Nothing Is Normal
New drama. Paul Chahidi stars as Reza, a taxi driver in Tehran trying to live life while the country is under attack.
Even in wartime, normal life continues in Tehran but nothing is, or ever will be, quite the same.
In this new drama Reza, played by Paul Chahidi (This Country, Death of Stalin etc), is a taxi driver trying to make ends meet in a city under attack. He keeps the challenges of his own life at bay while he makes deep connections with each of his passengers, regardless of which section of society they emerge from.
From protesters to Government officials to former royalists, Reza’s taxi will carry them all and hear their stories. The tensions in Iranian society have not gone away but this war is bringing a new reality no one was expecting.
And life goes on. Today Reza may find the chance to release himself from his past and forge a new path.
Naz Sadoughi’s highly authentic new drama takes us inside the lives of those living in Tehran today, finding beauty and hope amid the madness of conflict.
Nothing Is Normal by Naz Sadoughi
Reza ..... Paul Chahidi
Farzaneh ..... Souad Faress
Iraj ..... Kia Behnam
Davood ..... Dana Haqjoo
Leyla ..... Isabella Nefar
Other parts played by members of the company
Recording engineer: Paul Clark
Sound editor: Paul Cargill
Tehran field recordings: Ali Mousavi
Sound supervisor: Alisdair McGregor
Producer and director: Boz Temple-Morris
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