It’s that time of the year when actors move out of the spotlight to give their place to lampposts and paper towels, rods and gloves, that kick and jump, sing and dance, eliciting emotions of giggles as well as remorse in the audience. In its 12th year, the Ishara International Puppet ...

Turkey’s “I, You, We, You, They” outdoor play was performed in the 30th Fadjr International Theater Festival, encouraging Iranian and Turkish artists to co-produce a drama.

This year’s Tanghal! National University and College Theater Festival will have events across the country, kicking off in the National Capital Region at University of Makati, Feb. 1-4.

The national theater and its necessary and fundamental elements must reflect religious beliefs, divine truths and humane virtues to establish bond with the people, said Mohammad-Ali Shahani Dashtgoli.  

“Don Raffaele” directed by Azerbaijan Republic’s director Jannat Salimova will be performed in the 30th Fadjr International Theater Festival in Alborz province.

Two plays -- “A Slight Ache” and “Genius and Culture” -- were staged on the second day (January 23) of the ongoing 6th Dhaka University Central Theatre Festival. The Department of Theatre, DU has organised the festival that features plays produced by the department as well ...

A young and successful television actor relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment.

Huge crowds gather in Iquique to watch the fall of the star-crossed lovers.

The deadline for submission of plays to Tehran’s 14th International Outdoor Puppet Show Festival – Mobarak – is extended.

Plans are in train for a March weekend devoted to the life and work of Samuel Beckett. Cork Opera House is creating a series of events over St Patrick’s weekend;

We are pleased to inform you that the Dramatic Arts Center of Iran will hold the 14th International Puppet Theater Festival _ Mobarak  from 30th  Jun to 5th July, 2012 in Tehran .

As previously reported, Academy Award winner George Clooney will star in the Los Angeles premiere of 8, under the direction of Rob Reiner, March 3 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. Additional casting will be announced shortly.

We are pleased to inform you that the Dramatic Arts Center of Iran will hold the 15th International Resistance Theater Festival _Moqavemat from 15th to 30th May 2012 in Khozestan -Iran.

They call it the 14/48 Theater Festival because participants have 48 hours to create and perform 14 short plays.

Popular theatre troupe from Barisal, Shabdabali, has arranged a five-day festival at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), starting from January 8. The festival marks the 40th anniversary of Independence as well as the 20th anniversary of the troupe's journey into 'studio theatre ...

Sydney Festival opened its 2012 program with Australia's largest free outdoor cultural event, Festival First Night, attracting hundreds of thousands of people into the city centre for eight hours of music, theatre and visual arts. Headlining the event was internationally-acclaimed music ...

It is showtime at Rangayana. The annual winter theatre festival is back at theatre repertory, which will present 24 plays. The eight-day fest will showcase 16 works of Jnanpith awardees, the Nobel for literature in India. The 10th edition of the annual fest will showcase a wide variety of works ...

Today, 6 January, Tunisia inaugurated the 15th edition of the Carthage Theatre Days, which will continue until 13 January in both Tunis and other cities.

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.