Fanaeiyan, Aqakhani and Boroujerdi were introduced as jury members of the 12th National Children of Mosque Theater Festival.

The press conference of the 12th National Children of Mosques Theater Festival took place on Monday in Amir Hall of the Hoze Honari. Kourosh Zarei, director of Dramatic Arts Center of the Hoze Honari and Hamid Nili, secretary of the festival, replied to the questions of the media members.

Baran Theater Company will hold 1st Intercultural Festival with the cooperation of Teatro Potlach from April 23 to May 5 in Tehran.

Sina Rastgou will direct "An Enemy of the People", an 1882 play Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

The poster of "Fatherless", the latest play directed by Mohammad Mosavat, is unveiled.

The body of Aref Lorestani, beloved actor of theater and television, will be carried to western city of Kermanshah, his hometown, after his fans and colleagues paid farewell to him in the capital Tehran on Sunday.

The members of the review board of the 20th Iran International University Theater Festival (IIUTF) have started evaluation of 78 admitted plays of the event on April 15.

The actor of "Jonge 77", "Excuse Me You?" and "Bitter Coffee" passed away on Saturday morning.

"The First 100 Years of Edith Piaff" will be performed by an Italian actress exclusively for women in Baran Theater.

Davoud Kianian believes drafting a history of theater of children and adolescents, which dates back to 100 years, is a necessity for the theater community.

The first three shows of "…and a Few More Stories" hosted cinema, theater and television artists.

Women-exclusive play of “Ganjour-e Mowlanad”, which is written and choreographed by Elnaz Mirza Abdolhosseini, will be performed on Friday, April 14 in Niavaran Cultural Complex.

Iran Artists Forum will host a week of programs to World Theater Day (March 27) in late April-early May.

Director of "The Blind Owl" writes about his motivation of staging it as the piece is on stage in Charsou Hall of the City Theater Complex.

Deputy culture minister for artistic affairs visited the Puppet Museum in Ferdowsi Hall in Tehran on Monday.

"Karname-ye Bondar-e Bidakhsh", which is written by internationally-acclaimed Iranian playwright and director Bahram Beyzai, will be performed in Arghanoun Theater. Arash Arshadad will direct the piece. It is the second time Mr Arshadad will stage the play in Arghanoun Theater.

The Selection Board of the stage section of the 18th Ritual/Traditional Theater Festival has chosen 41 plays for the review stage.

The 6th City Theater Festival, which is organized by the Cultural and Artistic Organization of Tehran Municipality, will adopt a new approach in the current Iranian year (started on March 21).

Dariush Moadabian, translator and veteran theater director, will direct "Golgasht in Golestan" in the 18th Ritual/Traditional Theater Festival.

Ali Masoudi has been invited to take part in the Festive Week of the Odin Teatret as guest.

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.

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova gave a message to honor the World Theatre Day, which is celebrated every year for the past 55 years on March 27.

Iran Theater will open on March 23 with “A Marriage Proposal” in Sangelaj Theater.

Asghar Hemmat, managing director of Iran Theatre Forum, released a message on the occasion of Sping Equinox and Persian New Year, which began on March 21.

Parviz Bashardouste, stage actor, author and director, was laid to rest in Tehran’s Beheshte Zahra Cemetery on March 22 from Vahdat Hall.