Q & A with Jury members of the 16th Arasbaran National Short Theater Festival:
People's support for the theater should be appreciated
Iran Theater- The jury members of the stage and street sections of the 16th Arasbaran National Short Theater Festival stated that people's support of this artistic event should be appreciated, and attention to creativity in production is needed and They believed cultural managers must pay more attention to artists, and to equip infrastructure in order to develop the festival with better quality.
Azadeh Ansari is director, puppeteer and a jury member of the stage section of festival, she pointed out the need to pay more attention to the young generation in the theater: If we give young people who have cultural and social concerns a suitable space to express their opinions and needs, better things will definitely happen because of their art and artistic taste.
Babak Nahrain is an actor and theater director who was one of the jury member of stage section at Arasbaran festival. He said about the necessity of holding a short theater festival: Ahar national short theater festival is a cultural-artistic event that has an impact on the public culture of the people. And young and old participate in the festival.
Mehdi Laziri, the jury member of the street section of the festival, talked about the importance of paying attention to short theater in society: Current theater audiences live in the era of speed and social media. They are looking for the best content in the shortest time. Now speed determines the course of people's lives.
The 16th Arasbaran National Short Theater Festival had been held from 19 to 22 September, 2023.