ensemble gending: whooosh

 
 

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the obscure thoughts of isabella green (trailer)

see the whole show below

past shows

Date City Venue
10 August
9:30pm
boulevard festival den bosch
10 August
7:30pm
boulevard festival den bosch
9 August
9:30pm
boulevard festival den bosch
9 August
7:30pm
boulevard festival den bosch
31 May
8:00pm
de nieuwe vorst tilburg
21 February
8:30pm
plaza futura eindhoven
16 December
3:15pm
ostadetheater amsterdam
13 December
8:30pm
huis aan de werf utrecht
9 December
2:00pm
museum de pont tilburg
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11 November
3:00pm
november music @ muzerije den bosch
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11 November
2:00pm
november music @ muzerije den bosch
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28 October
3:00pm
museum van bommel van dam venlo
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whooosh flyer

the obscure thoughts of isabella green (full show)

beach fun

 
 

After finishing the successful shows in Tehran, I had planned to ride through the Alamut Valley to Qazvin, to visit the castles of the Assassins on the way. Then on to Tabriz, and up to Armenia.

beach set-up
our set-up on the beach
However, in the meantime, through CouchSurfing I’d met Komeil, who worked in the film industry and had been involved with documentaries on various topics including Iranian culture and tourism. During the last days of my stay in Tehran we met a few times (in the earlier described CafĂ© Un), first just with him, then with a whole team headed by Reza Fahramand, director of the award-winning films Tajrish and Shirzad.
beach filming
majjid and reza ready to shoot
We decided to make a film of a trip undertaken by musician Majjid Rahnama and yours truly, to play a concert somewhere in the valley, or in Qazvin. But this didn’t happen. After long consideratons, the location was changed to the foothills of the Alborz mountains on the Caspian Sea. The reasons were never entirely clear to me, though I did gather that in those more remote areas, filming without all the official permits would be less of a problem. Anyway, I had no reason to complain about this change of plans, the whole trip was amazingly beautiful.
And wet. For some reason (possibly the fact that a large part of their country is made of dry sand and gravel, as I experienced earlier), Iranians love the wetness of the north. “Just like where you’re from!” – as if that was a recommendation.

After the amazing Karaj-Chalus road, we rode up the coast for a while. Before heading into the mountains, we stayed at a beach house in Nashtarud for a couple of nights, swimming in the (cold!) waves and jamming on the beach. In the rain, of course.