Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
Researcher, Writer, and Theatre Director
Researcher, Writer, and Theatre Director
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Narges (2017)
Painting: Mahoor Mirshakak
About
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh (1991, Tehran) is an award-winning theatre director/designer and a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen. Having a two-way relationship with his research, his practical works as a director revolve around the sense/memory of place and the social issues tied to the image of the past. Besides teaching and hosting workshops in France, the Netherlands, and Iran, he has also cooperated with other companies and groups as a writer, dramaturge, and stage designer.
Hossein Tavazonizadeh’s doctoral research investigates the role of media and fiction in shaping the memory of, and investing emotions in, architectural styles. He holds a Master’s degree in Film Studies from Soore University, Iran. In his thesis, he explored Iranian site-specific theatre, concerning the use, and effects, of filmic ways of expression in representing architecture. Currently, he is conducting an artistic research project, derived from his PhD, on the sense of otherness and the memory of place.
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
(KARIZ Performing Arts Group)
(KARIZ Performing Arts Group)
Parallel Drops (2022)
A documentary stage performance/artistic research by
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
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The Morning of a Day after the Death of the Dear Friend (2020)
An online performance by
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh & Parastoo Ghorbani
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The Elephant (Aras, 2019)
A site-based performance by
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
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Photo: Ali Ahmadi
Twenty Minutes to Ten in The Morning (Azar, 2018)
A documentary stage performance/artistic research by
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
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Photos: Reza Javidi
Narges (2017)
A site-based performance by
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
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The first location (2017)
Photo: Ali Ahmadian
The second location (2018)
Photos: Ali Ahmadian
The Little Nun (2016)
A stage performance by
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
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The Butterfly (2015)
A site-based performance by
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
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The first location (2015 & 2016)
Photos: Faraneh Valadkhani
The second location (2017)
Photos: Vahid Alimardani
Amsterdam (2013)
A site-based performance by
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
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The Tragic Changes of Mr Saad’s Life (2012)
A stage performance
written by Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh & directed by Ehsan Shayanfard
For more information, visit this page.
CO-OPERATIONS
Writing, Designing, and Dramaturgy
Et toujours l'atutomne (2020)
A stage performance by
Mahyar Javadiha
Dramaturg
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
Photos
Parichehr Zhian (Tiwall)
Molavi Theatre, Tehran, Iran, Jun & Jul 2020
A Glorious Party (2018)
A Stage performance by
Mohammad Mohaghegh Montazeri
Set Designer and Dramaturg:
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
Photos
Parichehr Zhian (Tiwall.com)
Entezami Theatre, Tehran, Iran, May 2018
Death of A SED KAZEM (2017)
A stage performance by
Mohammad Mohaghegh Montazeri
Set Designer and Dramaturg
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
Photos
Hadi Safizadeh (CinemaHouse.ir)
City Theatre of Tehran, Apr 2017
The Kite (Goudi Paran, 2018)
A site-based performance by
Nazila Ahmadi
Consultant Director
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
Photos
teater.ir
Rooberoo Art House, Tehran, Iran, Sep 2018
VIAR (2016)
A stage performance by
Ibrahim Naeij
Dramaturg
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
Photos
Reza Javidi
Molavi Hall, Tehran, 5th Shahr Theater Festival,
Iran, 2016
A House Built on Water (2013)
A site-based performance by
Hamid Pourazari
Written by
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
Photos
Niloofar Alamdarloo
Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran, September 2013
The Glass Menagerie (2013)
A stage performance by
Mohammad Atufi
Dramaturg
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
Photos
Faraneh ValadKhani
Samandarian Hall, The University of Tehran, November 2013
ACTING
FORTI (2013)
A stage performance by
Ehsan Shayanfard
Bruno and I Dream Together (2013)
A performance by
Niloofar Nedaie
Photos Behshad Tajammol
Hello and Goodbye (2012)
A stage performance by
Farhad Salimi
The Dramatic Changes of Mr Saad's Life (2011)
A stage performance by
Ehsan Shayanfard
Photos Aida Yadollahi & Mohammad Karbasyeh
FILM PRODUCTIONS
The Low-Resolution Reality of Jamileh (2023)
A short film by Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
A short film by Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
The Butterfly (2018)
A medium-length film by Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
A medium-length film by Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh
The Birth (2017)
A short film by Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh & Mehdi Gharehjehdaghi
A short film by Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh & Mehdi Gharehjehdaghi
Assistant Director & Production Designer in a short film by Mehdi Gharehjehdaghi
Amsterdam (2016)
A short film by Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh & Mehdi Gharehjehdaghi
For more information about the film productions, please visit this page.
WORKSHOPS/TEACHING
The University of Groningen
Groningen, The Netherlands
Theatre IB: Analysis, Theory and History
Theatre II: History & Theory
The academic year 2023-2024
Théâtre National Populaire (TNP)
Villeurbanne, France
Workshop on Memory and Acting
At "Les Rencontres internationales de mise en scène" (RIMES)
September 21-October 2, 2022
Maajara Film School
online, Iran-France
Workshop on "Acting and the built environment"
At "Camp Interculturel à Distance pour des Acteurs"
March 2021
The University of Groningen
Groningen, The Netherlands
The course Arts in Practice
The academic year 2022-2023
Soore University
Tehran, Iran
Workshop on "Site-specific Performances"
The 9th Theatre Festival of Soore University
February 2018
Pichazi Art House
Tehran, Iran
Workshop on "The Sense of Place in Site-Specific Performances"
Aug & Sep 2019
For more information about the hosted workshops, visit this page.
Research
Academic Background
PhD Candidate in Film Studies
The University of Groningen
Since November 2019
MA in Film Studies
Soore University
2015-2019
BSc in Civil Engineering
Azad University, Parand Branch
2009-2014
Research Papers
“Popular cinema and the convergence of cultural memories around old houses...," at the 10th European Conference of Iranian Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands, August 21-25, 2023.
"Cultural Memory and Domestic Architecture," at Memory Studies Association 7th Annual Conference: Communities and Change, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the UK, July 3-7, 2023.
“Cinema, Architecture, and Audiovisual Archives," at the IAMHIST Annual Conference The Future [of] Archives, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 20-23, 2023.
* Winner of the bursary"Parallel Drops, a Documentary Performance: The Sense of Otherness and the Image of the Built Environment Around Us," at TAKING PART symposium, Research Centre for Arts in Society, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, 15 June 2023.
"Iranian Interiors in the Narrative Cinema of the 1980s," at The 1980s: Representational Pressures, Departures and Beginnings, University of North Texas, the USA, 3–November 5, 2022.
"Iranian Cinema and the Memory of Pre-revolutionary Architecture in Tehran," at The Street and the City IV: Moments, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Portugal, September 7-9, 2022.
Narrative Cinema as a Memory Archive for pre-1979 Iranian Interiors," at From Cinema Culture to Cinema Memory conf, Lancaster University, England, April 6-8, 2022.
*Winner of the bursary
"Architecture, Nostalgia, and (prosthetic) Memory," at Association of Adaptation Studies Conference, Queen Margaret Univ, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 8-11, 2021.