Return Ticket explores the reality of war from the citizen’s perspective

Shahin Sayadi on Return Ticket: Halifax – Abadan – Halifax

Shahin Sayadi is the creator and director of Return Ticket: Halifax – Abadan – Halifax, opening this weekend at the Nepturn Studio Theatre.  In Return Ticket,  Sayadi looks  at war from the citizen’s perspective. In 2008, Sayadi travelled to his hometown of Abadan, Iran, near the Iran-Iraq border. The play is based on his experience reconnecting with the people and memories from his youth, including the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war.

In this interview with Erica Butler of CKDU News, Sayadi talks about the genesis for the play, and the unique use of technology to portray the reality of communications in a family that spans from Canada to Iran.
Return Ticket: Halifax – Abadan – Halifax opens Saturday, November 21 at the Neptune Studio Theatre.   For more information, go to:  http://www.onelighttheatre.com/return.html

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