I’m Deranged
Mina Kavani (France)
According to the dictionary, living in exile means living “in a foreign country” or “in banishment”: caused either by being expelled by the state, being threatened in one’s own country or as the result of “self-chosen” emigration due to political circumstances at home that threaten one’s own safety. Those who go into exile have to reinvent themselves – they have to look for a place that will take them, find a place that will take them – start their lives over – put down new roots. In the many debates about the consequences of global migration, people often deliberately ignore the fact that states discriminate against and persecute their own populations – their own and / or members of other populations – or threaten them with death.
Duration: ca. 1 h
Language: French with German and English surtitles
Tickets can be bought via the Staatsschauspiel Dresden.
Mina Kavani was born in Tehran into a family of artists, studied Acting in Paris and for while commuted between her home country Iran and France for her job. One scene in a film from 2015 by the director Sepideh Farsi was the reason Kavani had to leave Iran and has lived in exile in France ever since. Life under dictatorship and censorship, inner exile and living in exile in a foreign country, the dream of a free life and the loss of the surroundings she grew up in are the themes of this remarkable monologue. Kavani’s powerful story gives us a glimpse inside many hearts and minds. Her production, both poetic and purist, creates space for a personal fate shared by many others, who always have the dictatorship snapping at their heels.
Text & Directing: Mina Kavani
Artistic Collaboration: Maksym Teteruk
Stage: Clemence Kazemi
Music: Siavash Amini
Sound Design: Cinna Peyghamy
Light Design: Marco Giusti
Stage Management & Lighting Director: Pierre-Eric Vives
Production Management: Christelle Guillotin
Photos: Laura Severi, India Lange (Portrait Mina Kavani)
Production: Grosse Theatre
Co-production: Le Manège (Maubeuge), TU-Nantes
Residencies supported by: Montévideo (Marseille), Le Manège (Maubeuge), TU-Nantes
With support from: Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire Besonderer
Special thanks to: Jean-Damien Barbin
The performances in the framework of Fast Forward take place with the kind support from the Institut français and the French Ministry of Culture.
