Baghdad International Theater Festival crowns Ebrahim Poshtkoohi ‘s"Macbeth Zar"
Iran Theater- The show "Macbeth Zar" written and directed by Ebrahim Poshtkoohi won the grand prize of the 4th Baghdad International Theater Festival.
The closing ceremony of the 4th Baghdad International Theater Festival was held on Wednesday, October 18. This is the first time that the jury awarded the grand prize to a show at the Baghdad Theater Festival.
"Macbeth Zar" was also nominated in the categories of director, female actor and male actor.
The play "Macbeth Zar" written and directed by Ebrahim Poshtkuhi is a combination of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" with "Zar" ritual and it has inspired by methods of Kabuki (Japan), Kathakali (India), Butoh (Japan) and Commedia dell'arte (Italy).
This show, which is the 20th production of "T-Took" theater group, has been the selected work in Moscow Nights Festival and appreciated in the Munich Festival. This play has also gone to stage at the Avignon Festival and GITIS International Institute of Russia as well as other festivals in Armenia, Azerbaijan and India.
"Macbeth Zar" features Shahrouz Delafkar, Gata Abedi, Shobayr Parastar, Yashar Naderi, Saeed Borjali, Fahimeh Mousavi, Sahar Abdulmaleki, Mateen Makari, Ali Dolatyari and Saber Rezaei.
The 4th Baghdad International Theater Festival featured works from Iran, Italy, France, Belgium, Morocco, Algeria, Oman, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq and Germany.
