The secretary of the first Akbar Radi Theater Festival was appointed

Iran Theater-Behzad Sedighi was appointed secretary of the first Akbar Radi Theater Festival.

Akbar Radi Cultural and Artistic Institute (Akbar Radi Foundation), in cooperation with the Department of the Performing Arts Center, will host the first Akbar Radi  Theater Festival in January 2019.

The festival is aimed at: "Strengthening the basis of Iranian playwriting", "Profiling in the works of Master Akbar Radi" and "Rewarding or better recognizing the new talents of theater, playwriting, drama, theatrical research papers about Akbar Radi, cartoons, photography and Graphic Design". The festival is organized in six sections: Monologue Competition, Playwriting Competition, Reading play Competition , Seminar and Articles about Akbar Radi Competition, "In addition, the caricature Competition titled" The Great Smile of Mr. Radi "and" Exhibition of Visual Documents by Professor Akbar Radi " will be held.

The 68-year-old playwright,Akbar Radi whose works have been compared with those of Anton Chekhov and Henrik Ibsen died in a Tehran hospital on December 24, 2007.

Melody of a Rainy City, The Descent, The Fishermen, Death in Autumn, The Glorious Smile of Mr. Gil and Beneath the Saqqakhaneh Passage are among his well-known works.