Theatre

Plays, adaptations, readings and separate production histories involving Ghazi Rabihavi, with exact roles and source notes.

An empty theatre stage with velvet curtains, wooden chairs and a warm pool of light.
Before the first voice · Imagined painting

Repertoire and other stage work

  1. Mon beau garçon

    Play

    A mother and son, named in a French reported conversation about the lives literature can recognise.

    French title used by Fild. An original-language title and an authorised English title have not been established.

  2. Tahereh

    Play

    A daughter confronts the closure of the cemetery where her Baha’i father should be buried.

    Transliterated title reported by Asad Seif. An authorised English title and a publication date have not been established.

  3. Seda-ye Zang-e Mahbub

    Play

    A woman speaks beside earthquake rubble; a bell is her trapped husband’s only reply.

    The Sound of the Beloved’s Bell · English meaning of the title in Shahrokhi’s review, rather than an established English edition title.

  4. Catwalk

    Play

    A schoolgirl’s wish to become a model in Europe, named in a brief repertoire description.

    Reported title in an undated encyclopedia entry. A script, edition and performance record have not been established.

  5. Look Europe!

    Play

    An English play script concerning the detention of journalist Faraj Sarkohi.

  6. Voices

    Play

    An answering machine and the solitude of exile.

  7. Stoning

    Play

    War, shelter and the pressure of sexual politics.

  8. Captured by Camera

    Play

    A play concerning the detention of Ahmad Batebi.

  9. The Masculine Law

    Play

    Short scenes place women’s lives against the demands of the legal system.

  10. The Hat

    Play

    A play named in Exiled Writers Ink’s 2008 programme.

  11. Avar-e Eshq

    Play

    An earthquake and a marriage, brought to the stage through one performer.

    Transliterated title. An authorised English publication title has not been established.

  12. Shirin

    Play

    A household becomes a setting for questions of gender and sexual taboo.

  13. The Tragedy of a Monarchy

    Play

    A two-act dramatic work about the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah.

    English editorial title. The book record is Persian-language; its parallel German title does not identify a German translation.

  14. Kheimeh Shab Bazi

    Adaptation

    Pinter’s The Caretaker, reworked in a contemporary Tehran setting.

    Transliterated production title. A loose adaptation of Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker.

  15. Don Juan in Hell

    Directed reading

    Shaw’s dialogue, heard through Golestan’s translation and Rabihavi’s direction.

    By George Bernard Shaw, in Ebrahim Golestan’s translation. Rabihavi directed this reading.

Individual productions and readings

  1. Look Europe! at the Almeida · Staged reading

    5 October 1997 · Recorded in the official Pinter archive

  2. Stoning at Cosmic Theater · Theatre production

    Premiere · 17 January 1999 · Catalogued premiere

  3. Voices at ReOrient 2000 · Festival production

    Festival run · 14 July–20 August 2000 · Recorded in the company’s festival archive

  4. Stoning at ReOrient 2001 · Festival production

    Series One · 27–30 September 2001 · Scheduled in the official production programme

  5. Captured by Camera · announced presentations · Historical announcement

    Announced for October 2001 · Announced; a completed run is not established here

  6. Stoning at BAC · Scratch production

    21–25 August 2002 · Historical listing and contemporary interview

  7. The Hat · Born in Iran · Organiser’s event record

    4 February 2008 · Performance named in the historical programme

  8. The Masculine Law · scenes at the Poetry Cafe · Reading of scenes

    4 August 2008 · Reported in the published magazine

  9. The Masculine Law at TARA Arts · Company and contemporary announcements

    March 2009 · announced 23–28 / 24–28 · Announced production; opening day differs between sources

  10. Look Europe! · Amnesty reading announcement · Historical reading announcement

    Announced for 23 October 2009 · Announced by the organiser

  11. Avar-e Eshq · Heidelberg · Festival performance

    January 2013 · exact day unverified · Reported in a contemporary festival review

  12. Kheimeh Shab Bazi · London festival · Adaptation in performance

    2014 · exact performance day unverified · Reported after the festival

  13. Don Juan in Hell · London reading · Directed reading

    2015 · exact performance day unverified · Reported in the BBC review

  14. Shirin · London festival · Festival production

    Advertised for 14–15 September 2016 · Advertised schedule; production subsequently reviewed

  15. The Tragedy of a Monarchy · Paris extract · Book discussion and staged extract

    Announced for 24 February 2024 · Announced by the bookshop