At the press conference of the show "Galileo"
Standing against Brecht's ideology
Iran Theater- Farhad Aeesh, the actor of the "Galileo", which has been performerd at the Tehran’s City Theater Complex, said that he and the director of this play are standing a little in front of Brecht's ideology, because Brecht has dealt with Galileo a little with anger or even injustice.
The press conference of the show "Galileo", written by Bertolt Brecht and directed by Shahabuddin Hosseinpour, was held in the Hall of Fame of City Theater Complex.
Shahabuddin Hosseinpour, and Farhad Aeesh, Nora Hashemi, Sadaf Espahboudi and Shahrouz Delafkar, attended at the press conference.
Hosseinpour said at the beginning of the meeting: "Over the past few years, we have tried hard to make Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, but once pandemic of covid 19 shut down many theater halls and in 2022, it was not made due to the conditions of the country. Finally for the third time, we started our rehearsals a few months ago and staged the show in City Theater Complex.”
He went on to say: "I feel it necessary to pay tribute to the translators of this play, Hamid Samandarian. In July 2013, at his funeral, I promised myself to make "Galileo" and now, after 12 years, this wish has come true.”
In response to the question of how much this show can be a tribute to the late Hamid Samandarian, the director answered: "This is my tribute to him. He had explained about this play that drama will end in comedy one day, and his word was very thought-provoking for me. Today's audience doesn't have the patience for a 3-4 hour show anymore, and this play is dramatically boring and sloganeering for today's generation. With the conversations we had with the group, we took the play to another direction and the tone has changed from the bitter tragedy; In fact, this is a different look at Galileo, but it is never disrespect to the author.”
Farhad Aeesh said: "This play by Brecht is completely subjective and it should resonate with today's audience in the 21st century. We didn't ransom the audience, but this structure works for today's generation."
He added: "We had to stand a little in front of Brecht's ideology in this show. I think that Brecht has dealt with Galileo a little with anger or even injustice in this play. On the other hand, the two main female characters in the main play are very neglected."
Sadaf Espahbodi ,a Simorgh -winner actress also said: "There is something interesting in this show, A sup plot that is very little discussed. I play a character named Mrs. Sarti, which is kind of a surprise for everyone."
Nora Hashemi, a famous stage actress also talked about her role:” I had played the role of Virginia before, but the reason I agreed to bring the character back to life is because of the changes I saw in the role compared to my previous experience.”
Shahrouz Delafkar also explained: "I played this show with love. For the first time, I didn't think about the role at all and I wanted to be with great people like Farhad Aeesh and to finally stage this show."