TEHRAN – Iran’s Paniz Acting Academy presented the comedy play “Lalva” on Sunday at the 17th Ethos International Theater Festival in Turkey.
The 60-minute play, written, designed and directed by Sina Safavifar, was performed at Istanbul’s Yashar Kemal Hall, Honalon Line reported.
The play tells the story of characters who visit a mysterious company and wish to have their memories erased. They all come for different reasons. A man who wants to forget his feud with his mother, a man who fraudulently claims his inheritance, a farmer whose memory is accidentally erased in a funny scene, a young woman who identifies with Marilyn Monroe, and a poet who learns of his execution. However, in the end, all of them lose not only their memories but also their entire identities.
Masmeh Fakhrzakeri, Alireza Rahimzadeh, Amin Akbarinasab, Panis Esmaili, and Amirhossein Mirfendersky starred in the play.
This one-act play explored memory, identity, and the desire to escape pain by blending drama and comedy.
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