The Misery of a woman in love

 

Iran Theater- With a Modern look at Azerbaijani folklore stories ,"AY Ishigh" directed by Mohammad Taghi Esmaeili is performed at Tehran-Mobarak 17th International Puppet Festival.

Mohammad Taghi Esmaeili , director, is following the idea of having a folklore , rituals and a global look and telling them in modern language.

This play also has a modern look at the folklore and issues of Azerbaijani society, especially Ardebil city.

Mohammad Taghi Esmaeili  explained, "All Ashik (singer) have been introduced as  men, while women have been  Ashik   but not dealt with them, In this play, the tragedy of a Ashik  woman is  subject.

An Ashik (Azerbaijani: aşıq, Turkish: aşık, Armenian: աշուղ) was traditionally a singer who accompanied his song— be it a dastan (traditional epic story, also known as hikaye) or a shorter original composition—with a long necked lute (bağlama) in Azerbaijani culture and related Turkic cultures. The modern Azerbaijani ashik is a professional musician who usually serves an apprenticeship, masters playing the bağlama, and builds up a varied but individual repertoire of Turkic folk songs.

The story is about a woman and a man who is supposed to marry. A man in a tradition (deishmeh) is defeated by men of Khaan. According to customs, She must abandon the musical instrument and return to her people. The girl is left alone and disillusioned and blames  by the people around her, but after a few years, she gets the help of the old man and goes to  fight with Khan.

This plays is  a combination of shadow, batomy Doll, mask and actor  performance . In this work, objects of theater are also considered, and  the Musical instruments become personalities. The play, written by Mehdi Khalilzadeh, has a lyrical atmosphere.

Fatemeh Barmal, Sayeh Abbaspour, Nina Shahmohammadi, Maryam Dandand, Saba Kathib, Haniyeh Aliinjad, Paria Norouzi, Zahra Aghazadeh and Shabnam Masoumi are actors and puppeeter.

Fatima Bermal and Shabnam Masoumi designed and made dolls.

production designer is Mohammad Taghi Esmaeili and sayeh Abbaspour is costume designer.

 

Tehran-Mobarak 17th International Puppet Festival will  take place  on August 23rd - 29th, 2018.