Details

Set in a Christmas decoration factory somewhere in contemporary Britain, 1001 Nights Now is the Arabian Nights revisited by eight leading writers from the Middle East. A series of moving and often funny allegorical stories told to keep the storyteller alive.

Cast/Performers

Maziar Bahari (Iran), Zolfa Afrazi, Francisco Alfonsin, Qaseem Ansari, Philip Arditti, Kourosh Asad, Reza Kianpour, Shazia Mirza, Badria Timini

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Atiq Rahimi (Afghanistan), Murathan Mungan (Turkey), Reza Parsa (Iran / Sweden), Fadia Faqir (Jordan / Durham), Abas Amini (Iran / Nottingham), Shazia Mirza (Iran / London), Johan Bergman Lindfors, Paul Mattar
Producer(s): Nottingham Playhouse, Northern Stage, The Albany, Betty Nansen Theatre Copenhagen
Director(s): Alan Lyddiard, Lisa Spirling (assistant)
Design: Neil Murray
Choreographer: Jourmana Mourad
Lighting: Mark Pritchard
Other(s): Maziar Bahari (film), Kitte Wagner (assistant)
Dramaturg: Duska Radosavljevic