puppeteer’s Society of Iran unveiled The "Behrouz Gharibpour" Award

Iran Theater- In order to encourage and promote the sustainability activities of the Puppet Theater Groups, puppeteer’s Society of Iran established The Behrouz GharibPour  award and unveiled it  at the theater week.

A Theater artist suggested this award and after some consultation and getting permission from Behrooz Gharibpour this award was designed.

Ali Pakdast designed the award.

The award will be given to the veteran and active puppet groups from next year including a memorial tablet and a trophy.

Behrouz Gharibpour is an Iranian theatre director and pioneer of traditional Persian puppet theatre.

He studied theatre at Tehran University and at Dramatic Arts Academy in Rome (Silvio D'Amico). He founded Tehran and Esfahan puppet theatre centres and changed Tehran’s slaughterhouse into the greatest Iran’s Cultural Centre. He has experienced in writing and directorship in fields such as theatre, puppet theatre, cinema, documentary movies, and T.V.

Gharibpour is known for his solid research works on the Iranian puppetry as was commonly practiced during Qajar era. He was the president of the Union Internationale de la Marionnette (International Puppetry Association).