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Developed under the artistic leadership of Shahin Sayadi,  Asheq: Ritual Music to Cure  a Lover  is the story of forbidden love, a family divided by long-held secrets, and a community trying to find balance between traditional ways and the modern world. The play culminates in a Zar exorcism ceremony, intended to rid a young man of the “sickness” of his love for an outc​​​ast young woman, that ultimately reveals a father’s long-buried secrets.​​​

A production of Onelight Theatre, Asheq debuted in Canada as a one-man production in 2018 with performances in Halifax and Ottawa at the Prismatic Arts Festival and Toronto at Harbourfront Centre. ​