit in this box for about 65 minutes and only his hand is out.

Regarding the feedback from the audience, he said: “Fortunately, the feedback from the audience has been good until today, and we have never encountered a case where he is dissatisfied with seeing the work.” Of course, some have made small remarks اند Which is normal and the opinion of these friends is respectable, but in general, the show has brought the audience satisfaction, which is gratifying because after a year of training, it was important for me that the children in the group get paid and the spectators love the work.

Abdolrazaghi explained about the performance at the Fourth Wall Theater: I personally like the Fourth Wall Theater among private theaters because apart from the artistic atmosphere in the theater, the directors of the collection are also artists and the conditions of the artists. They understand, therefore, that their effort is to have professional and carbald groups perform there. Good things are going to happen in this theater, and they even are Work Hold different shops in the theater. another one of Reasons I am interested in performing in this theater, because of the respect they have for the audience and they are always treated well, something that we do not see in many theaters.

He clarified about his other activities: He is scheduled to read the play “Refugee Hotel” in the same theater on the 4th, 2nd and 9th of Bahman. my job اگیره Translate Maziar Neyestani, a work about asylum seekers Chilean Is collected in Canada اند. Also Arthur’s play “Experimental Plant” Miller Take the stage from the first of March as a producer می برم That play is also the work of my students and Ali Molaei is one of my old students ام Directs the work.

At the end of his talk about the conditions of these theater days, the artist mentioned: Unfortunately The conditions of the theater are not good these days, and the cost of producing a play, from renting a plateau to producing posters, brochures, and promotional materials, has risen so much that you do not know how much to buy a ticket. But if we also increase the ticket price, the spectators will be pressured, which is not true. I hope that at least the subsidies that used to belong to the theater will return, because now we have to pay for it ourselves and return the expenses ourselves, which is the result. اش It is possible to perform vulgar and ugly things that can reimburse their expenses in any way and attract the audience. This will eventually lead to the destruction of the theater. So far, we have tried to keep our face with a red slap and to present the honorable work to the spectator as much as we can.

the show “TerraceIt will be on stage until January 20, at 9 pm in the Fourth Wall Theater.

The agents of this show are the producer: Bourgeois Abdolrazaghi, Director: Majid Eghbali, Motion Designer: Farnoush Pearl, the writer: ژان Claude کری‌یر, Translator: Asghar Nouri, Actors: (in alphabetical order) Amir Aghajan, Reza Hojjati, Shahin Zargar, Newsha Shahrivari, Milad Safavi, Timah Kalateh, Assistant Director: Zahra Pakdel, Stage Manager: Reza Eghbali, Production Assistants: Alireza Mohammadian, Hamed Khorramabadi, Stage Designer: Bourgeois Abdolrazaghi, costume designer: Farnoush Pearl, Making decor: Manley Abdolrazaghi, poster and brochure designer: Ali Jadidi, logo type: Ali Molaei, photo: Mehrdad Hosseinzadeh, teaser production: Danjeh Studio.