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Masoud Shakarami
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Masoud Shakarami

Playwright, Director & Actor

Masoud Shakarami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1986. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in dramatic literature and has worked as a playwright, director and actor since 2006. Over that time he has been nominated for and won several awards as both playwright and actor.

His study has focused on mythology and mythological literature — the deep rivers of story that run beneath visible culture. This fascination with ancient form and contemporary reckoning informs all his theatrical work.

His play Have Colourful Dreams, Sir won first prize at the Fajr International Theatre Festival, one of the most prestigious theatre competitions in the world. Masoud's first English translation of the play was published by Prahran Publishing; a Spanish edition — Felices y Coloridos Sueños, Señor — followed. The play draws on the lyrical Ghazal tradition of 13th and 14th century Persian poets such as Saadi and Hafez, setting their meditation on love, separation, and surrender in a contemporary island fable.

Masoud has also worked as a screenwriter and director in short film, with his work appearing in international festivals through FilmFreeway.

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Published by Prahran Publishing

Have Colourful Dreams, Sir
Have Colourful Dreams, Sir

The revered Persian poets and philosophers of the 13th and 14th century — such as Saadi and Hafez — wrote lyrical poems called Ghazals that recounted tales of love in all its splendour and tragedy. Unlike western notions of love, Ghazals spoke of separation and pain that demanded complete surrender and total sacrifice.

A contemporary adaptation set on an island where a magical shaman, a hapless yet mysterious cripple, a beautiful maiden and a baker of enchanted cookies face a dilemma that demands a solution.

"To understand a Ghazal, you only have to drink wine and fall in love."

Paperback $15.95
Limited Edition Script $21.95
Felices y Coloridos Sueños, Señor
Spanish Edition
Felices y Coloridos Sueños, Señor

Felices y Coloridos Sueños, Señor es una adaptación contemporánea de los poemas líricos de antaño. Es una obra llena de metáforas y simbolismo. Nos lleva hasta una isla donde un mágico chamán, un desafortunado pero misterioso incapacitado, una hermosa joven y una cocinera de galletas encantadas se enfrentan a un dilema que requiere una solución.

Paperback $15.95