PÂVAKATHAKALI

PÂVAKATHAKALI

TWO EPISODES FROM THE MÂHABHÂRATA KALYANA SAUGANDHIKAM (In Quest of the Fragrant Flower) DURYODHANA VADHAM (Duryodhana’s Murder)

David Hare gets 'Blu'

David Hare gets &#039Blu&#039

David Hare has tapped Virginia Grise's play "Blu," about a Mexican-American family's response to the loss of its oldest son in Iraq, as the 2010 winner of the annual Yale Drama Series competition.

Omar Sharif to star in Egypt version of King Lear

Omar Sharif to star in Egypt version of King Lear

A new King Lear is in the making. According to reports, Egyptian-born Oscar-nominated actor Omar Sharif is to play the patriarch in a new film adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear set in the modern Middle East.

Awal Theater Festival-6

Awal Theater Festival-6

MORE than 32 Bahraini artists, writers and thespians have been honoured as part of the sixth annual Awal Theatre Festival.

Harold Prince nabs Monte Cristo award

Harold Prince nabs Monte Cristo award

Director-producer Harold Prince will receive this year's annual Monte Cristo Award from the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center of Waterford, Conn. for his lifelong contributions to the American and international theater.

Tokyo troupe separates mice from men

Tokyo troupe separates mice from men

The Tokyo International Players, an English-language theater group founded 113 years ago, will perform "Of Mice and Men" this month.

Karbi Youth Fest gets under way

Karbi Youth Fest gets under way

The 36th Karbi Youth Festival got under way at Taralangso, Diphu with a five-day programme today. Additional Chief Secretary of West Bengal Pawan Singh Engti inaugurated the festival at a function this evening in the presence of thousands of people.

World Theatre Day Message

World Theatre Day Message

World Theatre Day is an opportunity to celebrate Theatre in all its myriad forms. Theatre is a source of entertainment and inspiration and has the ability to unify the many diverse cultures and peoples that exist throughout the world.

Theater Review: ‘The Wedding’

Theater Review: ‘The Wedding’

CHICAGO—Bertolt Brecht, who wrote such famous works as Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Good Person of Szechwan, and perhaps the most well known, The Threepenny Opera, also wrote a marvelous Bavarian folk comedy (with music) entitled A Respectable Wedding.

Istanbul to host world puppets

Istanbul to host world puppets

As part of the 13th International Istanbul Puppet Festival, World Puppet Day will be celebrated March 21 and the World Puppet Exhibition will open simultaneously.

Shake-up behind the curtain

Shake-up behind the curtain

The National Theater of Korea marks its 60th birthday this year after decades of preserving and staging traditional Korean performing arts.

Azade Ansari to Stage Macando in Finland

Azade Ansari to Stage Macando in Finland

Azade Ansari is going to stage "Macando" at the Finland Puppet Festival. IRAN THEATER – directed by Azade Ansari, Macando will be stage in the Finland Puppet Festival which will take place from May 25 to 29.

Russia marks Chekhov's 150th anniversary

Russia marks Chekhov&#039s 150th anniversary

Russia celebrated the 150th birthday of renowned 19th-century Russian novelist and playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov on Friday with a series of cultural events held across the country.

Danny Boyle Wants His Own ‘Frankenstein’

Danny Boyle Wants His Own ‘Frankenstein’

Now let’s see. How many versions of “Frankenstein” will this make? Danny Boyle, the director of the Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” is to direct a stage adaptation of “Frankenstein,” based on the novel by Mary Shelley, The Guardian reported.

Final Day of Fadjr Festival

Final Day of Fadjr Festival

IRAN THEATER – Yesterday the 9th night of the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival passed. Bellow is some news of the final night of the festival;

Student Association in France welcomes Tet

Student Association in France welcomes Tet

To welcome the Lunar New Year festival (Tet), the Vietnamese Student Association in France will hold a number of cultural events, including a special program themed “Hello Spring 2010-Young Talent” to be held at the Gymnase Marie Bell Theatre in Paris on February 21.

The confluence of Chhau

The confluence of Chhau

Mumbai: Since Keli, the cultural organization that supports dying performance arts in the country started back in 1992, its festival director K Ramachandran had big hopes for it.

Among the Crowd

Among the Crowd

Rahim Abdolrahim Zade and Nikoo Mahdie- IRAN THEATER – The 1st day of the Fadjr Festival witnessed so many events which are briefly reported.

“War and Peace” finally released

“War and Peace” finally released

The world premiere of Prokofiev’s original and uncensored version of his epic opera “War and Peace” will be finally unveiled on January 22 in Glasgow.

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) brings Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece The Caucasian Chalk Circle to the Bay Area in a fresh take from Tony Award-winning director and designer John Doyle, whose work has been hailed by critics as "ferociously inventive.

Fourth Fujairah International Monodrama Festival

Fourth Fujairah International Monodrama Festival

4th Fujairah International Monodrama Festival from January 14 to 22, 2010. TCG/ITI-US is representing the United States for the first time at the Festival and will contribute through performance, dialogue and the signing of a cultural and artistic cooperation agreement with the Fujairah Culture and ...

Poland and Italy in Fadjr Festival

Poland and Italy in Fadjr Festival

The 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival will start on Jan 22. IRAN THEATER – Most of the foreign productions of the festival belong to Poland and Italy, news center of the festival reported. “Babel” by Josef Marcoky, “The Table” by Carbido Theater Company, “Perfume of Time” by ...

Winter Fest Beckons Children to Daehangno

Winter Fest Beckons Children to Daehangno

The sixth ASSITEJ (International Association of Theater for Children and Young People) Korea Winter Festival, the largest children's performing arts event, will take place from Jan. 9 to 17 at various venues in Daehangno with eight productions from four countries.

Narrations of Revolution in Fadjr Festival

Narrations of Revolution in Fadjr Festival

Directed by Peyman Shariati, “Narrations of Revolution” will be performed by young and veteran narrators at the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

Mashdi Ebad in Fadjr Theater Festival

Mashdi Ebad in Fadjr Theater Festival

The outstanding musical “Olmasion Bu Olson” which is known as “Mashdi Ebad”, will be staged by Baku artists at the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

1st Iranian Theater Marketing

1st Iranian Theater Marketing

46theater companies will take part in the 1st Iranian Theater Marketing. IRAN THEATER – The theater companies which will participate in this Marketing are as follows:

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

by Tom Stoppard and André Previn National Theater of Poland - Following a sell-out run in 2009, the National's electrifying production returns for a strictly limited run in January 2010.

Contacting The World

Contacting The World

Since 2002 Contact has hosted Contacting The World, a biannual international project which brings together young people from around the world to create new theatre. Twinning companies so they can collaborate, exchange members and share ideas Contacting The World culminates in a two-week showcase and ...