Drama filmsReviewThe unseen world of the Iranian rock underground gets an outing in Bahman Ghobadi’s latest film, says Peter Bradshaw
Here is the Iran you don’t see in the news bulletins, or in the stately arthouse movies: it’s the Iran that loves rock, heavy metal and rap. These are the western-style rockers who may turn out to be the unacknowledged legislators for Iran’s pro-democracy movement. Bahman Ghobadi has made a freewheeling, semi-documentary picture about a group of twentysomething Iranian rock musicians desperate to get permission to play a gig in London. Read More...
OpinionPregnancy This article is more than 5 months oldPositive birth stories exist and pregnant women deserve to hear themThis article is more than 5 months oldSophie WalkerWe must never underestimate the power of women’s stories to incite change – all experiences of birthing should be amplified
Mothers who have experienced a positive birth often stay silent because they don’t want to gloat. On the flip side, if you’ve ever been pregnant, you’ve likely been a magnet for careless remarks and grief-filled birth recounts. Read More...
DanceIno Moxo, Peruvian choreographer Oscar Naters’s new show, aims to faithfully recreate the ritual experience of taking ayahuasca – so much so the performers took the hallucinogen in rehearsal
How do you imagine a choreographer begins to create a new show? Trying out steps, exploring a chosen theme or taking the cast into the countryside to ingest a powerful hallucinogen?
It was the last approach for Peruvian director Oscar Naters and his company Grupo Integro in the creation of Ino Moxo, a piece of visual theatre inspired by César Calvo’s 1981 novel The Three Halves of Ino Moxo, about a trek into the Amazon to visit a revered ayahuasca shaman. Read More...