“Geppetto” comes to stage
Iran Theater- Oshan Mahmudi has adopted the story of the children’s novel “The Adventures of Pinocchio” in his new production “Geppetto” that is onstage at Tehran’s Iranshahr Theater Complex
This story, as a real man, Pinocchio begins to be transformed into a wooden puppet.
“The story is recounted by Geppetto, who is not a woodcarver anymore but a priest who is known as ‘Pope Geppetto’,” Mahmudi told the Persian service of MNA on Wednesday.
“This play also refers to the childhood of Carlo Collodi, the Italian writer of ‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’ who represents signs of Pinocchio’s character in his childhood,” he added.
“The reason behind this change in the story is my personal enthusiasm for the ‘Pinocchio’ animation; I always change the stories of plays in my mind and see myself in the place of a writer and transform the stories for performance,” he stated.
“Although we have tried to maintain the academic aspects of the play, this play has attracted people from all walks of life and is a popular performance,” he noted.