Teaching Puppet Manipulation in Opera Museum

Behrouz Gharibpour, director, author and head of Aran Theatre Troupe, told irantheater.ir that the museum including the puppets of the shows of the group would open on Monday on the National Theatre Day.

He added that the museum would open tomorrow with a three-year delay finally thanks to supports of Roudaki Artistic and Cultural Foundation, Contemporary Arts Development Institute and the Dramatic Arts Center.

Mr Gharibpour explained that the museum would serve as an archive of the Aran Troupe as well as storage of puppets for future performances, adding that the museum included an exhibition center too. He added that an area three times spacious of the museum needed to keep all puppets of the troupe.

The puppets and accessories on display in the museum were results of 14 years of efforts by Aran Troupe; he said and added that the museum was designed in a way that it could educate visitors too, especially those coming from schools and universities.

More than 550 puppets are exhibited in the museum including those from puppet operettas such as “Rostam & Sohrab”, “Macbeth”, “Hafiz”, “Mowlavi”, “Sa’adi” and “Leili and Majnoun”.

The National Theatre Day will be celebrated on March 27 for the first time in Iran concurrent with the World Theatre Day.