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Toby Jones, Kathryn Hunter, Fiona Shaw, Meera Syal and Rebecca Lucy Taylor to Star in Iranian Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s ‘ECHO’ Project


Five of the 15 actors who will perform in the world premiere of acclaimed Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour 'ECHO' have been revealed.

The Post Office”), Fiona Shaw(“Killing Eve”), BAFTA winner Meera Syal(“Roar”) and Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem (“Cabaret”) will each perform this new work from acclaimed Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour(“White Rabbit, Red Rabbit”) and director Omar Elerian (“Misty”). Unrehearsed and unprepared, the script becomes their guide as they journey through the story of the playwright, connected live from his flat in Berlin. Hunter said: “”Working with Omar Elerian on Ionesco’s ‘The Chairs’ was both hugely inspiring and challenging; a leap into the unknown; this project promises to be no less, for performers and audience alike.”

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