Description: A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality. In Virgule’s production of The Father staged on the main stage of the City Theatre in Tehran, Reza Kianian’s performance and Dashtaray’s set design take centre stage. As the walls around Andre begin to shift, so does his grasp on reality. Staged in a time where aging structures around us all begin to shift.
Director: Arvand DashtarayDirector: Arvand Dashtaray
Playwright: Florian Zeller
Translators: Hamidreza Amanpour Qaraei, Maryam Heydari
Dramaturg: Marene Van Holk
Cast : Reza Kianian- Leili Rashidi, Saeed Changizian, Marene Van Holk, Sogol Khaligh, Behzad Karimi, Najva Saheb Zamani
Project Manager: Nuruddin Heydari Maher
Artistic Advisor: Diana Fathi
Projec tManager: Raha Jahanshahi
Production manager: Amin Yazdani Nejad
Assistant director and scheduler: Sanaz Bagheri
Set design: Arvand Dashtaray
Technical stage design: Seyed Mohammad Taghi Zahedi
Video artist and teaser production: Pooya Razi
Costume design: Golnaz Golshan
Makeup design: Maria Hajiha
Lighting design: Vasilis Apostolatos, Reza Khazarai
Composer: Ali Kianian
Sound design: Rozbe Kamali
Graphic Design and motion graphics: Behrad Tabankhet
Copywriter: Reza Islampanah
Animation design and implementation: Babak Bigi
Illustrator: Denag Malekian
Video Mapping Host: Khashayar Neshay
Production of the documentary: Golpo Fayouzi
Photographer: Kiarash Mosayebi
Media consultant: Fariborz Darai
Public relations and advertising: Mahta Karimi, Amir Qalichi
Virtual advertising: Film News
Stage manager: Adel Hajizadeh
Stage assistants: Morsad Mirghafari, Ali Aghaei, Hossein Salehi, Mani Yasai
Video operator assistants: Abolfazl Kashfi, Mohammad Reza Qashmpour
Costume assistant: Nazgol Mehrani
Graphic assistants: Tahereh Falahat Pisheh, Maysam Safavi
Lighting: Maysam Safari
Set design assistants: Yashar Attabakhsh, Nilofar Dadres, Ramin Karimi, Pouria Khoshbin, Amir Abbas Babai Khorasani
Special thanks to: Mohammad Panahi, Alireza Panahi, Rasool Nabii, Mohsen Salimi, Hossein Kaskens Sewing clothes: Atna Rezaei, Kazem Qahiri
Production @VirguleFPAC | Teheran|Asli(Main Hall) Theater|City Theater Complex|2022