Milad NikAbadi to direct “Punk Rock”

Iran Theater- Milad NikAbadi will direct Simon Stephens’s “Punk Rock”.

The rehearsals for the play have been started since one month ago  with considering the health protocols and the number of actors the director wants.

 

Punk Rock is a play by the British playwright Simon Stephens which premiered at the Royal Exchange in 2009 and transferred to the Lyric Hammersmith directed by Sarah Frankcom. The play concerns a group of private school sixth formers during their A Level mocks exams.

 

Simon Stephens (born 6 February 1971) is an English playwright. Having taught on the Young Writers' Programme at the Royal Court Theatre for many years, he is now an Artistic Associate at the Lyric Hammersmith. He is the inaugural Associate Playwright of Steep Theatre Company, Chicago, where four of his plays, Harper Regan, Motortown, Wastwater, and Birdland had their U.S. premieres. His writing is widely performed throughout Europe and, along with Dennis Kelly and Martin Crimp, he is one of the most performed English-language writers in Germany.

Nikabadi had previously directed plays such as "Robinson Crusoe", "Madea Chapter Two" in  City Theater Complex.