khayyam
Researcher, Writer, Designer & Director: Behrooz Gharibpour
Composer: Amir Behzad
Conductor: Farnoosh Behzad
Assistant Director: Ali Pakdast, Maryam Eghbali, Ali Abolkheirian, Ghasem Rahmati (Thanks to Hengameh Sazesh)
Puppeteer: Maryam Eghbali, Ali Pakdast, Ali Abolkheirian, Marjan Ahmadi, Marzieh Sarmashghi, Nasim Amirkhosrow, Honey Hoseiny, Sara Eghbal, Marzieh Naderi, Sahar Kazemi, Maryam Rahmani, Mehrnoosh Sadeghian, Samin Javadzadeh Zahedani, Roya Almasimehr, Sadaf Bigdeli, Elham Vafaei, Zeynab Ashrafzadeh, Mehrnoosh Khaleghi, Sahel Safa, Hojat Hashemi, Fatemeh Hodhodi,Ayda Kolahi, Mona Tazimi
Singers: Mohamad Motamedi, Eshagh Anvar, Vahid Taj, Raha Yousefi, Mahdi Emami, Mehrdad Nasehi, Hamed Faghihi, Mohamad Farzin Zolghadr, Shaho Andalibi, Payam Rezaie, Behrang Ajam, Hadi FeyzAbadi, Rahman Takdehghan, Roshanak Keymanesh,Sara Zare, Farbod Khanizadeh, Esmail Alahdadian
Puppet Designer: Ali Pakdast, Maryam Eghbali
Stage Manager: Ghasem Rahmati
2nd Assistant Director: Sara Vali
Stage Assistant: Elham Vafaei
Public Relation: Honey Hoseini
Press: Zeynab Lak
Poster and Brochure Designer: Ayrin Gharibpour
Duration: 120 min
Plot Summary: Khayyam, in this chaotic time, while the powerful and those who have given religion the pretext of gaining a place, it strives along with the anniversary of the creation of the solar calendar to invite people to love and live with love and happiness without the fear of God. He announces the mortality of the wealth and power.
And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press,
End in the Nothing all Things end in - Yes -
Then fancy while Thou art, Thou art but what
Thou shalt be - Nothing - though shalt not be less.
Director’s note: By writing and performing Khayyam's puppet opera, I completed the fifth sequel of my Iranian poet series; I did Ferdowsi, Rumi, Hafez, and Sa'di as a completely personal commitment and not on the order or with the suggestion of a person or an organization. I did these shows without fear of fatigue or unconsciousness just like the main character in the movie “The Runner”, I made them with the hope of attracting the great audience of the works of the Aran Puppet Theater, I celebrated its success in my mind and I am honored to once again attend the International puppet festival of Tehran-Mobarak, and have this opportunity to bow to our audience along with my team members and thank them for their support.
