GRAFTING
This dance theatre is a courageous survival story of a Yazidi woman who escapes her condition & comes to Canada as a refugee. Treat yourself to a powerful storytelling via dance, music & light.
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BASIC INFO
Year:
2023
Venue:
The Annex (Vancouver)
Cast:
Soeine Bac
Soha Sanajou
Farshid Fakhravi
Marianne Wu
Hamid Farzaneh
Yassaman Hosseini
Writer & Director:
Amir N. Hosseini
Music:
Ashkan Kalali
Ghazal Fakhr
Assistant Director
Sara Poursorkh
Stage Manager
Kate Boutilier
Set Designer:
Amir N. Hosseini
Yassaman Hosseini
Lighting Designer:
Yifang (Irene) Weng
Projection Designer:
Joel Grinke
Sound Designer:
Mishelle Cuttler
Makeup Artist:
Brianna Margerison
Set Decorator:
Amir N. Hosseini
Yassaman Hosseini
Movement Artist:
Peter D’Souza
Social Media and Marketing:
Shideh Taleban
Concept Designer:
Soha Sanajou
Amir N. Hosseini
Photography:
Ashkan Kalali
Awarded Grants:
BC Art Council
Canada Council for the Arts
North Vancouver Recreation & Culture
City of Vancouver
Monex1 Currency Exchange
ECHOES FROM FAR AWAY CITIES
Sets in Iran, Echoes from Far Away Cities, is the story of a documentary filmmaker who gets involved with an acid attack victim as part of her project. During this process, she sees the familiar & escalating echoes in her own relationship.
BASIC INFO
Year:
2024
Venue:
- Evergreen, Cultural Centre (Coquitlam)
Cast:
Soha Sanajou
Panthea Vatandoust
Navid Charkhi
Nazanin Shoja
Mehdi Darvish
Writer & Director:
Amir N. Hosseini
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Assistant Director:
Sara Pour Sorkh
Stage Manager:
Yasaman Hosseini
Set Designer:
Cecilia Vadala
Lighting Designer:
Jacob Wan
Projection Designer:
Andie Lloyd
Makeup Artist:
Brianna Margerison
Active listener:
Faranak Ghorbani
Marketing Manager:
Shideh Taleban
Photography:
Ashkan Kalali
In Assosiation with:
Presentation House Theatre
Awarded Grants:
Canada Council for the Arts
BC Arts Council
ZONING OUT(Full Version)
A single mother from Iran immigrates to Canada with her child. She faces the challenges met by many newcomers in a new country. But her story goes in an unexpected direction when she learns that her child is on the Autism spectrum.
BASIC INFO
Year:
2020
Venue:
- Presentation House Theatre (North Vancouver)
- Online Streaming
Cast:
Soha Sanajou
Mahshar Emami
Ali Entezari
Talia Soheilian
Writer & Director:
Amir N. Hosseini
Music:
Arian Khosravi
Farzam Taham
Assistant Director and Stage Manager:
Parmida Saeidian
Set Designer:
Kimira Reddy
Lighting and Projection Designer:
Vanka Salim
Technical Director:
Brad Trenaman
Makeup Artist:
Negar Rastegar
Set Decorator:
Ali Alamzadeh
Social Media and Marketing:
Shideh Taleban
Photography:
Ashkan Kalali
In Assosiation with:
Presentation House Theatre
Awarded Grants:
BC Art Council
North Vancouver Recreation & Culture
City of Vancouver
ZONING OUT(Development Phase)
Zoning Out -performed in English- is the story of an Iranian single mother immigrating to Canada with her child. Aside from the challenges that any immigrant would face, the story gets a different direction when she finds out that her child is in the autism spectrum.
This project is still being developed, and the first phase was a 30-minute version followed by Q&A to receive audience feedback.Zoning Out is in association with the Presentation House Theatre.
BASIC INFO
Year:
2019
Venue:
Presentation House Theatre (North Vancouver)
Cast:
Soha Sanajou
Talia Soheilian
Writer & Director:
Amir N. Hosseini
Sound Designer:
Arian Khosravi
Farzam Taham
Saman Abdolahi
Technical Director:
Nicole Weismiller
Set Decorator:
Ali Alamzadeh
Photography:
Ashkan Kalali
Social Media and Marketing:
Shideh Taleban
In Assosiation with:
Presentation House Theatre
Awarded Grants:
BC Art Council
North Vancouver Recreation & Culture
Otolbiography is the story of a 35-year-old woman from childhood until now. All the scenes happen in different cars. This play has a sociological view on the last forty years of history in Iran and tries to depict the Impact of social events centring on family through humor.
BASIC INFO
Years:
2019 & 2015
Venues:
- Kay Meeck Art Centre (West Vancouver)
- Ever Green Cultural Centre (Coquitlam)
- Orpheume Annex (Vancouver)
Director:
Amir N. Hosseini
Cast:
Soha Sanajou
Parastoo Rahmanian
Ramin Khoei
Iman Karbalaeian
Behtab Behesta
Music:
Arian Khosravi
Farzam Taham
Saman Abdolahi
Assistant Director:
Parmida Saeidian
Mohamad Ali Entezari
Farshid Fakhravi
Mohamad Zia Yazdani
Yalda Shayesteh
Talia Soheilian
Soroush Saghafi Far
Writers:
Alireza Javidi & Amir N Hosseini
Set Decorator:
Ali Jafarpour
Video Projector:
Negin Khazaei
Social Media and Marketing:
Shideh Taleban
Asad Beigi
Sponsors:
Bijan Law Corporation, Monex1 Currency Exchange, KIA North Shore, Amir Hamze Ali, Ararat Rug, Seawall Antiaging Clinic, Saffron Palace, Tricity Dental Clinic, Farhad Soofi
AUTO - BIOGRAPHY
RELATIONSHIP +- 1
Through stories of six different characters, this play in an interactive way is trying to find out a way to show how to get less emotional damage when a relationship does not work.
Aside from the content of this play and interactive approach, when it comes to the form, the play is taking advantage of using giant climb-in balloons as a custom for the actors which leave the audience with an incomparable experience.
BASIC INFO
Year:
2018
Venue:
Scotiabank Dance Centre (Vancouver)
Writer & Director:
Amir N. Hosseini
Cast:
Soha Sanajou
Parastou Rahmanian
Ramin Khoei
Iman Karbalaeian
Asad Beigi
Torkan Vahedi
Mahan Aldavoud
Music:
Pooyan Saeidian
Projector:
Farhad Adibi
Stage Manager:
Parmida Saeidian
Video:
Ali Jafarpour
Social Media and Marketing:
Shideh Taleban
Sponsors:
Bijan Law Corporation, KIA North Shore, Ali Moheb Tash, Ararat Rug, North Shore Rolling Stock, Moneyway Currency Exchange, Allvest Group Insurance, Farhad Soofi
BASIC INFO
Year:
2013
Venue:
Capilano University Stage (North Vancouver)
Writers:
Amir N. Hosseini & Mehdi M. Kashani
Director:
Amir N. Hosseini
Cast:
Masoud Salamat
Maryam Salari
Music Supervisor:
Parham Dehzad
Set Designer:
Parjad Sharifi
Assistant Director:
Shabnam Vaghaie Negar
Make Up:
Atoosa Hamid Khani
Photographi:
Masoud Harati
Sponsors:
Pars Kadou, Ayoub's Dried Fruits and Nuts, Farhad Soofi
This is the story of a young couple during four years. Their relationship has started after Iran's green movement and turned into a different direction step by step.
DASH
AN EASY RECIPE FOR A CAKE
A documentary theatre about Masoumeh Ataei, an Iranian young woman who lost her eyes after her father in law burned her face with acid.
BASIC INFO
Year:
2013
Venue:
Scotiabank Dance Centre (Vancouver)
Writers:
Alireza Roushan & Amir N. Hosseini
Director:
Amir N. Hosseini
Cast:
Mahtab Nasir Pour
Aryo Khakpour
Soha Sanajou
Sponsor:
Farhad Soofi
Assistant Director:
Sahand tahmasbi
Photographi:
Masoud Harati