French actress has given a message on the World Theatre Day, which has been celebrated by the globes theatre community since 1962 on March 27. The day is set by the International Theatre Institute 55 years ago and Ms. Huppert is the eight woman, who is invited to give a message.

International Seminar on Theater and Potential of Independent Sector opened on Sunday at the Mashahir Hall of Tehran City Theater Complex with the participation of deputy culture minister for artistic affairs, Ali Moradkhani, and director general of Dramatic Arts Center, Mahdi Shafiee.

Names and brief information of more than 7,000 Iranian theater artists are published in a New Year Calendar as the country is going to celebrate New Year on March 21.

Ardeshir Salehpour, a performing arts university professor and researcher, believes the era which the government could run the art is over and independent theater is Iran’s new phenomenon today.

Secretary of the 20th Iran International University Theater Festival said that the number of those interested to submit pieces to the event has increased.

Fateh Badparva, secretary of Mariwan International Street Theater Festival, has appointed Seyed Aavaat Hesami as the executive secretary of the 12th festival.

Iran Theater: Mehraveh Sharifinia comes from a family of artists. She has been an actress for more than two decades. Ms Sharifinia plays Leila, wife of a war disabled, in "Train". She stands behind her husband with patience. Ms Sharifinia plays a commendable and emotional acting in the play.

International Seminar on Potential of Independent Sector in Theater will officially open on Sunday, March 5 in Tehran City Complex's Mashahir Hall. Ali Moradkhani, deputy culture minister for artistic affairs, will deliver the opening speech.

Eight specialized panels will be held as part of the International Seminar on Potential of Independent Sector in Theater on March 5 to 7, 2017 with the participation of experts, artists and organizers of production and presentation of theater.

Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright, is one of the permanent and attractive references of theater. A few stage actor and director are not interested in playing in or directing one of his plays. Qorban Najafi, Iran’s noted screen, stage and TV actor, has a career spanning three decades. He has played ...

Fateh Badparva is the secretary of 12th Marivan International Theater Festival (street-practical-environmental). The festival has seven sections including Iran competition, ritual and traditional, nations, children and adolescents and guests. The festival, which will be held in Marivan and adjacent ...

International Seminar on Theater and Capacity of Independent Sector will be headed by Mahdi Shafiee from March 5 to 7 in Mashahir Hall of Tehran City Theater Complex.

Koroush Zarei, secretary of the 12th Basij Theater Festival, has appointed Dr Saeed Asadi, Mahmoud Pakniat, Hossein Mosafer-Astaneh, Farhad Qaemian and Qasem Zare' as members of the jury of the stage section.

Minister of culture and Islamic guidance presented a report to members of domestic press 100 days after taking the office from his successor.

The best supporting actor of the 35th Fajr International Film Festival, who played in "Diabolic, Romeo & Juliet" last month, has begun playing in two pieces simultaneously in Paliz Theater.

Iran Theater: Farid Sajjadhosseini is more a theater actor than a cinema artist. He had started his stage career 53 years ago in his home city, Ahvaz. He migrated to Tehran in 1970s to follow his professional performing arts career with legendary Iranian director Mahin Oskoei. He had become a ...

Members of Selection Council for choosing texts, plays and performing arts ideas for "1st Street Theater in Academic Spaces" are introduced.

Stage reading of two plays by Woody Allen will be performed again with the direction of Shiva Ordoei due to warm welcome by the audience.

The results of the review of 135 plays submitted to the 3rd Play Reading Festival of “Nazerzadeh Kermani Prize” are announced. 24 plays are the finalists.

Iran Theater- Ahmadreza Hajjarzadeh: It seems Samaneh Zandinejad is interested in surprising her spectators these days. She is performing "Special Relativity" following her successful direction of "The Blackbird" as a young and creative director. The new performance of "Special Relativity" is more ...

A majlis of Ta'zieh of Hor was held in the lobby of the City Theater Complex on Wednesday in attendance of Eugenio Barba and members of Odin Teatret.

Crimson Tulip Theater Festival closed in Andimeshk on Thursday, February 9.

Two stand-up comedies and one play, which will be directed by Kaveh Mahdavi, will be performed in Sweden by Amir Karbalaeizadeh, Masoumeh Sheikhzadeh and Farmarz Qelichkhani.

Pavenejad: I play the role of a woman whose husband locks her up every day at home.

“The Tree”, which is directed by internationally-acclaimed director Eugenio Barba, hosted some cultural officials from the European Union and Iranian theater directors in Tehran last night.

"Closed Circuit", which is directed by Pegah Tabasinezhad, is being performed since Thursday in Tehran Independent Theater. The play is being praised by some noted theater figures.

Eugenio Barba will watch a Ta’zieh by Alaeddin Qasemi in the lobby of the City Theater Complex on Wednesday.

A masterclass with Eugenio Barba took place in the main auditorium of Tehran’s City Theater Complex on Sunday. It was attended by many theater artists and students.

Different halls of the City Theater Complex will host five new pieces as of today, as the 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival closed on January 31.

Iran’s national television Channel Four will host Eugenio Barba, one of the internationally-known contemporary theatre directors and writers as well as founder of the famous Odin Teatret, in its “Chashme Shab Roshan” program.

Eugenio Barba, one of the internationally-known contemporary theatre directors and writers as well as founder of the famous Odin Teatret, is in Tehran to perform “The Tree” as of Saturday, February 4 at Hafez Hall.

Members of Odin Teatret and Eugenio Barba, one of the internationally-known contemporary theatre figures and founder of the famous Odin Teatret, will have a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday, February 7.

“Special Relativity”, which is directed by Samaneh Zandinejad, has started performances since February 3 in Iran Artists Forum in attendance pf Amir Reza Kouhestani, internationally-acclaimed theater director of Iran.

New round of performance of “I…”, which is designed and directed by Farhad Tajvidi, has begun among rare enthusiasm of theater-lovers in Tehran’s Pardise Theater.

“The Last Dream” will start performance in Moje No Theater since February 5.

Sassan Pirouz, director of Odin Teatret performing Aarts workshops, said that more than 300 artists and theater students have registered to attend the workshops, which will start over the weekend.

Hassan Joharchi, Iranian television and cinema actor, passed away of heart attack on Friday.

I Wayan Bawa, who is participating in the Odin Teatret “The Tree” since 2016, has arrived in Tehran on Wednesday.

Minister of culture and Islamic guidance closed the 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival late last night, saying that theater is essential for today's Iran society and youth.

The 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival closed on Tuesday evening, awarding winners. The closing ceremony, which was directed by Nima Dehqan, was presented by Ehsan Karami.

The Fadjr International Theater Festival acts like a window to Iran theater, giving an opportunity to theater lovers to see the works, which have performed throughout the year, again and minimizing the trial and error.

The 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival, which will close tomorrow, will see six performances in the stage section on Monday.

Two new actresses will join “Train”, which is being directed by Hamid-Reza Azarang. Farideh Sepahmansour and Mehraveh Sharifinia are the new cast members of “Train”, irantheater.ir reported.

Mehrdad Rayani-Makhsous, director of Dramatic Arts Center for international affairs, said that new methods of performances and employment of modern technology were yardsticks for selection of works, adding that diversity of performances would help meet needs of theater society and place challenges ...

Behrouz Gharibpour regretted that the Fadjr International Theater Festival was organized with such meager budget.

Kazem Afrandnia, stage, cinema and television actor, died of brain attack.

The closing ceremony of poster, photo and visual Identity, research and playwrighting sections of the 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival was held on Friday, January 27 in Nazerzadeh Kermani Auditorium of Iranshahr Theater.

Theater artists and students of Rokneddin Khosrawi, instructor, author, actor and stage director, who passed away in London less than two weeks ago, attended a ceremony at Vahdat Hall on Friday to pay tribute to the late towering figure of Iran theater before he was buried in Tehran’s Beheshte ...