The final plays, which have been admitted at the 12th Mariwan International Street Theater Festival, are introduced by the jury.

Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, renowned Iranian actor of cinema, theater and television, watched "The Confession" on Monday, August 14, at the City Theater Complex among warm welcome of the audience and after a long absence.

Executive director of Lahijan 8th Shahrvand Street Theater Festival said that Qotbeddin Sadeghi, Kourosh Zarei and Nader Borhani Marand were introduced as jury members.

"My City and I", which is directed by Farhad Tajvidi, opened at Parastou Theater of Damavand in the presence of Armaghan Behdarvand, managing director of Performing Arts Association, and Asghar Hemmat, managing director of Iran Theater Forum.

Poster of 8th Lahijan Citizen Street Theater Festival was unveiled in the presence of city's officials.

Closing ceremony of 25th Soureh National Theater Festival was held at Andisheh Hall of Art Center, awarding winners, paying a tribute to Tajbakhsh Fanaeiyan for his lifetime achievement and family of martyr Ahmad Moghaddam.

24th Children and Youth Theater Festival has admitted 31 plots in street theater competition.

"Goodbye", which is written by Canada-based Iranian playwright Mohammad Yaghoubi, is set to be directed by Arian Rezaei.

The secretariat of 18th Traditional/Ritual Theater Festival has introduced 10 finalists of the naghali and narration section of the event.

Review of ideas and plots for kids section of 24th International Children and Youth Theater Festival was over. 21 plots qualified for the next step.

Iran Theater: Salim Bashokouh is more a journalist than a theater director and author.

Director general of the Dramatic Arts Center said on the eve of the Journalist Day that wise journalists had made the elixir of compassion and solidarity of theater alive.

Asghar Garousi whose play "This Cloud Is Rainy" took part in the 12th National RAZAVI Theater Festival talked to Iran Theater.

Secretariat of 18th Traditional/Ritual Theater Festival has chosen seven plays as guest performance.

The 12th RAZAVI Theater Festival awarded the winners late Wednesday at the closing ceremony, which was attended by the deputy minister of culture and Islamic guidance, Ali Moradkhani, director general of the Dramatic Arts Center, Mahdi Shafiee, and North Khorasan governor general, Mohammad Reza ...

Deputy culture and Islamic guidance minister for artistic affairs said that improving the culture would be a factor in reducing social disorders, adding that construction of a theater space in Bojnourd was a necessity.

Mahdi Shafiee, managing director of Dramatic Arts Center, said after watching “Life Maybe Just Now” in Bojnourd, that Razavi theater festival was rooted in the Islamic religious teachings, which the man would need it.

The 12th Annual RAZAVI National Theater Festival opened in northeastern city of Bojnourd in a ceremony in which the stamp of the event was unveiled. Artists paid tribute to martyrs who defended holy shrines in Syria and Iraq in the city’s cemetery afterward.

Hossein Farkhondeh, secretary of the 12th Annual RAZAVI National Theater Festival, which opened on Sunday in northeastern city of Bojnourd, has appointed Hossein Mosafer Astaneh, Payam Dehkordi and Saeed Asadi as jury members.

The second day of the 12th Annual RAZAVI National Theater Festival opens on Monday with one Pardeh Khani by master Madahnia and four stage plays in two halls of Bojnourd in northeastern Iran.

Iran Theater: Mehdi Miami, noted theater, cinema and television actor, hold a bachelor degree in acting and direction from Tehran University’s Fine Arts Faculty in 1979.

Mohammad Hatami, theater, cinema and television actor, said that the aim of the festivals was to increase interaction among artists and create a healthy competitive atmosphere, encouraging quality products.

Leila Arshad, director of “Khaneh Khorshid (The House of Sun)”, a NGO dealing with women sex workers, watched “A Barren Day”, which is written and directed by Hossein Kiani, on Friday.

The 12th Razavi Theater Festival opens on Sunday. Iran Theater has conducted an exclusive interview with Javad Eshkezari, the director whose “Life Maybe Just Now” is a lineup show in the stage section of the event.

Ali Nasirian, renowned cinema and theater actor and director, has unveiled poster of the 18th Traditional and Ritual Theater Festival.

Iran Theater: “The Story of the Panda Bears”, an adaptation of a play by Romanian-French playwright Matei Visniec, is a poetical and humane story about after death life. It is a young saxophonist’s limbo and loneliness. The performance transfers the poetical feeling of Matei Vişniec’s ...

Mehdi Mashhour’s “The Door”, Iran’s representative in 71st Off Avignon Festival, was welcomed by members of audience and critics.

Habib Rezaei and Behnoush Tabatabei have joined the cast of “Facing Mirrors”, which opens at Vahdat Hall on August 6.

Ali Moradkhani, deputy culture and Islamic guidance minister for artistic affairs, issued a message to the 12th Razavi Theater Festival.

Mahdi Shaifiee, director general of Dramatic Arts Center, issued a message to the 12th Razavi Theater Festival.

Bahram Radan, famous cinema actor, will have his debut in theater with C Project.

Mehrdad Khamenei, noted director, will direct “The Emigrants”, which is written by Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist.

Dariush Moaddabian, noted director and translator, will stage “The Waiting Room” (Salle D’Attente), which is written by Belgian writer Andre Praga, at Ostad Entezami House Museum in the capital Tehran.

Mohammad Rahmanian, renowned theater director, will direct “Facing Mirrors”, which is written by internationally-acclaimed Iranian playwright Bahram Beyzaei, as of August 6 at Vahdat Hall.

Press conference of “A Barren Day” took place at Baran Theater on July 22. “A Barren Day” tells the story of three prostitutes in Iran during the last days of the Pahlavi regime. The three women are living in a neighborhood called “Qaleh Zahedi”. The story continues with an attack on the ...

The secretariat of the 12th Razavi Theater Festival announced the final plays, which have been chosen by members of the jury.

Iran Theater: The fifth puppetry opera by Dr Behrouz Gharibpour opened at Ferdowsi Hall on July 16.

“Life, Maybe Now”, the latest play by Seyyed Javad Eshkezari which won the top award of the 12th Razavi National Theater Festival, will be performed in northeastern city of Mashhad since August 6.

Saman Khalili, Amir Nasirbeigi and Mohammad Ali Sadegh Hassani reviews more than 40 street shows from Tehran and other cities to choose 13 plays as finalists of 25th Soureh Theater Festival.

The last performance of “Seven Days of Tir 60 (June) 1981”, which was co-directed by Mohammad Larati and Kamran Shahlaei, closed at Sayeh Hall while it paid tribute to family of martyr Sarafraz, one of 72 people killed in an explosion on June 28, 1981.

Managing director of Iran Association of Performing Arts promised that the association would support theater studies in provinces financially.

Fifty-three plays from 17 provinces are so far submitted to the 12th Razavi Theater Festival, said acting deputy head of North Khorasan culture and Islamic guidance department for artistic affairs.

Minister of culture and Islamic guidance opened an exhibition of works of late theater and cinema actor, Davoud Rashidi.

“The Miser”, which is directed by Maryam Kazemi, opens on Friday with the participation of members of media and photographers.

Ali Moradkhani, deputy culture minister for artistic affairs, described social role of theater as one of the responsibilities of the art towards its society, stressing that it could inject wisdom and enlightenment into the society.

Culture minister stressed on the social mission of theater, especially in the fourth decade after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, promising a big jump for this art.

“Khayyam Opera”, which is directed by renowned director Behrouz Gharibpour, opens on July 16 at Ferdowsi Hall.

A specialized meeting on “Future of Theater in Provinces” opened at Sangelaj Theater of Tehran with the participation of minister of culture and Islamic guidance, Seyyed Reza Salehi Amiri, deputy culture minister for artistic affairs, Ali Moradkhani, and director general of Dramatic Arts Center, ...