Italian Astuteness
The festival is about to finish, however, the venues and court-yard of the city theater become more and more crowded. Also some well-known faces came in sight among the public. Now read some observations of our reporter:
The Spectators on Stage
After the performance, the director, Stefano Ghiunci, invited the public to come onto the stage and observe the puppets –which were like Iranian marionette characters. The director and the troupe were so affable and amiably explained about the puppets. Ghiunci staged a production based on the similarities between Italian Punchinello and the Iranian puppets, called Mobarak and Pahlevan Kachal (Bald Athlete). It is mentionable that he had used so many Iranian elements, that is to say, he had actually carried coal to
The Last Act of the 14th Round
7 performances of the Stage section and 10 works of the other sections include Street Theater, Tea-House, Ta’ziye and Marionette will be performed on the last day of the festival.
IRAN THEATER – The main venue of the city theater will host “Sugary Garden” by Ghotb O’din Sadeghi on Thursday at 20:45, “The Meeting of Fratricide” directed by Sirous Hemati, will be staged at 18:30 and 21 in the Char Sou venue and Ghashghayi will present “Chess City”, directed by Reza Hamedi Khah. “Lucky Blackamoor” Directed by Elham Jafari will be seen in the Kargah Namayesh venue at 16 and 18. “Bijan & Manije” directed by David Fat Ali Beighi, will be performed at 19 in the Sanghelaj Theater. The first venue of the Iranshahr Theater witnesses “Shadow Theater” from
The 14th International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival will come to an end on Aug 16 at the Niavaran Foundation of the Artistic Creations.