Monday saw the beginning of the Golden Mask, a Russian theatre festival and the National Theatre Award established in 1994 by the Theatre Union of Russia.

The draft protocol in theatre field has been signed between Performing arts Office and Secretary General of the international festival of Georgia’s Tbilisi.

Kabul’s Azdar Theatre put up a delightful performance of Dario Fo’s monologue “The Tale of a Tiger” at the Bharat Rang Mahotsav in New Delhi. Based on a Chinese folk play, the story describes the journey of a soldier who is injured during Mao’s Long March.

On 6 Bahman ( Jan .25) a meeting took place between Directng Manager of Performing Arts and Arthur Ghoukasian Armenia’s “Hyefest “ Theater Festival, by Mehdi Shafeie administrative & financial director of Performing Arts Office and Peyman Shariatie executive director of the ...

Oscar-winning screenwriter and Tony Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard will receive the Writers Guild of America West's 2013 Laurel Award for Screen.

“ From Switzerland, “Mess & Fiber”, “Amber & Daronbz” from Lebanon and “MIM Studio” from Armenia entered Iran to perform at 31st Fadjr Int’l Theater Festival.

News conference for the 31st Fadjr Intl. Theater Festival was held today 25 Dey (Jan.14) with participation of Qader Ashena Directing Manager of performing arts, Saeid Kashan Festival Secretariat, Peiman Shariati Executive Manager of the Festival and a few artists and reporters at conference hall ...

David Kaplan, Curator of Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, is set to share the craft of Williams' monologues in an acting workshop at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. The workshop, titled "Telling A Story: What Acting in Tennessee Williams Plays ...

  In the international section of the 31st Fadjr Int’l Theater Festival 9 theatrical pieces from Iran, Switzerland, Australia, Hungary, Lebanon, South Korea, Italy, Azerbaijan and Armenia took part.

As in some cities with great artistic activity all takes place during January's International Theater Festival in Santiago de Chile. This international event is the largest cultural event in the capital. During the days on which the festival takes place, there are different plays in different ...

Theatre lovers can grab their paddles and start rowing their way to this year’s 2013 Canoe Theatre Festival, starting next week.

The 5th edition of International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFoK) kick starts today at the open-air stage of Sangeeta Nataka Academy in Thrissur as K C Joseph, Minister for Culture, Rural Development and Planning, inaugurate the ceremony.

Manager of online ticket outlet for participated plays at 31st Fadjr International Theater Festival announced the advance selling of this year’s Festival plays tickets.

Towne Street Theatre's 6th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival will present ten unique plays in honor of Black History Month, and celebrating TST's 20th season of producing quality theatre in Los Angeles.

Nobel Prize-winning author Harold Pinter’s modern classic is an intricate, intimate unveiling of the moments leading to the ultimate break in trust. In its 33 years, Perseverance has never produced Harold Pinter – we look forward to sharing this Nobel Prize-winning author’s work ...

The Qatari play The Last Show will open the fifth annual Arab Theatre Festival tomorrow at the Qatar National Theatre.

The Debate Society’s “Blood Play,” Leev Theatre Group’s “Hamlet, Prince of Grief,” Pig Iron Theatre Company’s “Zero Cost House,” and Elevator Repair Service’s “Arguendo” are some of the works in the annual festival. Opens ...

  National Children’s Theatre Festival 2013 will kick off tomorrow at Rabindra Bhawan here with the play Final Justice from Bihar. The five-day festival organized by the Guwahati Sishu Natya Vidyalaya will provide an opportunity to the theatre lovers to get a glimpse of the ...

Phyllida Lloyd directs an all-female company in Shakespeare’s raw and eternal study of power. This production marks Phyllida Lloyd’s return to theatre, and to the Donmar stage, after her film The Iron Lady.

Deputy of Arts said: Presently the main issue regarding the budget is the ratio of theatre budget to cinema which is 1 to 6 and unfair.

Stark Naked Theater Company continues its highly anticipated season with Yasmina Reza's award winning play God of Carnage. The upcoming production of God of Carnage is the first production of Reza's play which features a Houston cast and creative team.

A cooperation memorandum of understanding has been signed by Ghader Ashena, Director General of Iran’s Performing Arts Center and Cultural & Education Director General of State Prison Organization, Seyed Ali Tahami.

The 18th Entepach International Theater Festival will be held in Chile. The festival is organized by the theater company "Temachi" and Municipality Sheelan, and with the participation of Colombia, Venezuela, France, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Congo, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, ...

California Lutheran University has been invited to stage one of its productions at the prestigious Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for the third consecutive year.

The Illinois State University School of Theatre’s production of Mother Courage and Her Children has been selected for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF).

The annual Nandikar National Theatre Festival is the biggest theatre carnival of Kolkata and one of the largest in the country as well. 19 plays have been selected for the 29th Nandikar National Theatre Festival to be held from December 16 to 25 this year at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata

9 Italian theatre companies announce their readiness to take part at the International Fadjr Theatre Festival.

“Lady Bologna” mutually directed by Mehdi Nasiri and Armenian artist will be executed on 3-14 February 2013 in Rome and Milan.

“Leave of Absence for a Few Days’play of “Shamayel” group written by Raouf Dashti and directed by Seyyed Hojjat Tabatabayie has received a warm welcome after two performances in Nepal’s capital, Katmandu.

The project of supporting the establishment of city theatres in provincial central cities throughout the country have been notified by the Deputy of Arts of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

Selection round of staging works of 31st Fadjr International Theater Festival will begin on December 12, 2012.

Actress Scarlett Johansson is rumored to be earning top dollar for the Broadway play "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."

The 4th edition of the national cultural festival of Amazighe Theater opened on Monday night at regional theater of Batna in a friendly atmosphere enhanced by the rousing sounds of local folk groups. The opening ceremony of the annual event was attended by a large crowd and important dignitaries ...

That's what Andrew Ross, artistic director of the Brisbane Powerhouse, wants people to do at the fourth World Theatre Festival in February 2013.

We wish to thank all those nice people who responded to our call for applications for the above event. The selection committee has Short Listed the following groups.

One of the longest-running festivals in the city is back for another year: The Jakarta Theater Festival, presenting 16 theater groups that have advanced to the final competition, through Dec. 13. 

The 13th Kuwait Theater Festival kicks off here next week, it was announced on Thursday. 

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) will host the third edition of its annual theatre festival, Centrestage, from December 6 to 16, in association with Ashvin Gidwani Productions. This year, 16 plays will be performed in a total of six languages by theatre troupes from Mumbai, ...

Steppenwolf Theatre members Tracy Letts (author of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County) and Amy Morton (Tony Award nominee for August: Osage County) face off as one of theatre's most notoriously dysfunctional couples in Edward Albee's hilarious and harrowing ...

Aspiring and ambitious, theater director Wang Chong is on a mission to overthrow the dated stage techniques that dominate Chinese theater today.

In most mythologists beliefs like Mirca Elliyade, Rolan Bart and Karl Gustav Yung legends are not things of the past, they neither die nor vanish from humankind’s life, but continue their existence in contemporary human’s life by deformation and strongly affect it.

Quintessence Theatre Group opens its third season with Shakespeare’s tragedy OTHELLO.

New Adventures year of celebration culminates with the World Premiere of Matthew Bourne’s latest re-imagining of an iconic and beloved ballet classic.

New Jersey based Gujarati theater group, Shakuntal Arts will present the one act play. Gandhi is based on popular Gujarati folk (Bhavai).

A ten-day International Theatre Festival marking the 20th anniversary of Theatre Art Unit (TAU) begins today at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

Hollywood actress Cate Blanchett has been shortlisted for a major theatre award for her first stage performance in 13 years.

Dear colleagues, I am delighted to inform you that Shanghai Theatre Academy will host The 7th Shanghai International Experimental Theatre Festival during October 18 – 25, 2013. An international academic seminar will be held during the same period. I would like to invite a production ...

Scholars, practitioners, and students from all over the world will be gathering in Shanghai to share their experiences and traditions, to explore the physical, theoretical, and theatrical geographies of contemporary performance, and to contribute to this city's ongoing transformation.