Afsaneh Aayani’s latest experimental dance-theatre piece was loosely inspired by two of friends: one from Tel Aviv, the other from her native Tehran who will never be free to express or indulge the deep, true love between them. Featuring an original soundscape by longtime collaborator Hessam Dianpour, Romeos and Juliets also contains echoes of the Persian love story Layla and Majnun sharing striking similarities with and surely influencing Shakespeare’s tragedy. Across human history, we have been told who and how it is okay to love, so there can’t be a single Romeo or Juliet, Layla or Majnun: they are legion.

Gage Baker

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3 - 25 Apr, 2026

Romeos And Juliets · The Catastrophic Theatre

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