Soroush Taheri, Director of ‘Bella Figura’
A Show Must Assuage Pain of Society
‘Bella Figura’, which is written by French playwright Yasmina Reza, is on stage at Shano Theater in Tehran. It is the first time a play is being performed concurrent with its French performance.
Soroush Taheri, the show’s director, said that ‘Bella Figura’ is translated by Behrouz Sarvalishahi and it is its first performance in Iran, adding that Susan Maghsoudlou, Maneli Hosseinpour, Maysam Razfar, Shohreh Raayati, Behrouz Sarvalishahi and Reza Izadkhan star in the play.
Taheri believed no theater should be directed unless it would allay a pain of the society, adding that theater must introduce new plays or shows or have a fresh creative approach towards old subjects.
The director added that the artists could move theater a step forward only if they would take the above-mentioned considerations into account.
He rejected employment of celebrities into theater shows and stressed on conserving theater as an artistic medium.
Taheri said that despite that he was facing financial problems, he ruled out that plays should be staged for ticket sale.
‘Bella Figura’ pictures a man and woman in a car-park outside a country restaurant. It has frequent suspension when the characters and audience are left in ambiguous tension.