A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran
a play by Sarah Chew
a play by Sarah Chew
Part theatre, part drag cabaret, Lipstick: a fairy tale of modern Iran is inspired by time writer/director Sarah Chew spent in Tehran during the Green Uprising of 2010. When you observe atrocity, it can be a challenge to make the memories fit together. What was it you actually saw? What are you meant to do with it? What are you meant to do with the life you left behind?
BEYOND BORDERS: A MINI-SEASON, CLAPHAM OMNIBUS
Lipstick: a Fairy Tale of Modern Iran was performed as part of Beyond Borders mini-season at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham. Beyond Borders was presented by a collection of female theatre artists who care about intercultural communication and collaboration, and feel passionately about the need to address the rise in hard borders and cultural and ethnic exclusion, from a political and from a personal perspective.
How do we live on the safe side of a hard border, yet engage with atrocities on the other side? Brexit, Trump's travel bans and deportations, the global rise of the far Right; Every day, maps are developing ever more hard lines. Lines people cannot cross, however carefully they tread.
How do we live on the safe side of a hard border, yet engage with atrocities on the other side? Brexit, Trump's travel bans and deportations, the global rise of the far Right; Every day, maps are developing ever more hard lines. Lines people cannot cross, however carefully they tread.