As the leading international performance arts festival in the Netherlands, the Holland Festival is back once again this year from 1-26 June. Since 1947, the festival has been providing Dutch and international theatre goers with a survey of the best and most widely-acclaimed performance pieces ...

The U.K. trade paper The Stage has named Britain's National Theatre as Producer of the Year, and also honored the Bush Theatre (London Theatre of the Year), Chichester Festival Theatre (Regional Theatre of the Year) and Jermyn Street Theatre (Fringe Theatre of the Year) in its annual Stage ...

Yaghoub Seddigh-Jamali, director of “Ghabe Khali Mah (The Empty Frame of the Moon)”, said the drama, which was staged in Dubai on Dec. 29-30, garnered huge enthusiasm from Iranian expatriates and Iran’s cultural and diplomatic missions in the Arab sheikholdom.

The Evaluation Committee of works interested in taking part in “Iran Theater Perspective” section of the 30th Fadjr International Theater Festival announced the review result. The committee, which was comprised of Ardeshir Salehpour,

Featuring: Olivia Baseman, Walter Brandes, Josephine Cashman, Vanessa Fitzgerald, Justin R.G. Holcomb, Victoria Anne Miller, Christopher Norwood, and Ken Simon

By Nikolsi Gogol in A New Version By RODDY DOYLE This Christmas Roddy Doyle returns to the Abbey Theatre with his version of Nikolai Gogol’s satirical comedy, The Government Inspector.

Ramtin Shahbazi: “Richard III” by William Shakespeare is a word-based drama. The towering writer of dramatic literature reflected his imaginations through words rather than any other element.

Presented by Under The Radar and LaMaMa Belarus Free Theater (Belarus) Adapted and directed by Vladimir Shcherban Produced by Nikolai Khalezin and Natalia Koliada

An essay written by Asghar Khalili received top award in the researches and essays section of the International Theater Festival of India, Balhayani Foundation C/O International School, New Delhi.

Thirty festival directors, theater-related organizations and marketing experts from 14 countries have applied for participation in Iran’s 3rd Theater Market (ITM 2012).

 “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit”, written by Nassim Soleimanpour, will go on stage in San Francisco and Oslo festivals on 2nd May, 2012. 

Rahim Abdolrahimzadeh: A brief review of the link between theater and literature in Iran and their weakening relationship were conducted in part one of the paper. Part two would deal with benefits of a strong link and negative impacts of weak relationship between theater and literature.