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Iranian Play to Portray Lives of Polish WWII Refugees

IFP Editorial Staff -
A play named “Isfahan, the City of Polish Children” written by the Iranian dramatist Mohammad Charmshir and choreographed by Roxana Mehrafzun will be staged in City Theatre of Tehran from November 27 to December 3.
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Int’l Street Theatre Festival Opens in Iran’s Marivan

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The 12th edition of Marivan International Street Theatre Festival was opened in Marivan County in western Iran on Saturday, September 9.
Art

Winners of Fajr Int’l Theatre Festival Announced

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The 35th edition of Fajr International Theatre Festival, Iran’s most prestigious theatre event, has announced its winners.
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Fajr Int’l Theatre Festival Underway in Iran

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The 35th edition of Fajr International Theatre Festival is underway in Tehran and seven other provincial centres with performances from local and international groups.
Theatre

Tehran Hosts Theatre Officials from Western Asia

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A group of theatre executives from 13 western Asian countries visited Tehran to learn about Iran's potentialities in dramatic arts and theatre.
Iran in Pictures

16th “Mobarak” Int’l Puppet Theatre Festival Opens in Tehran

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The 16th edition of Tehran International Mobarak Puppet Theatre Festival kicked off on Monday, August 22, in Tehran. The festival, which will be open to...
Media Wire

Tehran to Host Centre for Satire

IFP Media Wire -
The Tehran Municipality have recently opened a centre for satire to brighten up the face of the megacity.
Media Wire

Theatre Performance Inspired by Albert Camus to Take the Stage in Tehran

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A play based on the works of Albert Camus, called The State of Plague and created by theatre artist Tino Salehi, has been scheduled for this autumn at Tehran’s Iranshahr Theatre Hall.
Theatre

Behrouz Gharibpour’s Next Puppet Show Based on Omar Khayyam

Golrokh Askarieh -
The director of the Aran Puppet Theatre Group, Behruz Gharibpur, has focused on the life story of the Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) in his operatic puppet show, which is scheduled to be performed in Tehran in the near future.
Selected

Iranian ‘Macbeth’ Awarded by Russia Association of Theatre Critics

Golrokh Askarieh -
An Iranian staging of Macbeth, directed by Reza Servati, won an award from the Russia Association of Theatre Critics.
Human Rights

Play to Explore Love Story between Afghan Migrant and Iranian Gypsy

Golrokh Askarieh -
Director and actor Ayyub Aqakhani plans to stage a play about a love story between an Afghan migrant and an Iranian gypsy woman.
Cinema

Nassirian: Success demands cradle to grave involvement

Golrokh Askarieh -
Prominent Iranian actor Ali Nassirian (born in 1924) is one of the few Iranian actors whose age has failed to prevent him from working,...
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Iran Marks 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Death

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Several Iranian thespians, stage artists, and literati attended a ceremony held on Saturday night in Tehran to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of the British dramatist William Shakespeare.
Theatre

Tehran theater to host “The Yalta Game”

Golrokh Askarieh -
Levon Haftvan will direct Irish playwright Brian Patrick Friel’s “The Yalta Game” at Tehran’s Konesh-e Moaser Hall on Wednesday.
Theatre

Shakespeare’s Globe performs “Hamlet” in Tehran

Golrokh Askarieh -
Shakespeare’s Globe, a London-based theater troupe, performed a fresh version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy “Hamlet” at Tehran’s Iranshahr Theater Complex on Thursday.
Iran in Pictures

Fadjr Theater Festival Underway in Tehran

Emad Askarieh -
The 34th edition of Fadjr International Theater Festival kicked off in the Iranian capital on January 21, and will go on until February 1....
Art

Street theater festival, painting expo for the disabled (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
During the three-day festival 15 troupes made up of actors with disabilities performed in different locations across the capital and an expo of paintings was held.
Iran in Pictures

Street theater in Tehran (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
A play which shows the long wait of a mother whose son has been martyred at war is on stage at Tehran’s Daneshjou Park for ten nights.
Books

The Lieutenant of Inishmore back on Tehran streets

Emad Askarieh -
The translation of The Lieutenant of Inishmore, a satirical play by Martin McDonagh, is on second reprint in Iran.
Art

London, Rome, Tehran, Amsterdam to go to Europe

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London, Rome, Tehran, Amsterdam, a joint production of Iran and the Netherlands which is on stage in Iran, will have performances in Europe in 2015.
Theatre

Iran director Gharibpour to perform Sa’adi puppet opera

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Behrouz Gharibpour plans to take a new puppet opera show about the life story of Persian poet Sa’adi to the stage for the 2015 Fajr Theater Festival.
Theatre

Iranian theater troupes to perform at Swiss festival

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Two theater troupes from Iran will give performances at the 35th Zurich Theater Spectacle, an international festival, which is held in Switzerland every year in summer.
Cinema

Artists commemorate Hamid Samandarian

Emad Askarieh -
The Iranian artistic community has honored the memory of renowned theater director Hamid Samandarian. A July 14th issue of Iran Daily – a Tehran-based English-language newspaper – ran a short report on the ceremony to mark the occasion.
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