Nassim Soleimanpour
(Redirected from
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
)Nassim Soleimanpour (Persian: نسیم سلیمانپور, born 10 December 1981 (19 Azar 1360 SH),[1] is an Iranian playwright. He is best known for his 2010 play White Rabbit Red Rabbit.
Early life and education
Soleimanpour was born in Tehran, Iran.[1] His father is a novelist, so writing was a natural thing to do in his family.[2]
He studied
set design at the University of Tehran, and started teaching a computer-aided set design course there, but always continued to write – poems, short stories and stage plays.[2]
Having refused compulsory
military service in Iran, he was not allowed to leave the country until 2013, when he was granted a passport.[3]
Works
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
Soleimanpour's 2010 play White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been performed widely and in more than 20 languages.World Theatre Festival.[3]
Other works
His play Blind Hamlet premiered during the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the
Assembly Roxy.[11]
Nassim, which requires the actor and audience members to speak
Farsi (Persian), premiered in Edinburgh in 2017[5] and played at the Arts Centre Melbourne in early 2018.[12] Nassim had its New York premiere in December 2018 at Stage II of the New York City Center, where it played until April 20.[13]
Awards
Soleimanpour has won several awards, including:[6]
- Dublin Fringe Festival Best New Performance 2012
- Summerworks Outstanding New Performance Text Award 2011
- The Arches Brick Award, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011
References
- ^ a b "White Rabbit Red Rabbit", nassimsoleimanpour.com
- ^ a b Mostajabian, Soheil; Soleimanpour, Nassim. "Performer Soheil Mostajabian and playwright Nassim Soleimanpour on White Rabbit, Red Rabbit". New York Theatre Review (Interview). Interviewed by Jody Christopherson. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ ABC Radio National, 23 February 2013
- ^ "Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour sees his own play" by Ian Youngs, BBC News, 26 February 2013
- ^ a b "Nassim review – language and life lessons from a vivid Iranian voice" by Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 10 August 2017
- ^ a b White Rabbit Red Rabbit, Aurora Nova
- ^ "White Rabbit Red Rabbit to be performed in support of PEN", PEN International New York City, 3 February 2016
- ^ David Gordon: "Opera Star Joyce DiDonato to Join White Rabbit Red Rabbit", TheaterMania, 30 August 2016 (line-up March 7 to August 29, 2016 at the Westside Theatre, Manhattan)
- ^ Gioia, Michael (19 December 2016). "Exclusive: 17 Outrageous Moments From the Run of White Rabbit Red Rabbit". Playbill. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Justin Bartha, Billy Porter, and Stana Katic Line Up for White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Hayley Levitt, TheaterMania, August 9, 2016
- ^ "Edinburgh festival 2014 review: Blind Hamlet – interactive parlour game with very little Hamlet" by Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 16 August 2014
- ^ "Nassim review: Aussie actor Alison Bell walks blind into a joke at her expense" by Cameron Woodhead, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 January 2018
- ^ "Ashley Park, Lee Pace, Will Eno, More Join Nassim Before Show Closes Off-Broadway" by Olivia Clement, Playbill, April 4, 2019
External links
- Official website
- "White Rabbit Red Rabbit homepage". Westside Theatre. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018.
- White Rabbit Red Rabbit on Working in the Theatreseries
- White Rabbit Red Rabbit (2016 production) at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (Westside Theatre)
