Phaedra’s Love
Genre: Modern Tragicomedy / Contemporary Adaptation
Language: Persian
Duration: 70 minutes
Original Play: Pha
edra’s Love by Sarah Kane
Translation & Adaptation: Mehdi Mehdiabadi & Sara Moradi
Directed by: Mehdi Mehdiabadi
Produced by: Boomerang Theater (Germany)
Phaedra’s Love is a modern Persian adaptation of Sarah Kane’s brutal and poetic tragedy, reimagined by Boomerang Theater as an intimate exploration of desire, isolation, and moral decay.
The play centers on Phaedra, the wife of King Theseus, who becomes consumed by a forbidden love for her stepson Hippolytus — a man emotionally detached, self-destructive, and apathetic toward life.
Her desperate confession unleashes a chain of violence, humiliation, and death, where passion becomes indistinguishable from pain.
Performed entirely in Persian, the adaptation transforms the classical myth into a psychological portrait of modern loneliness, set within a society that hides its violence behind silence and family honor.
Through stark dialogue, physical intimacy, and minimal staging, Boomerang’s production exposes the raw, uncomfortable truths of human desire — where love and destruction share the same pulse.
This version strips away the grandeur of the Greek myth and brings the story to a contemporary emotional landscape, highlighting the inner world of women caught between repression, shame, and longing.
Adapted & Directed by: MehdiMehdiabadi
Assistant Director: Sara Moradi
Stage Manager: Roya Syedjavad
Lighting & Sound: Saman Javaheri
Photography & Video: Neda Firouzeh
Costume Design: Sara Moradi
Poster Design: Mehdi Raygani
Cast:
Katrin Kamali, Mehdi Pourbakhsh, Shayan Noormak, Sara Moradi,
Shahin Alili, Ali Ramouz, Soulmaz Peyghami, Shahnaz Davoodi,
Azadeh Keshavarz, Nakisa Sabri Dashti