Aran Puppet Opera Museum to host the audience

Iran Theater- Aran Puppet Opera Museum, led by Behrouz Gharibpour hosts the audience during the 17th Tehran _Mubarak  Inerntaional Puppet Festival.

Behrouz Gharibpour  is an Iranian theater director and pioneer of traditional puppet theater in the country.

 

The museum includes puppets made by Aran puppet group for 14 years, and visitors will become familiar with playing these kinds of cotton dolls and their way of creating them.

 Also Visiting Behind the scenes is another part of the tour.

The museum, which is located in the Ferdowsi Hall, opens on August 25 and 27, at 10:30 A.M and 12:00 A.M.

 

Ferdowsi Hall is near the Vahdat Hall and is the venue for the performances of  Aran Puppet operas. Ferdowsi Hall is located on Shahryar Blvd., Hafez Ave., south of Enqelab Ave

Also Ferdowsi Hall will be host to Behrouz Gharipour’s”Khayyam” at 26 and 27 August at 21:00 P.M.

The show is about Persian polymath and poet Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) from the moment he reached mental, philosophical and scientific maturity. Khayyam’s multi-faceted character is highlighted in a scene from the opera where blacksmiths make him various tools of diverse functions.

Before taking up his current work, Gharibpour has written and directed other operas on the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, classical Persian poet of the 14th century Hafez, and Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar which marks the death of Imam Hussain, Shia Muslims’ third Imam.

 

Gharibpour studied theatre at Tehran University and at Dramatic Arts Academy in Rome (Silvio D’Amico). He founded puppet theater centers in Tehran and Esfahan and helped establish Iran’s Cultural Center in Tehran. He is vastly experienced in writing and directing in theater, puppet theater, movies, documentaries, and TV series.

 

He is also known for his wide research works on Iranian puppetry as was commonly practiced during the Qajar era (1785-1925).

 

He has won several awards including the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2002 and Sirene d’Oro 2008 from Italy’s puppet theater festival of Arrivano dal Mare.