Behrouz Gharibpour is hospitalized

Behrouz Gharibpour, a veteran theater director and head of the "Aran" group, is currently hospitalized in Nikan Gharb Hospital due to the corona virus.

 

Confirming the news about his physical condition, he said: "Life is like this and I have been hospitalized since last Saturday. Thank God I feel better.”

 

Gharibpour stated: Coronavirus is not a small disaster and I hope  I will recover.”

He explained about the time of discharge from the hospital:” the treatment must be completed because if the complete treatment is not done, there is a possibility of the disease becoming acute.”

 

Behrouz Gharibpour (born 1950 in Sanandaj) 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 center 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).