Blutiger Lippenstift
Genre: Psychological Drama / Social Theatre
Language: Persian & German
Duration: 40 minutes
Premiered: 2017 – Essen, Germany
Presented on: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Synopsis
Blutiger Lippenstift tells the intertwined stories of three women living in different times and under different circumstances, each confronting loneliness, loss, and the slow violence of silence.
Their lives mirror one another — connected by shared memories of love, pain, and survival.
At its core, the play explores how social pressure, internalized trauma, and isolation can push women toward self-destruction.
Through minimal staging and raw monologues, Bloody Lipstick becomes a poetic investigation of identity, gender, and psychological fragility.
The performance combines theatre, text, and visual symbolism to reflect on women’s experiences of depression, narcissism, and delusion — and the thin line between pain and
Written & Directed by: Mehdi Mehdiabadi
Performed by: Sara Moradi, Soulmaz Peyghami, Mina Hasheminejad
Assistant Director: Pardis Hosseini
Film & Photography: Neda Firouzeh
Graphic Design: Mehdi Raygani
Produced by: Boomerang Theater (Germany)