In a grimly timely stage adaptation of a major Iranian work, Nadia Latif directs Carmen Nasr’s adaoptation of Babak Anvari’s Bafta-winning horror film. Under the Shadow is set in ’80s Tehran, at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, and follows a mother and her daughter who are haunted by a mysterious entity after they refuse to evacuate the city. Leila Farzad stars in the lead role of mother Shideh.

Under the Shadow
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- Address
- Almeida Theatre
- Almeida St
- Islington
- London
- N1 1TA
- Transport:
- Rail/Tube: Highbury & Islington; Rail: Essex Road; Tube: Angel
- Price:
- £15-£55
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