lifting the curtain

current project

"Café Trauma" by Sepideh Tafazzoli

Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies (FEATS) in Hamburg - June 2025

Café Trauma is an original one act play which takes place in a mysterious café which serves emotions as drinks. The guests are each manifestations of different traumas and gradually learn to hold space for each other and for their traumas. It’s a very physical and emotional one act play, encouraging the audience to accept their past lives and seek resolution when needed.

audition texts

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past projects

"König Leer(gut)"
Fünfzehnminuten Festival April 2025

König Leer(gut) is a modern reinterpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear, written by Sepideh Tafazzoli in imitated Shakespearean language and shown in English. The story follows Kurt, a formerly wealthy man who now lives in Berlin as a homeless "Pfandflaschensammler". As he struggles with his own decline and the loss of his former life, his two daughters search for a reunion. A play about family, loss and reconciliation that transposes Shakespeare's timeless themes into the present day.
With: Hanna Schäfer, Mia Ruppert and Jean Lavalette
Stage Management: Hanna Hoppe
Author and director: Sepideh Tafazzoli