In Songs for no one, theatre maker Nastaran Razawi Khorasani (Iran, 1987) transports you into the invisible lives of a boy and a girl living in the Islamic dictatorship of Iran. On the basis of telephone conversations, she makes a visual solo performance filled with duets, dialogues, poems and songs. With the voices of two children in the age-old Persian language, Songs for no one is a portrait of a hidden society. The normally invisible world is shown here. What does it mean to live in a dictatorship? With what thoughts and hope does the young generation sustain itself? Songs for no one is about the fragility of freedom, about the lack of freedom in daily life and about future dreams of freedom.
Nastaran: ‘How can I both literally and figuratively share my stage with people to whom I have no access? I am aware of my privileges and more than ever feel the responsibility to speak for those who have no voice. As a refugee I left behind my childhood in Iran. In the Netherlands I live in freedom, but identify strongly with the youngest generation of children in contemporary Iran. I want to ensure that their voices - which would otherwise not be heard - sound out.’