The 300 Show
Sohrab Pournazeri, Tahmoures Pournazeri
The 300 Show is a project about Iranian ancient culture.
Sisad or 300, is an epic show inspired by Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel, “Fahrenheit 451” depicting the Mongolia’s invasion of Neshabour city of Persia, and destroying all the libraries and books in Iran specially Ferdosi’s most celebrated book “Shahnameh”, and the fact that if the book was destroyed, the Persian language was diminished, but with the wisdom of Iranian people, they rescued this important heritage.
PLOT: The story is set in Neshabour, a cultural hub of the time, as the Mongolian army relentlessly searches for the one book that can destroy the Persian heritage and do the most damage. This book is what we know as the book of kings.
The Mongolians try to use the help of Neshaburian locals and find a man by the name of Ghariv whose job is to burn books. He who is our protagonist, agrees to help in exchange for riches and as he searches the city he encounters a woman by the name of Iran who with the help of her scholarly father is hiding all the books and unexpectedly falls in love with her.
Through this encounter, he starts to understand the value of books and especially the book of kings. However there are other machinations at play and as our story unravels, in a shocking final act we witness our hero betray Iran and deliver all the books to the Mongolians for a burning feast as she watches in horror and disgust. The Mongols feast and gloat as they celebrate their victory.
Through this encounter, he starts to understand the value of books and especially the book of kings. However there are other machinations at play and as our story unravels, in a shocking final act we witness our hero betray Iran and deliver all the books to the Mongolians for a burning feast as she watches in horror and disgust. The Mongols feast and gloat as they celebrate their victory.
The show was created by Sohrab Pournazeri and directed by Amir Jadidi, and the music pieces are created by Sohrab and Tahmoures Pournazeri.
The show was placed in Sa’ad Abad complex and runs for about a month, and in every night more than 4000 people watched the show.
Distribution
Music: Sohrab & Tahmoures Pournazeri
Vocals: Sohrab Pournazeri & Delnia Aram
Release Date: June, 2022
