A press conference about the 5th City Theater Festival took place in the Artistic Cultural Organization of Tehran Municipality on Monday.

It is needed the performance of “Jahesheh”, a piece on Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), will continue until the Sacred Defense Week (September 22-28).

The Marivan 11th International Street Theater Festival has finalized the review of the submitted works, announcing 23 pieces to take part in the event.

The 5th City Theater Festival will pay a tribute to Maryam Motaref and Akbar Zanjanpour during its upcoming edition.

The first session of a narration of a set, which includes review sessions about plays on resistance, Islamic revolution and sacred defense, took place in Sarv Theater last night.

The 23rd International Children and Young Adults Theater Festival will hold a competition of essay writing to commemorate the 100 anniversary of Iran children and young adults theater.

The three first month of the Iranian calendar year to June 21 witnessed a variety of shows, providing a picture about quantity of works to experts and analysts.

Mehdi Shafiei appointed Marzieh Boroumand, secretary of Tehran-Mobarak 17th International Puppet Festival.

The 23rd International Children and Young Adults Theater Festival will have an international competition to award the best photos and posters.

Houshang Jamshidian, director of Isfahan Dramatic Arts Association, said that 14 new theater halls would open in Isfahan.

A competition of play writing for the youth will be held on the fringe of the Abuja Children Theater Festival in Nigeria.

“Portrait of a Fallen Man”, co-written and co-directed by Gholamhossein Dowlatabadi and Araz Barseghian, will be staged since Monday, September 4, in Sangelaj Theater with Asghar Hemmat playing the character of Abdolhossein Noushin.

India has announced the 7th edition of Muktadhara - the bi-annual Forum Theatre Festival, which will be held on December 5-20 at Badu, Kolkata.

Alireza Koushk Jalali said that he would stage "I Shall Not Hate" in the German city of Cologne.

Director of the Dramatic Arts Center, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, stressed that the government would support the country's theater, giving high priority to interaction with artists and theater groups.

The third provincial tour of bricolage and performance of “Death Spreads Fairly” will be held in Golestan province with Nader Mashayekhi, Mehdi Behboudi and Shoka Hosseini in attendance.

Director of Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Theater Festival said that the puppet shows would have a good audience in the future if the children were educated with the features of this style of theater.

Ali Nasirian, a veteran theater and cinema actor, described the late Davoud Rashidi as one of the pioneers of Iran’s modern theater.

Iran Rad said that artists like Davoud Rashidi would live through their works.

The secretary of Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival believes enthusiasm and interest of families to take part in the festival, aiming to create a joyful time for their children, is positive.

The veteran cinema, theater and TV actor, Jamshid Mashayekhi, said that he has had a very good cooperation with the fellow artist Davoud Rashidi, who passed away yesterday at the age of 83.

Ali Jannati, minister of culture and Islamic guidance, expressed condolences to the family of legendary actor Davoud Rashidi.

The body of Davoud Rashidi will be laid to rest from Vahdat Hall to artist section of Beheshte Zahra (SA) cemetery on Sunday morning.

The “Song of Sun & Moon”, which tells the story of creation, is welcomed by the Iranian audience.

An exhibition, “In the Memory of Master” including photos and puppets of Javad Zolfaghari opened on Tuesday at the lobby of City Theater.

Saeed Asadi, the secretary of 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival, appointed Hossein Pakdel, Javad Atefeh and Rouzbeh Hosseini as the members of the jury to judge the competition section of play writing of the festival.

Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival inaugurated in the evening of the first day of the last Iranian month of summer amongst the joy of the children of Tehran, who had come with their parents to Vahdat Hall to celebrate the opening.

Mehdi Shafei, the director of the Dramatic Arts Center, sent a message on the opening of the Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival.

Ali Moradkhani, deputy minister of culture and Islamic guidance for art affairs, issued a message to the Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival.

Ali Janati, Iran’s minister of culture and Islamic guidance, gave a message on the occasion of inauguration of Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival.

Samad Chniforoushan has translated two books “The Director’s Eye” by John Ahart and “Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theater”.

The outdoor space of Tehran’s City Theater will host puppet shows for children concurrent with Tehran-Mobarak International Puppet Festival on August 22-28.

The Dramatic Arts Center, Dramatic Arts Association and the secretariat of the 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival will held a research conference with the theme of “City, Citizenship & Theater” with the cooperation of the art department of Tehran Municipality’s Art and Culture ...

Mohammad Ali Najafi, an advisor to president, and other political figures watched “Dr Mosaddegh’s Nightly Reports” on Thursday.

Iran Rad said that the new headquarters of Theater House and its auditorium are being ready but needs fund.

“Count to One”, a piece written and directed by Zahra Sabri, was welcomed by the audience in Monaco and dedicated to Donya Fanizadeh, Iran’s great puppet performer.

Saeed Asadi, secretary of the 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival, has appointed Reza Moatarian as director of photography for competition and exhibition.

The press conference of Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival was held in the conference hall of the City Complex. Marzieh Boroumand, the secretary of the festival, Payman Shariati, executive secretary of the festival and director of the City Theater, Kayvan Nakhaei, the director of the ...

The director of the Dramatic Arts Center was praised in the festival.

The 23rd International Children & Young Adults Theater Festival announced the admitted works of the plan and idea for the competition section of children and street plays.

The results of the plans and ideas submitted to the new environmental, interactional and other performance of the outdoor section of the 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival announced.

Iraj Rad explained how he joined the cast of “Dr Mosaddegh’s Nightly Reports” to play Roosevelt and future plans.

The play reading session of “Tell Me You Will Forgive Me” will be held later this month to raise fund for an autism charity.

Tehran-Mobarak 16th Puppet Festival will inaugurate with a puppet carnival like previous editions.

“The History of Era”, which is written and directed by Ebrahim Shakeri, is among the participants of the stage section of the Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival. This young director will stage his piece by using new techniques.

“Peter the Tiger” from Ukraine and “Odyssey” from Russia and “The Writer” from the Netherlands are among participants of the international section of Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival.

“Count to One”, a piece by “Yaas Tamam” Group, is written and directed by Zahra Sabri. The show will perform on August 13 at Fort Antoine Festival. The piece had performances in Sweden, Germany, Russia, Itlay, Portugal and France.

Seyyed Saeed Mousavi Razi, who has written and directed “4:23 Before Incident”, said that his show will use multimedia and animation and will be shown in the outdoor section of the Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival.