Asheq: Ritual Music to Cure a Lover (A Prequel) (2018)
Produced by
Playwright: Shahin Sayadi
Director: Shahin Sayadi
Venue
Run
December 5th, 2018 – December 8th, 2018
Synopsis
Set in a small fishing village on the shores of Persian Gulf, Asheq: Ritual Music to Cure a Lover, is a story of forbidden love, a family divided by long-held secrets, and a community trying to find balance between traditional ways and the modern world. When a young man won’t listen to his elders, they prepare a Zar exorcism ceremony, intended to rid him of the “sickness” of his love for an outcast young woman, but the ceremony ultimately reveals a father’s long-buried secrets. (harbourfrontcentre.com)
Cast
| Shahin Sayadi | Performer |
| Shoorangiz Sayadi | Film Performer |
| Khezr Dashti | Film Performer |
| Zahra Zamzam | Film Performer |
| Babak ahmadpoor | Film Performer |
| Hosein Bagherian | Film Performer |
| Shirin Azhdar | Film Performer |
| Zahra Afisi | Film Performer |
| Mahin Satar | Film Performer |
| Mehdi Abdi | Film Performer |
| Zoleikha Helalbeh | Film Performer |
| Arash Khalafpoor | Film Performer |
| Abbass Khwazak | Film Performer |
| Hosein Ebnedohi | Film Performer |
| Payam Shadniya | Film Performer |
| Amin Salimi | Film Performer |
| Ario Ansari | Film Performer |
| Kaveh Zarei | Film Performer |
| Masoud Kazerooni | Film Performer |
| Mohsen Sharifian | Film Performer |
Creative Team
| Shahin Sayadi | Playwright |
| Shahin Sayadi | Director |
| Shahin Sayadi | Scenographer |
| Shahin Sayadi | Set Designer |
| Mike Mader | Lighting Designer |
| Shahin Sayadi | Lighting Designer |
| Shahin Sayadi | Projection Designer |
| Mike Mader | Projection Designer |
| Nick Bottomley | Projection Designer |
| Raeesa Lalani | Sound Designer |
| Jake Dambergs | Sound Designer |
| Shahin Sayadi | Sound Designer |
| Shahin Sayadi | Costumes |
| Shahin Sayadi | Props |
| Shahin Sayadi | Music Arrangements |
| Shahin Sayadi | Videographer |
| Maggie Stewart | Dramaturge |
| Karen Bassett | Dramaturge |
| Sina Bathaie | Additional Music - Selections from Ray of Hope Album |
Production
| Jake Dambergs | Props |
| Miya Turnbull | Props |
| Raeesa Lalani | Stage Manager |
| Mike Mader | Technical Director |
| Raeesa Lalani | Assistant Technical Director |
| Raeesa Lalani | Tech Operator |
| Mike Mader | Construction |
| Mike Mader | Q-Lab Supervisor |
| Mike Mader | Sound Installation |
| Mike Mader | 3D Mapping |
| Raeesa Lalani | Co-Producer |
| Maggie Stewart | Co-Producer |
| Coleen MacPherson | Toronto Co-Producer |
| Jake Dambergs | Digital Technology Advisor |
| Nick Bottomley | Projection Materials |
| Nick Bottomley | Graphics and Animation |
| Ryan Neal | Projection Materials |
| Ryan Neal | Graphics and Animation |
| Payam Sayadi | Poster Design |
| Shaun Alexander | Poster Design |
