Under the Shadow

Set amid the 1980s Iran-Iraq War, this play explores the boundary between the rational and the irrational and the psychological toll of war. It is based on the (BAFTA-winning) 2016 Persian-language supernatural horror film.

The story: when Shideh’s husband is conscripted to serve on the frontline, she is left alone with her young daughter as Tehran is bombed. The missile strikes bring terror and destruction and something more ancient and malevolent carried on the wind.