Most private-run theatre halls are hosting new plays in Persian New Year, which was started on March 21.

"Shelter", which is directed by Amin Miri, has its last performance on Friday in Qashqaei Hall of the City Theatre Complex as deputy president for women and family affairs watched the piece.

"Starry Flight", which is written and directed by Nima Beiglarian, will be performed in late April in Frankfurt, Germany.

Iran Theater: Shiva Masoudi, the associate professor at Tehran University's Performing Arts Faculty, has started performing "Responsibility for Breaking Dead Silence", a play by Mona Ahmad and Hossein Maaref, for a few days in main auditorium of Mowlavi Theatre Complex.

"Highway", which is written and directed by Abolfazl Haji Alikhani, opened in a show attended by a number of veteran theatre artists.

Reza Saberi, noted theatre director and playwright, said that "Eight Journey" would be perfomed in the holy city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran and one of his successful plays would be re-produced for Tehran show.

Amir Dejakam, theatre director and author, attended the press conference of "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui", a play by German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Amir Karbalaeizadeh, Nargest Mohammadi and Morteza Aqahosseini who will act in the play and Hamed Faqihi, the signer, took part in the press ...

Namayesh House will open its Persian New Year pieces with "The Glass Menagerie", a five-character play by Tennessee Williams.

"Conference of Birds, Attar", a joint production of Iran and France, will be staged in Paris.

Saeed Dakh will be directing "Night Sonata" in Entezami Auditorium of Iran Artists Forum as of April 4.

Sangelaj Theatre welcomed 1205 spectators who came to watch “A Marriage Proposal” during the first eight days of the Persian New Year, which was started on March 21.

Iraj Rad, director and actor, said that posters of Iran Theatre, some of which dating back a century, will be displayed in Iran Artists Forum.

Behrouz Gharibpour, noted director, acknowledged that he had started designing and building National Museum of Iran Theatre, hoping that it would open in fall.

New schedule of the City Theatre Complex including main auditorium, Charsou, Sayeh, Qashqaei, Plateau and Café is released.

Top winners of the 35th Fadjr International Theatre Festival will perform "…and a Few More Stories" as the first show of Samandarian Auditorium of Iranshahr Theatre Complex in the Persian New Year, which began on March 21.

Doors of Puppet Opera Museum will open for public on April 3.

"Heritage" street theatre will be performed in Rahian-e Nour National Theatre Conference for four days to commemorate Shalamcheh.

Behrouz Gharibpour said that launch of a puppet museum was result of studious labor and joining of hands by cultural officials and artists, irantheater.ir reported.

Behrouz Gharibpour said that educating manipulation of puppets to the interested audiences were included in Puppet Opera Museum, which would open tomorrow on the National Theatre Day.

Minister of culture and Islamic guidance visited legendary Iranian stage, screen and television actor Ali Nasirian in a meeting attended by deputy minister for artistic affairs and director general of Dramatic Arts Center on the occasion of the World Theatre Day on March 27.

Hadi Marzban, veteran stage director, believes traditions and rituals of Nowruz, Persian New Year which coincides with Spring Equinox, must be preserved because the identity of the Iranian nation is tied to this preservation.

Iran Theater: The report is going to introduce the top-selling theatre pieces of the last Persian year, which ended on March 20. It will introduce pieces performed in the City Theatre Complex, Vahdat Hall, Iranshahr Theatre Complex of the Theatre Office last year.

Iran Theater opened on March 23 with “A Marriage Proposal” in Sangelaj Theater at the presence of managing director of Dramatic Arts Center, Mahdi Shafiees.

Noted Iranian Actor Ali Nasirian gave a message to honor the World Theatre Day, which is celebrated every year for the past 55 years on March 27.