46theater companies will take part in the 1st Iranian Theater Marketing. IRAN THEATER – The theater companies which will participate in this Marketing are as follows:

by Tom Stoppard and André Previn National Theater of Poland - Following a sell-out run in 2009, the National's electrifying production returns for a strictly limited run in January 2010.

Since 2002 Contact has hosted Contacting The World, a biannual international project which brings together young people from around the world to create new theatre. Twinning companies so they can collaborate, exchange members and share ideas Contacting The World culminates in a two-week showcase and ...

Tele-Theater & Radio Drama Section Jurors of the Radio & Tele-Theater Section were introduced. IRAN THEATER – There are 185 Tele-Theaters and Radio Dramas which will be evaluated by Nader Borhani Marand, Rahman Seyfi Azad, and Mohammad Khazayi,

Back by popular demand, Dickens’ timeless classic of the true spirit of Christmas at the Gate.

The jury of the International Competition section of the festival includes three well-known artists from Canada, Sweden and Georgia.

Erik Vos (1929) for over 50 years is a scene from personal involvement with the world around them. The involvement of the actors that he requires. His oeuvre is characterized by its translation from classical pieces to the current time. For this it received the lifetime achievement of the VSCD.

A selection of the best stage productions of the Iran’s theater festivals will be stage in the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

The legacy of music in Indian theatre, experimental plays, creative forms of expressions and new wave theatre with an ethnic flavour from small towns will be the highlights of the annual theatre festival of the National School of Drama (NSD) Jan 6-22.

The 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival hosts well-known theater directors and actors.IRAN THEATER – The news center of the Fadjr festival issued the final list of the theatrical faces, who will take part in the festival.

The National Theatre of Greece is based in Athens, Greece. The theatre was originally founded in 1880 with a grant from George I and Efstratios Rallis to give theatre a permanent home in Athens.

The outdoor space of the City Theater and the Vahdat Hall’s parking lot will host the Fadjr Festival besides the 19 venues.

Al Pacino will bring Shylock to New York audiences next summer in Central Park. Pacino will take part in Public Theater's popular Shakespeare in the Park offering of the classic Merchant of Venice, which he played on screen in 2004.

Cüneyt Gökçer, one of Turkey’s most distinguished and prolific stage actors, revered for his performances of Shakespearean characters, died on Wednesday in Ankara. He was 89.

Three members of the International Theater Critics Society and two members of the National Theater Critics Association of Iran will evaluate the works of the Fadjr International Theater Festival.

The list of accepted works of the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival’s Guest section was announced.

Down a grim alley in Wapping, past elevated train tracks and housing projects, sits the world’s oldest music hall, Wilton’s (Graces Alley, E1 8JB; 44-20-7702-2789; www.wiltons.org.uk; Tube: Tower Hill/Aldgate East), where a return engagement celebrates its 150th anniversary.

Simin Amirian is going to stage "The Amber" in the Panorama section of the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

The second International Afro-Asian Theatre Festival would be held at Thrissur from December 20 to 29.

We may think of alphabet books as being for preschoolers and first-graders.

Text by Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouve, directed by Michel Fau, with Louis Arena, Joris Avodo, Julian Barret, Astrid Bayiha, Barbara Bolotner, Hadrien Bouvier, Valentin Carbonnières, Ludmilla Dabo, India Hair, Matila Malliarakis Marie Marquis Jean-René Oudot, Fannie Outeiro, Melody Richard and ...

IRAN THEATER – The selection committee of the street section of the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival includes Behzad Sediqi, Payam Azizi and Shahram Karami, has approved 7 works. Also 5 works have been selected conditionally and 2 works have been selected for the non-competitive section.

The Deutsche Theater in Berlin last week gave its own "Yes" answer by staging a theatrical version of "To Be or Not To Be," Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 cult movie that satirizes Germany's takeover of Poland.

According to the Publication & Research Office of the festival, 6 researches, 3 drama collections and 2 plays will be published during this round of the festival.

China Heaven Creation International Performing Arts Co. Ltd (CHC) Monday formally took over the ownership of the White House Theatre in Branson, Missouri, making the first ever successful purchase of an American theatre by a Chinese company.

The director of the Dramatic Arts Center announced the organization of the religious festivals.

Composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Fosse, Godspell, Pippin) will be honored with the inaugural Junior Theater Festival Award for his contributions to the Advancement of Musical Theater for Young People.

The revision step of the Islamic Revolution Section of Fadjr's Street Theater segment has begun.

The accepted works of the Panorama of Iran's Theater section of the Fadjr International Theater Festival were announced by the Major Selection Council which includes 14 decisively approved works and 3 conditionally approved plays.

The Delhi based Drama and Design Academy (DADA) in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy is poised for the second edition of its Ibsen festival, which commemorates the great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, whose plays continue to be performed across the world.

The second press conference of the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival was held on Dec 15 at the conference hall of the city theater.

"The King & His Stupid Assistant" is a stage coproduction of Germany and Iran for children.

Children have cultural rights. They need the space to express them. This recognition was the most significant outcome of the three-year Tieng noi tre tho (Children’s Voice) project that has just ended, marking the beginning of a determined effort to establish a stage for children’s theater in ...

“I have always felt that theater should be available for everybody, not limited to a certain group,’’ says Drew Murphy, president of Broadway Across America-Boston, which is ramping up services designed to make theater more accessible for the blind and deaf communities.

Written by Jemez R. Brandon "Theater of Asia" has been recently released with a Persian translation by Majid Sar Sangi.

Full casting has been announced for Iain Glen's new production of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, translated by Frank McGuiness, to run February 8-May 23 at London's Duchess Theatre.