Zal & the Phoenix is a theatrical production for children and families around the world featuring narrator/soprano, projected animation and a live orchestra.
Composer/Creator: Shohreh Shakoory
Soprano Storyteller: April Fredrick
Illustrator: Maysam Musavi
Editor & Animation: Reza Musavi
Length: 1 Hour
Adapted for children from Ferdowsi’s ancient Persian epic Shahnameh (Book of Kings)
by Shohreh Shakoory and Siavash Yazdanifar from the translation by Prof Naser Kanani.
‘Zal and the Phoenix’, an ancient Persian tale of an albino child rejected by his noble father and brought up by the magical bird Simorgh (Phoenix).