18 ct. Pahlavan Kachal

City: Tehran

Company: Theater-e-No (New Theater)

Director: Ali Mohammadi

Assistant Director: Erfan Safari

Playwright: Sajad Tahmasbi

Puppet Designer and Maker: Neda Vafaee

Set Designer and Maker: Sina Aghayani

Tailor: Khatere Isvandsoltanabadi

Lighting designer: Ali Mohammadi

Puppeteers: Mahbobe Aerabi, Neda Vafaee, Niloofar Compani, Alireza Fathaliyan, Erfan Safari

Actors: Amirhossein Ensafi, Ramin Abdollahi

Musicians: Amirhossein Ensafi, Ramin Abdollahi

Photographer: Ghazaleh Ziaei, Hedayatollah Eftekhari

Poster and Brochure Designer: Elahe Jafari

Set Assistant: Mahgol Saberi

Artistic Adviser: Hadi Hasanali

Public Relations: Ali Dehbaan

Technique: Kheymeh -Shab bazi (Glove Puppet)

Audience: Family

Duration: 40 min

Plot Summary: 18 ct. Pahlavan Kachal has a kidney stone, in order to pass his kidney stone, he has been told to go to a cemetery to get scared. He goes to the cemetery but what he passes is something strange…

Director’s Note: In the days when the kheymeh – shab bazi is forgotten, the visual features can keep the traditional show alive, so we decided to perform it in a modern way with more stage design and use of media.