Alireza Koushk Jalali became the member of the Cologne Theater Jury

Alireza koushk Jalali, the winner of the Honorary Theater award in Cologne, was selected as the permanent member of the panel of judges to choose the best theater in Cologne.

According to Iran Theater, This year, the honorary award of the Cologne Theater in Germany, Celebrating a distinguished figure, was given to Alireza Koushk Jalali, Iranian  writer, director and theater translator.

The jury awarded him  2,600 euro prize for his efforts over the twenty years for cultural and artistic exchange.  At the ceremony, Fernley Bosman, the actor and first teacher of Alireza Koushk Jalali in Germany, and her husband, Peter Bosman, who is one of the prominent architects of the country, has been designing the scene for many of Jalali's plays, talked about  their  friendship and work with Alireza Koushk Jalali since the mid-1980s  .

Alireza Koushk Jalali (born March 21, 1958 in Tehran, Iran), is an Iranian theatre director and playwright. Currently he resides in Cologne, Germany, where he also made his first German production in 1986.

He lives in Cologne and has translated the literary works including ‘Burning Patience,’ a novel by Chilean writer Antonio Skarmeta, 76, and ‘The Government Inspector,’ a satirical play by Russian dramatist Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852).

"I do not hate" with the brilliant  performance of  Michael Murgen Stern is his latest  play in Germany, which was nominated for the best political show in 2016 in Cologne. “I do not hate it" is a powerful and excitement  play about the current situation in the Gaza Strip.