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On Nuri's Theatrical Career:
Hossein Nuri Theater is the name of a black box theater in Mashhad constructed and named after Nuri in 2019. Mashhad is one of Iran’s theatrical poles and Nuri’s birth place.
The Seeker is the title of a play written by Nuri and staged by himself in 1996 and onwards. The Seeker is the story of a young man in search of mysticism and a true mystic. In his quest, he goes from one land to the other facing scams and frauds. His journey confronts him with comic situations making him conscious about his questions.
Intuition is a play written by Nuri in 1983. He staged the piece in 1994 and the play was awarded at Fajr Theater Festival which is Iran’s most famous theatrical event. Intuition has a realistic outward and an imaginary inward. As the borders of inside and outside and fact and fiction are dissolved, immaterial forces turn into their personified manifestations. In their complicated and mysterious conflict, each of the characters demonstrating the mindset of a lonely man attend an intuitive court […]
Borrowed Land is a play written and directed by Nuri in 1992. Borrowed Land is the tale of two guys who incidentally accompany each other in a journey. One of them has fallen in love with a girl and the other is obsessed by a wise sage.
Nuri wrote and staged Beloved in 1981. It was awarded in Fajr Theater Festival of the same year. Beloved is a one-person play. Although two characters are visible on the stage, the monologue is entirely performed by The Whisperer, the main role. The other character is a mysterious silent person under a long white veil who refuses to answer the questions of the whisperer. Beloved is the tale of human’s solitude in the realm of his own being. The whisperer, in his inner quest, falls […]
Companion is a play written by Nuri in 1990. It was staged the same year for the first time. A man hasn’t visited his old friend despite knowing he has been staying in a military medical treatment facility for a couple of years after being seriously injured in Iran-Iraq war. But when the man finds out his friend is going to be sent to Europe for additional treatment, he decides to visit the facility and represent himself as the best option […]
The Circus is a play written by Nuri in 1985 which was later staged in Fajr Theater Festival in 1993. An animal trainer and a clown visit the testing venue for admission to the grand circus wishing to meet the master. But soon they realize that they are locked in that place and the only person they find there is the old-man in white. They assume he is the cause of their captivity and believe he should have the key to the exit. The only thing is […]
Rattlesnake is a play written by Nuri’s wife, Nadia Maftouni, in 1984. He staged the play in 1985. A skillful Snake Charmer spots a mound with a hole in an imaginary desert. The hole is wide enough for a man to crawl in and out. The snake charmer sees the trace of a great snake as big as the hole. Suddenly a man similar to himself jumps out of the hole. Gradually it is revealed that the snake is the […]
Mosquito Rights is a play written and staged by Nuri in 1984. Mosquito Rights is a political satire mocking the mechanism of media. While the rights of billions are ignored, the death of a mosquito becomes the headline in order to satisfy the agenda of an oppressive minority.
The Last Festival is a play written by Nuri in 1983. An established sculptor is preparing a stunning sculpture for a major art festival. He is expecting an art critic to visit his studio and admire his artwork as always. But this time he meets another critic who analyzes his work differently and reminds him that he hasn’t much time left to clear up his sculpture for the last festival.
The Crimson Robe is a play written by Nuri in 1982 which gained him the best play award at Fajr Theater Festival in 1984. Fajr Theater Festival is Iran’s main stage contest.
The Purgatory Stop is a play written by Nuri in 1981 and staged by him in 1982. It was Nuri’s primary work experimenting with personification of abstract ideas; a notion which was developed in his later works. Death is an experience not to be missed by no single human being. A person has a near-death experience in which he realizes himself in a court. This court is like a stop in the path of his journey and Body descends in this […]
Monastery of the Magi is a play written and staged by Hossein Nuri in 1981. A young man is in search of a true mystic as an example to follow in life. He continues his search meeting various figures hoping to find a person who is not indifferent about the tribulations of others.