Theatre Review: Looking at Tazieh: Watching Us, Watching You
The Scotsman › August 18, 2008
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LOOKING AT TAZIEH ***** THE HUB
IN THE main hall at The Hub, the audience sit crossed-legged on a floor covered in beautiful Persian rugs. A triptych of screens offers three perspectives on a performance of Tazieh - a traditional Shia Muslim passion-play, depicting the violent death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed - in a provincial town in contemporary Iran. The large black-and white screen on the left shows the faces of the women in the audience, sitting on the upper tier of the outdoor Tazieh arena; the screen on the right shows the men and boys, sitting below. And in the middle, a smaller screen, in colour, shows the performance itself, a spectacular religious epic with heroes, villains and horses, powerful live music, and a thrilling alternation of verse monologue and song.See the full content of this document
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Theatre Review: Looking at Tazieh: Watching Us, Watching You
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