Akbar Sadeghi’s You Denied Yourself to Me won the first prize

Iran Theater- Akbar Sadeghi’s You Denied Yourself to Me named best play at the Second International Theater Festival of Caspian Countries.

Sadeghi, who comes from Bileh Savar, explained that “You Denied Yourself to Me” is the story of an author who is writing his book as the audience see how he is writing and how his life events develop. You Denied Yourself to Me” continues with confusion, which is a dilemma for today’s human, especially those in his age, he said. “I raised the issue but finding the root causes will fall on the audience.”

 “You Denied Yourself to Me” is a production of Barbud Theater group.

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The Second International Theater Festival of Caspian Countries took place in the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan between September 13th-16th, 2018.

 

The festival started with the opening event which gathered theater directors, artists and journalists  of Caspian countries in the Mangystau Music and Drama Theater of Aktau named after N. Janturin on September 13th, 2018. This year, performances held within the framework of the festival aiming at the strengthening of cultural ties among theaters of Caspian countries as well as at the exchange of experiences and repertoires among them are dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the famous Kazak actor Nurmuhan Janturin. The first Festival of Caspian Theaters which was held last year had featured private, municipal and state theaters from Caspian countries.

 

The festival featured 8 performances by theaters from  5 countries

The Second International theater of Caspian Countries featured performances of selected theater plays from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, the Russian Federation (Tataritan - Bashkortostan) and Turkmenistan held in the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. The festival which took place between September 13th-16th in Aktau  featured performances of 8 plays in total including three from  Kazakhstan an done each from  Azerbaijan, Bashkortostan (RF), Tatarstan (RF), Turkmenistan and Iran.