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.

Nine out of 26 plays, which were volunteered to take part in the New Experience section of the 30th Fadjr International Theater Festival, are chosen as final participants.

Nine out of 65 plays have finally been chosen to participate in the “Special Vision” section of the 30th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

For the eighth year in a row, the end of the January holidays will bring with it the beginning of Novaya Opera's Epiphany Week festival, honoring the memory of the theater's revered founder, Yevgeny Kolobov, and running, as always, beyond the span of a mere seven days.

Jack Klugman, the last living cast member of the landmark 1957 film "Twelve Angry Men," will appear in a revival of the courtroom drama at the George Street Playhouse next spring.

In order to say goodbye to the year 2011 on a high note in connection with the promotion of theatre drama in the country, the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) has scheduled ‘National Drama Festival-2011’ from December 12 to 29 at its auditorium.

(in previews; opens on Jan. 17) Before Signature Theater Company’s Athol Fugard season, beginning in February, Roundabout kicks off the South African dramatist’s 80th birthday celebration with this Broadway premiere.

Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata will take the center stage for city theater-goers from December 16 to December 25, 2011 as Nandikar’s 28th National Theater Festival prepares to woo the audience with its ensemble of 19 performances by national and international theater groups.

 “Ma Yek Moalem Mikhahim (We Want a Teacher)” awarded three statuettes of India’s 11th International Children Theater Festival. 

The fourth round of the Omani Theatre Festival opened under the auspices of HE Mohammed Bin Salim Al Toobi, Minister of Environment and Climate Affairs, on Monday at Al Bustan Palace Hotel.

Rahim Abdolrahimzadeh The dominant meaning for theater is that it is an ancient Greek art. Based on this definition, theater has no deep and strong roots in the east and its history does not exceed a century.

The Sydney Theater Company's critically acclaimed production of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya, starring Oscar winner Cate Blanchett as Yelena, will be presented at City Center from July 19 through July 28 as part of the Lincoln Center Festival, according to The New York Times.

Twenty plays are selected for the final stage of the International Section of the 30th Fadjr International Theater Festival.