The Persian Revolution

Created by 30 Bird Productions
Co-produced with the Iran Heritage Foundation.

Arts Council England, Farbro Group (Farhad Farjam). Made as part of theMIX at Lyric Hammersmith, supported by Deutsche Bank.

The year is 1906 or so it seems. The Iranian Monarchy is about to succumb to the will of the people. The Constitutional Revolution is gaining pace and the establishment of the first parliament in Iran is imminent.

The Persian Revolution is a surreal, comic and disturbing piece of theatre inspired by the events of the 1906 Constitutional Revolution in Iran. The play travels through layers of time as characters cross decades to the events of the Revolution.

An Islamic cleric looks up to the skies in search of God and sees America landing on the moon. In a corner of Tehran, a child avidly reads the adventures of Tintin while unborn children learn about the electoral law in 1906. The sound of the Revolution encroaches upon everyday life until scenes depicting major events take over: the bast at the British Legation, the opening of the first parliament, the coup d'etat of Mohammad Ali Shah, the resistance at Tabriz and finally the defeat of the royalists and the restoration of the parliament in Tehran.

The Persian Revolution is a psychological and personal examination of the Constitutional Revolution and its effects on contemporary culture. Focusing in particular on the conflict between the law of God and the law of the state, The Persian Revolution explores the struggle to come to terms with secular democracy.

Created by the team behind the critically acclaimed Majnoun "Playful, absurdist and comic… (Majnoun) is impossible not to like" The Guardian, Death by Heroine "An epic love story enriched by cinematic staging" Time Out, and the documentary but you speak such good English "funny, poignant and a fine, accessible guide to the natures of both the exiled and their adoptive country" Time out.

Meet the company: Wed 4 Oct - free post show discussion Q&A with the actors and artists

12 and 7 GBP

08700 500 511 or www.lyric.co.uk (no booking fees)