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Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

My Father Held a Gun

Sahand Sahebdivani, Raphael Rodan

04 > 15.02.2020
Theatre

Why do men go to war? And what can woman do to stop them, if anything? Sahand Sahebdivan, born in Iran, and Raphael Rodan, raised in Israel ponder this question in a moving but also funny one on one encounter. Starting with letters written by soldiers during World War I, they evoke the situation in their respective countries of origin and remember the struggles and paths of their parents, play on the absurdity of their supposed antagonism, describe their lost loves, raise questions about the female body, argue over pacifism, and oppose each other (but not really) on the possibility that a man can really be a feminist. As accompaniment a clarinetist and a guitar player punctuate the story and complete the simplicity of the staging.

Passionate about the art of storytelling – they co-founded the Mezrab School for Storytelling – Sahand Sahebdivan and Raphael Rodan performed their previous creation, Kingdom of Fire and Clay, in Belgium in 2015. With My Father Held a Gun, the two men, this time co-writing with Albert Maizel, continue a conversation in which they play themselves, an Iranian and an Israeli, friends and storytellers who prefer to underline their similarities than their differences.

Calendar

  • - 20:30
  • - 19:30
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  • - 19:30
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Information

Language

en, surtitles fr

Venue

Studio

Duration

70’

Cast

Direction
Vasile Nedelcu

With
Sahand Sahebdivani
Raphael Rodan

Music and composition
Guillermo Celano
Iman Spaargaren

Text
Sahand Sahedbivani
Raphael Rodan
Albert Maizel

Production 
Théâtre de la Toison d’Or

Co-production
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Anastasis Sarakatsanos
Le Rideau de saison, Maak & Transmettre · photo : Lucile Dizier, 2024