TEHRAN- A musical adaptation of the English author Neil Gaimans 2002 novella Coraline will go on stage in a Tehran theater next month.Omidreza Sepehri is the director of the play, which will be taken to the phase after a year and a half of rehearsal, Mehr reported.
Coraline is a dark dream horror novella that follows a girl called Coraline Jones who moves into a brand-new home with her moms and dads.
Their new residence is an old home divided into flats, populated by eccentric neighbors, consisting of 2 retired starlets, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, and an eccentric man called Mr.
Bobo.Coralines life ends up being mundane and discouraging as she has a hard time to get her parents attention, who are typically sidetracked by their work.
One day, during a rainy afternoon, she discovers a locked door in her living-room, which is bricked up.
In spite of cautions from Mr.
Bobos mice about the dangers behind the door, and Miss Spinks threatening forecasts after reading her tea leaves, Coralines interest forces her to unlock it when she is alone in the house.
To her surprise, she discovers a passage that results in a parallel world, strangely comparable to her own.In this Other World, Coraline meets her Other Mother and Other Father, who are perfect versions of her real parents, using extreme attention and affection.
Their overstated features, especially button eyes, unsettle Coraline.
This new truth at first seems luring; her Other Parents treat her, toys come to life, and the world is colorful and dynamic.
Nevertheless, the appeal quickly fades when the Other Mother reveals her real intentions: she wants Coraline to stay permanently and have buttons stitched into her eyes.
Horrified, Coraline escapes back to her own world, just to find that her genuine parents have vanished.With the aid of a mysterious talking black feline, Coraline learns that her moms and dads are trapped in the Other World, and it is her mission to rescue them.
The feline guides her back to face the Other Mother, allowing Coraline to challenge her in a video game.
The stakes are high: if Coraline wins, she can release herself, her moms and dads, and the souls of three ghost kids caught by the Other Mother.
If she loses, she should give in to the Other Mothers demand.During the game, she faces different challenges and utilizes clever techniques, as well as a lucky adder stone offered to her by Miss Spink, to find the lost souls of the ghost children.
They caution her that even if she wins, the Other Mother may still attempt to keep them locked up.
Ultimately, Coraline deduces that her parents are caught in a snow world on the Other Mothers mantelpiece.
By fooling the Other Mother, she manages to reclaim the snow globe and escapes back to her own world, slamming the door behind her and severing the Other Mothers hand in the process.Back in her own world, Coraline finds her moms and dads safe, albeit with no memory of their captivity.
Nevertheless, that night she dreams of the ghost children, who inform her that the Other Mothers severed hand is still trying to restore the secret that links both worlds.
To prevent more risk, Coraline leads the hand to a well in the woods and casts it down, ensuring her security and reaffirming her courage.
Coraline wraps up with her going back to her regular life, now totally appreciating and enjoying her real home and moms and dads, having actually faced and overcome the darkness of the Other World.
The novella checks out themes of bravery, the intricacies of household characteristics, and the idea that a person ought to value truth, even with its flaws, over alluring fantasies.In 2009, director Henry Selick launched a critically well-known stop-motion film adjustment of Coraline, which saw moderate ticket office success.
The movie received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 82nd Academy Awards but lost to Pixars Up.
While the adaptation features notable changessuch as the Beldam transforming the Other Father into a pumpkinit largely complies with the books initial plot.The story has likewise motivated numerous theatrical adaptations.
A musical, featuring music and lyrics by Stephin Merritt with a book by David Greenspan, premiered off-Broadway in 2009.
A new musical adjustment is also set to premiere at the Leeds Playhouse in 2025.
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