TEHRAN – “Beyond the Words”, a co-production of France and Iran, will go on stage at the Theatre Le Verso in the city of Saint Etienne running from March 23 to 26.

A coproduction of French Litecox and Iranian Zendegi Theater Company, the play has been directed by Jafar Mahyari in collaboration with French choreographer Daisy Fel, and was staged at the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival in January.

“Beyond the Words” tells the story of an old pencil and a young eraser which live in a pencil box. For a long time they have been without news of their owner. The latter used to make his pencil write about negative events, and remove anything that might seem positive to him by using his eraser. 

The play focuses on the relationship between the language of the body and the relationship to the text.

Beatrice Garnier Ikken, Daisy Fel and Saeid Abak are the cast members of the play.

Costume designer Cathy Ray, stage manager and light designer Camille Gonzales, sound designer Jean-Francois Minjiard and photographer Seghir Zouaoui have collaborated in the project.

Caption: Beatrice Garnier Ikken performs in “Beyond the Words” at Tehran’s Arghanun Theater during the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival in January 2017. (Honaronline/ Ramuna Mirian)

Photo: “Beyond the Words” (Honaronline/Ramona Mirian)

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