In An Interview with Iran Theater
Ilnaz Sha’bani: Human beings are made up of their inner world and relationships
Illan Sha'bani is a graduate of Faculty of Cinema and Theater, Tehran University. She has performed in many play such Metastasis by Ali_Asghar Dashti, Waiting for Godot by Ali-Asghar Dashti, Closed Circle by Pegah Tabasi Nejad, “Ham-let” by Siavash Ghaedi . “Playing With Theater” is her first experience as a Director.
.llan Sha'bani is a graduate of Faculty of Cinema and Theater, Tehran University.
She has performed in many play such Metastasis by Ali_Asghar Dashti, Waiting for Godot by Ali-Asghar Dashti, Closed Circle by Pegah Tabasi Nejad, “Ham-let” by Siavash Ghaedi . “Playing With Theater” is her first experience as a Director.
She talks with Iran Theater about her first experience as a director.
_I’m not sure to call “playing with Theater” as an experimental .We wanted to perform a play on its own style. It has its audience and critics as well. We started with stand up. Our rehearsals made the script. In fact we didn’t start with a script. So “playing with Theater” has its own form as well as intense rehearsals and efforts.” Said she about experimental approach to “playing with theater”
She added: The inner world of Characters forms their relationship. In other words, the relations of people form their inner world. In my opinion, in the theater, we build and display relationships, as you mentioned, we have been working on the social issues. In playing with theater, Simple relations or a typical theater group, in the absence of the director during the performance, becomes a complex and full-blown relationship. In fact, these relationships even propagate to the performance from, and the seemingly realistic atmosphere transforms slowly into an escape reality.
Ilnaz Sh’bani believed that personalities were influenced by behaviors that refer to the outside world and the society from within. And that's what her generations have experienced.
“First of all, I was testing myself as a director, I discovered that after many years studying and learning, I could work with those who had common experiences with them .In addition, it was important for me to show the essential concern on the stage, something that is serious to me and other members of the group as well as to my generation's audience. ”She said about the motivation and importance of directing her first play.