Children of Fire
Nightwood Theatre
Thursday, October 6, 2022 – Sunday, October 9, 2022
Theatre Passe Muraille – Backspace Stage
65 minutes
Children of Fire is an intimate portrayal of the Kurdish female freedom fighters that hosted Shahrzad Arshadi and Anna Chatterton in the mountains of Kurdistan in 2018. Co-created with a mix of verbatim theatre and first-person confessional, this play follows the journey and layered relationship across cultures between Shahrzad and Anna, and asks what is at the heart of living bravely as a woman and an activist.
October 6, 2022 at 7:30 PM
October 8, 2022 at 5:00 PM
October 9, 2022 at 12:30 PM
October 9, 2022 at 4:00 PM
“Freedom needs daring. If you want Freedom you need to have courage to go after Freedom.”
– Medya, Freedom Fighter
Writer, translator, creator
Shahrzad Arshadi
Writer, creator
Anna Chatterton
Director
Beatriz Pizano
Performer
Parastoo Amanzadeh
Performer
Shahrzad Arshadi
Performer
Anna Chatterton
Performer
Maria Escolan
Performer
Aida Keykhaii
Stage Manager
Erika Morey
Original Set and costume design
Anahita Dehbonehie and Nilofar Ziaiee
Set adaptation and Lighting design
Trevor Schwellnus
About the artist
As Canada’s foremost feminist theatre, Nightwood Theatre is driven by artistic excellence, advocacy, and the successful training and development of artists that self-identify as having lived experience touched by womanhood – this includes but is not limited to trans, cis, Two-Spirit and non-binary folks. Founded in 1979, Nightwood Theatre has created and produced award-winning plays, which have won Dora Mavor Moore, Chalmers, Trillium and Governor General’s Awards.