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'In the Mirror is about Shaun a white Australian who comes from a broken, poor working-class family, Virginia who has fled her war turn, repressive and despotic government that control her country to live in a free, democratic and peaceful society who are desperately looking for proper jobs. It is also about indifferent, detached and narcissists Paula and Paul and how they abuse their power toward Shuan and Virginia in the interviews they conduct with them, as well as their junior colleague Hendro, a second-generation migrant who dreams and aspires to become like them.'
Source: La Mama Theatre (2020 production).
Production Details
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Produced at La Mama, Melbourne, August 2002.
Director: David Everist.
Scheduled for production by La Mama Theatre at La Mama Courthouse, 9-14 June 2020.
Director: Mammad Aidani.
Production postponed, but not initially cancelled, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Produced at La Mama Courthouse, 15 - 20 June 2021.
Director: Mammad Aidani.
Cast: Helen Doig, Scott Welsh, Sahra Davoodi, Mark Tregonning and Zachary Kazepis.
Producers: Cherian Jacob Payyapali and Cicero’s Circle.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Play Wright in Exile : Mammad Aidani
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , 1 April no. 82 2023; (p. 201-228) 'Mammad Aidani's books, such as Narrative and Violence: Ways of Suffering Amongst Iranian Men in Diaspora, and plays, such as In the Mirror [La Mama 2021] and I Said This to the Bird [IPCS 2022 and La Mama 2023], explore what it is to be displaced in the modern world. For Aidani, the experience is one of 'catastrophe' and he argues that there is a compelling need for greater national and international recognition of the challenges of exile. Nonetheless, his works seek to find the humanity within exile, and explore what hope emerges when the need for human fellowship is realised.'(Publication abstract)
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Analysis of Migrant Dramatic Literature of [an] Iranian in Australia; Postcolonial Analysis of a Mammad Aidani’s Play : 'In the Mirror'
2013
single work
— Appears in: Sociological Journal of Art and Literature , Summer & Autumn vol. 5 no. 1 2013; (p. 147-164) -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 August 2002; (p. 29)
— Review of In the Mirror 2002 single work drama ; The Cool Room 2002 single work drama -
Newcomers Deliver Confronting and Powerful Work
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 August 2002; (p. 5)
— Review of The Cool Room 2002 single work drama ; In the Mirror 2002 single work drama
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Newcomers Deliver Confronting and Powerful Work
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 August 2002; (p. 5)
— Review of The Cool Room 2002 single work drama ; In the Mirror 2002 single work drama -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 August 2002; (p. 29)
— Review of In the Mirror 2002 single work drama ; The Cool Room 2002 single work drama -
Analysis of Migrant Dramatic Literature of [an] Iranian in Australia; Postcolonial Analysis of a Mammad Aidani’s Play : 'In the Mirror'
2013
single work
— Appears in: Sociological Journal of Art and Literature , Summer & Autumn vol. 5 no. 1 2013; (p. 147-164) -
A Play Wright in Exile : Mammad Aidani
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , 1 April no. 82 2023; (p. 201-228) 'Mammad Aidani's books, such as Narrative and Violence: Ways of Suffering Amongst Iranian Men in Diaspora, and plays, such as In the Mirror [La Mama 2021] and I Said This to the Bird [IPCS 2022 and La Mama 2023], explore what it is to be displaced in the modern world. For Aidani, the experience is one of 'catastrophe' and he argues that there is a compelling need for greater national and international recognition of the challenges of exile. Nonetheless, his works seek to find the humanity within exile, and explore what hope emerges when the need for human fellowship is realised.'(Publication abstract)
