Poland 3 Iran 2
"Poland 3 Iran 2 was one of the best things I've seen this year."
Andrew Haydon, Theatre Editor for Culture Wars
"Pitch-perfect... a tender cross between a performance lecture, football match, slideshow and art installation, performers Mehrdad Seyf and Chris Dobrowolski completely won over a packed Ipswich pub of children and adults alike."
Whatsonstage
Southend Council.
Supported by Hungry Arts.
The show was designed to be performed in pubs and bars. This ten minute edit of the show was filmed in a quite noisey 'Railway Tavern' in Southend so there's a bit of background noise. September 2010.
In 1976, the best ever Polish Football team played against arguably the best ever Iranian football team in the Montreal Olympics. This match featured the world renowned players Tomaszewski, Lato and Deyna as well as the great Ali Parvin for Iran, nicknamed "The Sultan". Such a clash of talent led to a memorable game with Poland edging to a 3-2 win against Iran and going on to gain the Silver medal.
In a humorous presentation, Chris Dobrowolski and Mehrdad Seyf use footage from the match to discuss football, revolution, swimming and subbuteo aided by footage from the match and stills of their family histories from the present day to the WWII.
Poland 3 Iran 2 truly captured how much two people from seemingly completely different backgrounds both have in common, locally and internationally.
2009 was Poland 3 Iran 2's first outing. The piece was selected for Escalator East to Edinburgh 2010. It had a three week run at Edinburgh Fringe, followed by a national and international tour. Last performed at the Amsterdam Fringe, 2012.
Created and Perfomed by: Mehrdad Seyf and Chris Dobrowolski
Funded by Arts Council England, Polish Cultural Institute and Southend Council.
Supported by Hungry Arts and Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex, Colchester
In a humorous presentation, Chris Dobrowolski and Mehrdad Seyf use footage from the match to discuss football, revolution, swimming and subbuteo aided by footage from the match and stills of their family histories from the present day to the WWII.
Poland 3 Iran 2 truly captured how much two people from seemingly completely different backgrounds both have in common, locally and internationally.
2009 was Poland 3 Iran 2's first outing. The piece was selected for Escalator East to Edinburgh 2010. It had a three week run at Edinburgh Fringe, followed by a national and international tour. Last performed at the Amsterdam Fringe, 2012.
Created and Perfomed by: Mehrdad Seyf and Chris Dobrowolski
Funded by Arts Council England, Polish Cultural Institute and Southend Council.
Supported by Hungry Arts and Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex, Colchester
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Promo Videos
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Interview with Mehrdad Seyf- in Farsi.
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BCC Persia and even I've been dubbed into Farsi. Mehrdad tells me they've also made me sound a bit camp.
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