NASSIM

“Dear performer. I want to show you something. Did you know, in Farsi my name is written like this: ‘.RUOPNAMIELOS MISSAN si eman yM’”

From Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour comes an audacious new theatrical experiment. Each night a different performer joins the playwright on stage, while the script waits unseen in a sealed box …

Touchingly autobiographical yet powerfully universal, NASSIM is a striking theatrical demonstration of how language can both divide and unite us. NASSIM is toured globally and is translated and performed in the native language of each country.

Nassim Soleimanpour’s plays have been translated into around 30 languages and been performed thousands of times around the world. For the three shows at Reykjavík Arts Festival, renowned actors Brynhildur Guðjónsdóttir, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir and Ingvar Sigurðsson will take a leap into the unknown with the playwright himself. The performance is in Icelandic. 

Writer and perfomer: Nassim Soleimanpour
Performers: Attention! New actor every night.
June 6 Brynhildur Guðjónsdóttir
June 6 Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
June 7 Ingvar Sigurðsson

Director: Omar Elerian
General manager: Shirin Ghaffari
Designer: Rhys Jarman
Sound designer: James Swadlo
Light design: Rajiv Pattani
Production manager: Michael Ager
Stage manager: Rike Berg
Script editors: Carolina Ortega & Stewart Pringle
Production: Nassim Soleimanpour Productions / Bush Theatre