Kamran Shahmardan

Absolutely blank sheet of paper has no particular value, but if one draws a dot on it, the life will appear on the paper. The conflict of black and white that  happened when God created the world is implied here. This became the first, the most ultimate and the most divine drama. Based on this premise we have created the Theatre of Black and White. For me theatre is a mystical space that I am trying to explore. The actor and the spectator live in this space emphasizing to each other, and everyone makes his own choice. My theatre might be sometimes paradox and grotesque so that the magic powers of the actors could be revealed more. The theatre in traditions of Jerzy Grotowski and Antonin Artaud appeals to me. Systems of Michail Chekcov and Jerzy Grotowski are directed towards the development of actor’s psychophysics and his feature to work with his inner energy.

 The Black and White Theatre Festival celebrates its 10 years anniversary. During these 10 years Katri and me brought up this project like our child. Now I can certainly say that our Festival stands on its feet and it makes the decisive steps in a world of theatre.

10 years  – is it much or little? From the viewpoint of the theater’s history it is a short interval, but with the viewpoint of human life it is relatively long. This number seems to be even more substantial when looking on those past ten years which we have devoted to theatre.  

Kamran Shahmardan, Art-director