When Silence Speaks Volumes
When words can be so powerful, why do we remain silent?
TORONTO, Ont. - Azadeh Kangarani’s Echoes of My Silence to Make North American Debut at Toronto Fringe Festival
TORONTO, Ont. - Azadeh Kangarani’s Echoes of My Silence to Make North American Debut at Toronto Fringe Festival
When words can be so powerful, why do we remain silent?
This is the urgent question explored by award winning director, performer, and playwright Azadeh Kangarani in Echoes of My Silence. The 75-minute solo show is making its North American debut at Soulpepper Theatre as part of The Toronto Fringe Festival this July.
Following its world premiere at the Nad Prahou Půlměsíc Festival in Prague, Czech Republic
(November 2023), Echoes of My Silence continues Kangarani’s signature approach to layered storytelling and intercultural dialogue.The play explores how women navigate power, silence, and survival - tracing deeply personal encounters that challenge not only societal norms but also Kangarani's own internalized beliefs.
The journey is sparked by a fleeting moment aboard a transatlantic flight, when Kangarani instinctively questions the presence of a young female pilot in a traditionally "male" role, shattering her own self-image of fairness and objectivity.
Through humor, vulnerability, and raw honesty, Kangarani invites audiences to examine the consequences of sexual repression, internalized gender roles, and trauma that shape our lives. Echoes of My Silence transforms deeply personal experiences into universal reflections on the courage to confront one's own silence.
"I shape stories from what was once unsaid -- turning silence into a language that can speak across borders." -- Azadeh Kangarani
Echoes of My Silence is not a traditional memoir but a mosaic of lived experience — intimate
yet widely resonant, offering audiences an unflinching exploration of voice, identity, and
agency.
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Toronto Fringe Festival July 2025
Venue: Soulpepper Theatre (Tank House Theatre)
Dates:
• Thursday, July 3 – 7:45 PM
• Saturday, July 5 – 5:30 PM
• Sunday, July 6 – 2:15 PM *
• Tuesday, July 8 – 9:30 PM *
• Wednesday, July 9 – 3:45 PM *
• Friday, July 11 – 6:00 PM
• Sunday, July 13 – 1:00 PM *
* PWYC (Pay what you can)
Show Description:
In Echoes of My Silence, Iranian director, performer and playwright, Azadeh Kangarani explores the power of silence through humor, vulnerability, and raw honesty. Confronting deeply personal experiences with men, Kangarani invites audiences to examine the emotional imprint of repression, internalized gender roles, and trauma that shape our lives. This 75-minute solo show makes its North American debut at the Toronto Fringe Festival, following its world premiere at the Nad Prahou Půlměsíc Festival in Prague, The Czech Republic (November 2023)
Content Advisory: This performance includes references to sexual violence and mental health.
Recommended for mature audiences (14+)