In Iran, artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and playwrights must walk a tightrope to avoid censorship of content the authorities deem inappropriate.
00:00The curtain raises for a dazzling light show at the City Theatre Hall in Tehran.
00:18An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's King Lair, infused with rock music.
00:25Artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and playwrights must walk a tightrope to avoid censorship in Iran.
00:36But Ilaika Abdulrazgi, the director and an actor, says that the Iranian authorities imposed no restrictions on staging foreign plays.
00:45Ilaika Abdulaziz.
00:46There are a lot of things that have been happening to me, I have to adapt to the movement, to describe, to music, to dance.
01:01If we want to put a classic effect in the world of Farsi, with all the words that are present, it was very small and very non-confused for the people.
01:15With a company of around 100 people, including several dozen actors,
01:22Abul Razgi and her team spent several months preparing the show.
01:45The actors wear richly detailed costumes in bold reds, greens and yellows inspired by classic fashions from the 17th century.
02:06Ahmed Saatchian, the lead actor and a stage veteran with two decades of experience,
02:11calls Lear the greatest role of his career.
02:15We have one of the most famous characters in history.
02:19It's a happy that when I was born in a place,
02:24I was born in a place and I had a chance to join this.
02:28We want to consider the Europe, the East, the East, and the Czechoslovakia,
02:33and the East, and the East, and the East.
02:43The East has a great relationship between Shakespeare and the East.
02:45Lear says,
02:47The power of the people, the people who are in the world,
02:52the people who are in the world,
02:54and the people who are in the world,
02:56and the people who are in the world,
02:59and who are in the world.
03:03In recent years, many of Shakespeare's works have been performed in Iran.
03:08The production has struck a chord with the theatre-goers.
03:17However, Have a wonderful check of the future.
