Jul 10, 2016, 4:17 PM

‘Count to One’ brings Omar Khayyam to Italians

‘Count to One’ brings Omar Khayyam to Italians

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – ‘Count to One,’ a puppet show directed by Zahra Sabri based on Omar Khayyam’s quartets has been staged in Bologna in Italy.

Zahra Sabri told Mehr News that the puppet show was on stage in Cuore di Persia in two consecutive nights, July 1-2; “It is performed by the theatrical group Yas-e-Tamam (Persian for ‘full-blown jasmine’) and despite that Italian national football squad was defeated by Germans on the same night, the play garnered public acclaim in both nights,” she said.

“The festival is one of the most important events in puppet show,” she said, “Cuore di Persia is the summer festival by Teatri di Vita dedicated to all the expressions of the contemporary culture in Iran: theatre, cinema, music, exhibitions, and conversations,” Sabri was copying the official website of the event.

“In mid-August, we will have a performance in Monaco, France to continue international staging of the puppet show,” she said.

“Mehdi Shahpiri, Reza Bahrami, and Hossein Divandari as puppeteers; Behrang Abbaspour, the musician; Fatemeh Abbasi, assistant director, and Ebrahim Khalil Habibi the head of public relations of the group are among the crew in Bologna,” she concluded. ‘Count to One’ is a puppet show with stuffed clay puppets which narrates the stories of Omar Khayyam’s quatrains.

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