Secretariat of 24th International Theater Festival of Children & Youth announced those interested must submit their plots for opening and closing ceremony not later than November 6.

Mohammad Reza Khaki, theater director and university professor, was a guest who saw ‘Barefoot in the Park’, which is directed by Maryam Bagheri, on Friday.

The 23rd Media Exhibition closed on Friday in which Iran Theater was chosen as one of the most active cultural and artistic stand of the event.

Spain’s Monolit Festivals awarded ‘I Am Her’, which is directed by Mehdi Mashhour.

Iran Theater: Human and his surrounding world can be subjects of many plays. One of these subjects is immigration, which acts like a double-edged sword. It can lead to happiness or misery.

Selection Council of 24th Children and Youth Theater Festival has announced seven plays as the final competitors of the young adults section while one play is conditionally admitted.

Deputy culture and Islamic guidance minister for artistic affairs visited Iran Theater stand at the 23rd Media Exhibition in Tehran, saying that the website had improved over the past year significantly compared to the previous years since it was established as the window to Iran performing arts.

Maryam Kazemi, secretary of Children & Youth Theater Festival, said that media should not judge about the good or bad points of performances.

Seyyed Abbas Salehi, minister of culture and Islamic guidance, said at a gathering at the 23rd Media Exhibition in Tehran, that new debates had been underway over the past two months to increase state supports for theater.

War and people have always been a good subject for creating stories and making plays or movies. Mehdi Nasiri stays away of clichés and propaganda in his ‘Don’t Let This Dream Comes True’. He has adopted a realistic approach towards war. He focuses on the relationships of three soldiers ...

Hamid Reza Naimi dedicated ‘The Good Soldier Švejk's’ performance to late Iranian story writer and scholar Ali Ashraf Darvishian, who passed away on October 26 at the age of 76, on Saturday.

Ruhollah Jafari, a professor at Islamic Azad University’s Science and Research Branch, said that ‘Rahmard’ is inspired by mourning performing arts of Iran such as Ta’zieh and Hamed Hoshyari, its director, has managed to show that Ta’zieh as an art could turn into theater.

Biuk Mirzaei and Hassan Mehmani attend the stand of Iran Theater at 23rd Media Exhibition in Tehran.

Iran Theater: Theater and cinema are two important mediums of the world art and visual media. They have had many fans and lovers over the years. The two medium have attracted many artists to tell their ideas and theories since they were born. This has led to competition among them to reflect ...

Iran Theater will pay tribute to Mostafa Oskouei, founder of Anahita Theater and Iran modern theater on the occasion of his 12th death anniversary on Saturday at Iran 23rd Media Exhibition.

Abolhassan Davoudi, noted filmmaker, wrote a notebook after watching ‘The Good Soldier Švejk’ and recommended audience to see the piece apart from so-called intellectual showoffs to enjoy a really good performance.

The final stage of review of submitted works of children theater section of the 24th Children and Youth Theater Festival, which will take place in the western city of Hamedan in November, is over.

Maryam Kazemi, secretary of 24th Children and Youth Theater Festival, said at the western city of Hamedan that she would try to establish with veteran and young artists of the field for organizing the festival.

Maryam Kazemi will perform 'Dreams of Summer Night' in summer of 2018 with students of an ongoing workshop in southeastern city of Varamin in Tehran province.

The Supervision and Overseeing Council has issued permission for performance of six new plays on Ashura, tenth of lunar month Muharram and the day the third Shia Imam Hussein was martyred in the battle of Karbara, and the sacred defense (Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988)).

Noted theater and cinema actor Jamshid Mashayekhi is hospitalized due to poor health and kidney disease on Sunday.

Karim Akbari Mobarakeh said that ‘Rahmard’, which had focused on Ta’zieh passion play, could attract the audience, stressing that the country’s religious and ritual plays needed investment.

‘Namayesh’ Monthly & ‘Theatre’ Periodical will welcome visitors and readers at 23rd Media Exhibition in Tehran.

Iran Theater: ‘The Good Soldier Švejk’ is a multi-character play with more than 30 actors. One of the acclaimed acting in this play is undoubtedly that of Amir Hossein Rostami. He plays the role of a hypocritical, opportunist and smart priest. The priest’s encounter with Švejk creates ...