Publication · Radio Farda · collective theatre letter
An invitation and its responsibility
English editorial guide to the identified collective appeal.
Artists and writers, including Rabihavi, ask two invited theatre artists to withdraw from the Fajr festival after the November repression.
- Author
- Collective signatories
- Publication
- Radio Farda · collective theatre letter
- Source date
- 23 December 2019
- Published language
- Persian
- This page
- English publication guide
Ghazi Rabihavi appears in the published endorsement list. No sole authorship or organisational office is attributed to him.
Original English editorial guide to retained collective material. Demands and allegations remain attributed to the document; Rabihavi’s recorded role is a listed endorsement.
The letter’s addressees
The letter addresses Romeo Castellucci and Eugenio Barba after reports of their participation in the Fajr theatre festival. Its signatories ask them to cancel those appearances and support people mourning and continuing to seek their rights after the November protests. Radio Farda names Rabihavi among the artists and writers making the appeal. Source 1 · Source 2
The writers argue that an international festival appearance could provide cultural legitimacy while concealing repression. This is the political and ethical argument made by the letter, rather than the website’s finding about either invitee’s intention. The report neither documents a response nor establishes what the artists subsequently did. Source 1 · Source 2
Related reporting
A Gooya republication, credited to Iran International, reports the same letter and also lists Rabihavi. It provides another circulation record for the appeal, with different quoted passages; it does not turn the letter into a second campaign or a production in which Rabihavi performed. Source 1 · Source 2
Sources & credits
- Radio Farda · letter to two Italian theatre artists
Report published 23 December 2019. Names Rabihavi among signatories addressing Romeo Castellucci and Eugenio Barba; it does not establish their subsequent response or attendance.
- Gooya · related reporting of the theatre letter
23 December 2019 republication credited to Iran International. Reports the same letter and names Rabihavi; a circulation record rather than a second campaign.