Cecilia Sala is the author and protagonist of Una notte a Teheran(A Night in Tehran), an immersive and contemporary story that intertwines narrative journalism and theatrical language, bringing to the stage the living chronicle of Iran and the testimony of a struggle.

The Italian journalist has created her first theatre project, in which we find the essence of her daily podcast Stories, taking the audience on a journey through the stories of contemporary Iran: from clandestine parties in homes to protests in the streets, from guerrilla warfare in universities to words stifled behind the bars of Evin prison.

Cecilia Sala brings to the stage the testimonies of an angry generation, which she describes in these words: 'We are like the subcultures of the past, like gay people in 1950s America, who had their own language, their own slang, their own meeting places and their own signs of recognition – only in Iran, the price to pay for breaking the rules is higher. But it's worth it. Life here is already too painful to give in to the depression that comes from above. Better to take the risk of organising a concert'. During the show, Sala intertwines these voices with her own experiences, also touching on her experience in Evin prison: 'Evin is a place I already know, through the words of others. Because I interviewed those who went through it before me. Because I studied cases similar to mine. I was lucky: there were no surprises. And unlucky: the precedents I knew were not happy stories.

Una notte a Teheran (A Night in Tehran) paints a powerful portrait of a country in limbo and the angry generation that inhabits it. A dialogue between words and music that is reportage, memory and discovery. An immersive experience in which news becomes theatre.