English I Canberra Tour
CREATIVES
Writer Sanaz Toosi
Director Tasnim Hossain
Set & Costume Designer Kat Chan
Lighting Designer Paul Lim
Composer Hamed Sadeghi
Sound Designer Marco Cher-Gibard
Persian Langauge Accent/Dialect Coach Ana Bayat
Voice & Text Coach Mark Wong
Assistant Director Afsaneh Torabi
Assistant Lighting Designer Giovanna yate Gonzalez
Sound Operator & Design Realisation (Canberra) Ethan Hunter
CAST
Elham Maia Abbas
Goli Delaram Ahmadi
Marjan Salme Geransar
Roya Marjan Mesbahi
Omid Osamah Sami
It’s 2008. In a small classroom in Iran, Marjan is teaching English.
Her group of adult learners each have their own relationship to this new language – for some it means opportunities abroad, for others a way to grow closer to grandchildren. Whatever their motives, these strangers find tensions flaring, connections forming and truths emerging as they hurtle towards their final exam.
From the imperfect conversations you’ll only hear in a language lesson to the humour of getting lost in translation, English follows a lovingly rendered ensemble of characters that will carve out a place in your heart as they learn what it means to express themselves.
Her group of adult learners each have their own relationship to this new language – for some it means opportunities abroad, for others a way to grow closer to grandchildren. Whatever their motives, these strangers find tensions flaring, connections forming and truths emerging as they hurtle towards their final exam.
From the imperfect conversations you’ll only hear in a language lesson to the humour of getting lost in translation, English follows a lovingly rendered ensemble of characters that will carve out a place in your heart as they learn what it means to express themselves.
Melbourne Theatre Company, 2024
