Mythologizing the Transition:
Bahram Beyzaie's Cinema and Theatre
Symposium - Programme
Saturday 12 June 2010
13.00 - 21.00
A one day symposium focusing on the Cinema and Theatre of Bahram Beyzaie, one of the most complicated figures of the contemporary Iranian cultural scene.
Saturday 12 June 2010
| 13.00 - 13:30 | Introduction Saeed R. Talajooy Beyzaie and the Rejuvenation of Iranian Performing Traditions |
| 13.30 - 14:30 | Panel 1 Ta‘ziyeh and the Films of Bahram Beyzaie Dr Nacim Pak-Shiraz (Institute of Ismaili Studies) Nation and Heroism in Beyzaie’s Early Plays Dr Saeed R. Talajooy (University College London) |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Play 1 Arash (Directed by Rosanna Jahangard and Saeed R. Talajooy) Students of the University of Reading |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Q & A on Arash |
| 17.00 - 18.00 | Panel 2 A Journey into Night: Bahram Beyzaie’s Silence Dr Proshot Kalami (Loughborough University) Dramaturgical Structure of Death of Yazdgerd Vahid (Artistic Director of Goossun Art-illery) |
| 18.30 - 20.30 | Play 2 Death of Yazdgerd (Directed by Sudipto Chatterjee) Students of Loughborough University |
| 20.30 - 21.00 | Q & A on Death of Yazdgerd |
Venue
Wilkins Haldane Room, South Cloister, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
and
UCL Garage Studio, Gordon Street, London, WC1E 6BT