ZÖJ

**Tickets via [Castlemaine State Festival](https://castlemainefestival.com.au/event/grass-with-live-accompaniment-by-zoj/)**  
  
Iranian-Australian duo **ZÖJ** — composer and kamancheh player Gelareh Pour and drummer Brian O’Dwyer — present a breathtaking live score to Grass, the 1925 silent film chronicling the nomadic Bakhtiari tribe’s epic migration through the mountains of Iran.  Through ZÖJ’s haunting instrumentation, the film’s black-and-white imagery is reborn with new intensity. Pour’s kamancheh weaves melodies of longing and endurance, while O’Dwyer’s percussion evokes the earth itself — trudging footsteps, rushing rivers, the heartbeat of survival.  This is not mere accompaniment but re-interpretation: a contemporary conversation between image, sound and heritage. Grass becomes a reflection on movement, displacement and the fragile relationship between people and land — resonating deeply with global stories of today.   
Presented in partnership with CDoc, this performance offers both historical rediscovery and present-tense urgency — proof that music can breathe new energy into archives of endurance.

  
  
We look forward to welcoming you to the Theatre Royal.  
  
**Bar** open from **4pm**  
  
**Kitchen** opens from **5pm** - [**menu**](https://www.theatreroyalcastlemaine.com.au/pizza) (we offer a delicious, fast-paced pizza menu with plenty of indoor/outdoor seating available)  
  
All shows have a small amount of unallocated balcony seating, but are set up as standing room and general admission, unless specifically promoted as a “fully seated show”.  
  
Make sure to visit our **Beer Garden** (open in the warmer months).  
  
Please note that trains to Melbourne / Kyneton / Bendigo etc usually run post event.  Check the [Vline schedule](https://www.vline.com.au/getattachment/50979d5d-2b0a-4155-bb32-8017552e5794/Bendigo-Melbourne-(Heat-timetable-36)) for specific show date

ZÖJ

Event Description

Grass With Live Accompaniment By Zöj - Seated Show

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