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‘Impossible, exhausting, horrifying’: how a chilling supernatural play explains the terror of life in Iran by Kate Wyver

Hit Iranian horror Under the Shadow conjured scares from the aftermath of the 1979 revolution. With Tehran once again under siege, a new theatrical version makes that story feel more relevant than everNadia Latif’s grandmother warned her about djinn. “If angels are good and devils are evil,” the theatre and film director remembers learning, “then the djinn is something in between.” As a child, she asked her…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM on May 28, 2026

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