Un at NAC Studio

Dates: (3/5/2014 - 3/8/2014 )

Theatre:

NAC Studio

53 Elgin Street, at Confederation Square
Ottawa,Ontario K1P 5W1

Buy Tickets

Phone: 1-866-850-2787

SUBMIT UPDATES

Photos Videos Discount

Cast Creative Edit

Emptiness doesn’t necessarily mean there’s something missing—not to me, anyway.

From Tehran’s starry nights to the Perseids over Caraquet by way of Paris, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, Mani Soleymanlou’s story is one of exile and shattered identity. Though he’s described as Iranian and is constantly being asked to spell his last name, he speaks only a few words of Farsi, and his knowledge of his Persian heritage is limited to The Thousand and One Nights!

His impassioned narrative resonates with his search for his roots and his yearning to reconnect with an almost mythical identity. And yet when he transplants that fabled identity to the reality of present-day Iran, he gets a rude shock: he is stunned to discover that he is as much a foreigner there as he is here. And so he asks: Who are we? Where do we come from? What defines what we are? Mani tackles these questions in a compelling monologue full of sincerity, humour and heart.

Cast and Creative team for Un at NAC Studio

Written, directed and interpreted by: Mani Soleymanlou
Codirected by: Alice Ronfard
Light: Erwann Bernard
Sound: Larsen Lupin
Produced by: Orange Noyée
Coproduced by: La Chapelle

More Local Shows

Add a Ottawa Show Listing

Videos

View all Videos

OTTAWA SHOWS


		SIX (Boleyn Tour) National Arts Centre (5/21 - 5/26)
		Dear Rita Tweed & Company Theatre (6/12 - 6/16)
		Les Miserables National Arts Centre (8/6 - 8/11)
		A Night At The Grand Ghoul Opry Tweed & Company Theatre (10/30 - 11/3)
		Million Dollar Quartet Tweed & Company Theatre (8/21 - 9/1)
		Anne of Green Gables - The Musical Tweed & Company Theatre (7/17 - 7/28)
		The Lion King National Arts Centre (10/24 - 11/10)
VIEW SHOWS ADD A SHOW


News on your favorite shows, specials & more!