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Call for 18th Ritual & Traditional Theater Festival

1 Special Section & 3 Tributes

Four out of ten sections in the 18th Traditional Theater Festival are allocated to veteran theater artists Ali Nasirian, Hashem Fayyaz, Kaka Mohammad Shirazi and Valiollah Torabi.

The festival is aimed at promoting studies on roots of Iranian theater and traditional theater of other nations, safeguarding the ancient Iranian theater heritage and benefiting from achievements of theater foundation. The festival is supported by Center for Ritual & Traditional Theater, Iran Dramatic Arts Association and Dramatic Art Center.  

The festival has ten specialized section including Takhte Howzi (Ali Nasirian tribute), Shabih-Khaani (Hashem Fayyaz tribute), Traditional Puppets (Kaka Mohammad Shirazi tribute), a review of ritual and traditional pieces performed from 2015 to 2017, Naghali and National Narration (Valiollah Torabi tribute), rituals, gatherings, dramatic games, nations’ traditional theater (Asia in Traditional Theater Outlook), fifth international seminar of ritual and traditional theater (Shabih-Khaani and Naghali) and fourth special prize of Dr Jalal Sattari.

The secretariat of the festival will have pieces inspired by ancient Iranian tales in books of “Marzbannameh”, “Javameol Hekayat”, “40 Parrots” and “Sinbad Letter”.

The call for the festival said that a competition will be held to introduce and promote ritual and traditional theater for the young adults and children. The pieces on Naghali and narration, Shabih-Khaani, storytelling which are inspired by the folklore culture and literature are encouraged to submit application.

Those interested can log in www.theater.ir or www.iran-tt.ir for further information.

 




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