Iranian, British thespians team up for performances in Turkey

TEHRAN,May 13(MNA) -- Iran’s 84 Theater Troupe and the 20 Stories High Theater Troupe from Liverpool will jointly stage a play in autumn Turkey. The play is about the use of child labor, the 84 Theater Troupe director Ali-Akbar Alizad told on Saturday. The drama has been written based on the information, which have been gathered by the members of the troupes during interviews with a number of the children in the real-life situations, he added. Two troupes are working on it separately and share their experiences through the Internet, he said. The 84 Theater Troupe and the 20 Stories High Theater Troupe jointly performed “Rain” at the Contacting the World 2010 in Manchester. The 84 Theater Troupe is a young theater group established in 2006 in Tehran. The group has concentrated on plays written by international and Iranian playwrights including Chekhov, Beckett, Pinter, Mamet, and numerous writers from any corner of the world. The 20 Stories High Theater Troupe focuses on dynamic, challenging plays to attract new audiences.