Hamid Rahmanian’s Song of the North

Song of the North is a cinematic performance combining the manual art of shadow puppetry with projected animation to tell the courageous tale of Manijeh, a heroine from ancient Persia. Manijeh must use all her strengths and talents to rescue her beloved Bijan from a perilous predicament of her own making and help prevent a war.  This epic love story, adapted from the Book of Kings (Shahnameh), employs a cast of 500 handmade puppets and a talented ensemble of nine actors and puppeteers to create a spectacular multimedia experience.

The Persian soul and culture vibrate in this original and poetic show.
— Toute La Culture

The ENCORE+ digital program for this performance is available to READ ONLINE
 

Kingorama Ensemble: Emily Batsford, Ray Dondero, Sam Jay Gold, Harrison Greene, J Hann, Caroline Pasture, Esme Roszel, Clay Westman,and Christopher Williams 

Funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater Project, with lead funding from The Mellon Foundation and support from the Doris Duke Foundation.