Play
Avar-e Eshq
An earthquake and a marriage, brought to the stage through one performer.
Transliterated title. An authorised English publication title has not been established.
The work
Ali Sedighi’s Heidelberg festival review describes a husband trapped beneath earthquake rubble and a wife confronting the conduct of their marriage. He credits Rabihavi as writer and Soudabeh Farrokhnia as director and performer. Source 13
The review records both the staging’s ambition and its difficulties. It gives this play a distinct identity within the festival, separate from the different writer’s Stoning discussed in the article’s headline. Source 13
Production and reading history
- Festival performance
January 2013 · exact day unverified · Reported in a contemporary festival review
Sources and distinctions
Asre Nou · Heidelberg festival review
Ali Sedighi, 1 February 2013: Avar-e Eshq by Rabihavi, directed and performed by Soudabeh Farrokhnia.