Supported by Dramatic Arts Center and international institute ITI, the acting school of Hamid Samandarian, beside 70 theater troupes of acting schools from all around the world, will take part in the annual Shakespeare Festival.

Those staying in hotels in Dublin next month may be interested to learn that the Ulster Bank Theatre Festival kicks off on September 24th.

"In comparison with the previous years and despite the poor cultural politics, the obvious progress during last 4 years in theater is not ignorable." One of the well-known playwrights and theater directors, Nader Borhani Marand, said.

The selection committee of the 4th Marivan Street Theater Festival was appointed.

Main Street Theater - Rice Village 2540 Times Blvd. Previews September 5, 6 and 9, 2009 Performances September 10 - October 11, 2009

The deadline of the competitive section of the 6th Ashoura Rites Meeting was extended.

College-Conservatory of Music's free Cohen Family Studio Theater 2009-10 series looks like a gift to theater and opera fans. The season marks the return of two hit debuts from last season: Transmigration, a festival or original student work, and Musicals Redux, the "lost musical" ...

It's show time at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where performers of all types converge on Scotland's capital, hoping to make some money and perhaps get noticed. "The Fringe," as it is commonly known, began as a funky alternative to the more traditional Edinburgh ...

The panel discussion of the performance called "Meeting of Fratricide" directed by Sirous Hemati, was held by the Theater House's Society of Critics, at Kargah Namayesh, in the presence of the director and spectators.

The cast of the new stage project of Nima Dehqan, written by Hamid Reza Azarang, was introduced.

Lest we forget who pays the bills, last year the big Stratford Festival up north in Ontario went back to its original name, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, supporting the retro nomenclature with double fistfuls of the Bard.

The members of the major selection council of the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival were appointed.

The Secretariat of the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival has received 167 sketches and performing ideas.

by Sam Shepard. (US Premiere) Director: Jimmy Fay Cast: TBA Synopsis: Byron and Ames are old friends, re-united by mutual desperation. Over bourbon on ice, they sit, reflect and bicker until fifty years of love, friendship and rivalry are put to the test at the barrel of a gun. Previews: 9 Jan ...

IRAN THEATER – "A committee includes Seyfolah Samadiyan, Siyamak Zomorodi Motlagh, and Naser Erfanian will evaluate 365 works of the Photo & Poster section." the supervisor of this section, Kourosh Peyro, said.

57 troupes throughout the world have applied for the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

Carlo Goldoni monday 7th september, 07:00 PM, The National Theatre of Prague The Servant of Two Masters is a ripe fruit of commedie dell'arte, possessing traditional characters and situations.

The Salzburg Festival, one of the world's most exclusive music fests, opens Saturday, with ticket sales down so far this year as a result of the global economic crisis.

Accompanied by an Iranian troupe, Ali Zafar Qahremani Nejad is going to the Theater Festival of Confrontation in Austria. IRAN THEATER – Late October a troupe called Theater of Communication is going to depart for Vienna with a stage production titled “The Voice of Devil”.

IRAN THEATER -- Jurors of the Playwriting Competition of the 16th Children & Juvenile Theater Festival were introduced.

A large-scale production of Faust in Mandarin will open for the first time in Beijing later this month following a reprise in Shanghai scheduled for Wednesday.

The Aug 5 deadline set by the headquarters of the 7th Razavi International Theater Festival for sending CD of the county’s stage productions. IRAN THEATER – According to the public relations of the 7th Razavi International Theater Festival, the troupes from counties whose texts have been ...

IRAN THEATER – After observing works of 36 applicants of 7 trends, jury of the 8th Annual Competition of the Critics and Authors’ Society of the Theater House includes Dr. Mohammad Hussein Naser Bakht (critic and theater professor), Dr. Mehrdad Hojati (critic and professor of communication) and ...

IRAN THEATER – Public relations of the city theater reports that Saye venue hosts a play called “U Turn” which was seen by a group of 25 spectators from Bulgaria, Turkey, Hungary, Italy, Armenia, and Georgian.

IRAN THEATER -- “The jury members of Photo & Poster section of the 7th Razavi International Theater Festival were determined.” Introducing the jury members, the supervisor of Photo & Poster section, Kourosh Peyro said.

The selection had its premiere on "Skuggar" in February 2009 on the Black Box Theater to great cheers from both the public and the press. The idea is through the spring and summer have been shown both in festival and Porsgrunn International Theater Festival. For those who were not with ...

In order to enrich research’s bases, the headquarters of the 6th Ashoura Rites Meeting has invited researchers to take part in the research section of this meeting via their articles on the combination of theater, religious-Iranian forms and rituals.

Hamilton County's new Christian Youth Theater, which kicks off today, is a dream come true for Lori Rigdon. "Not only am I able to do something that I love, but I feel that Christian Youth Theater will make a positive impact on children, families and our community," said Rigdon, ...

For the first time during the history of the Fadjr festival the bazaar of theater will be held. IRAN THEATER – According to the public relations of Dramatic Arts Center, along side the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival, the first bazaar of theater will be held in order to provide a right ...

At the final ceremony of the 14th International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival on August 7, the head of the Dramatic Arts Center, Hussein Parsayi, appointed Dr. Mohammad Hussein Naser Bakht as director of the 15th round.

The Tisbury Amphitheater is so neatly tucked away in the woods behind Tashmoo Overlook that to a passerby it is almost completely hidden. A narrow, tangled dirt path leads from the side of the road to the theater, which is formed entirely out of its natural surroundings.

“The 9th Book of Ta’ziye” and “Lyrics of Pish Parde Khani in Iran” Were released coincident with the final ceremony of the 14th International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival.

• THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA by Federico García Lorca, in a contemporary

The festival is about to finish, however, the venues and court-yard of the city theater become more and more crowded. Also some well-known faces came in sight among the public. Now read some observations of our reporter:

The 3rd day of the 14th International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival The festival has reached midway point. However, the enthusiasm of the spectators has not deadened yet and it eases off the reporters’ exhaustion. The following is a brief report on the 3rd day of the festival:

he film director Steven Soderbergh — perhaps best known for the “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise and “Traffic,” although his “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” will always come first for some of us — has tipped his hand a bit about his heretofore under-wraps stage project for the Sydney Theater ...

Hosting 23 stage productions and 29 performances of the other sections –includes Ta’ziye, Tea House, and Marionette - the 14th International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival passed halfway.

BEIRUT: The children at Amel Association in the suburbs of south Beirut have been awaiting our arrival all week. Some have already gathered in the center’s main room, where one boy stands inquisitively next to a poster that reads “No child labor allowed” in glaring bold font, while another ...

• Help to Poor Indian Artists There is a charity shop at the entrance hall of The House of Artists, that sells Indian masks by a troupe named “Cho Bangali” to raise money for the poor Indian artists.

The Edinburgh International Festival attracts top class performers of music, theatre, opera and dance from around the world. The festival also creates a prime time to promote the history and culture of Scotland.

3 books were published coincident with the International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival of Tehran.

IRAN THEATER – according to the Dramatic Arts Center’s public relations, at the requests of some directors to take part in the Iranian Theater Panorama section with adapted texts, the headquarters declared that besides the Iranian texts (first priority), adaptation is also acceptable.

The International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival should be a window for representing the rituals.

• 12 of London’s most exciting theatres have clubbed together to give away loads of free tickets to young people under 26, between now and March 2011.

The artistic director of the 14th International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival, Mohammad Hussein Naser Bakht, elaborated on the programs of the festival in a press conference.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director, Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce three of its 2009-2010 season productions. The main stage season at the Linda Gross Theater will mark premieres from Atlantic co-founder David Mamet and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright ...

by Ken Ludwig Bay Area Premiere August 14 – 30 Ives Park, 7400 Willow St., Sebastopol Based on the timeless swashbuckling adventure by Alexandre Dumas, bring your whole family outdoors for the second production of the 2009 Sebastopol Shakespeare Festival and experience heroism, treachery, ...

Today the major problem of the ritual-traditional theater is their script, and if the problem is not resolved, it will irreparably mar this genre of the performing art.

The City of Tehran is connected to all of the associations and institutions through its Artistic & Cultural Organization and we ask them to increase their cooperation with the artistic and cultural activities.

“In the case of receiving any requisitions, we will send our inspectors to resolve the problem.” Mohsen Hashemi said about not finishing the project of the city theater’s subway station.

By Edward Bond A room in a high rise flat. The window overlooks the city street. A woman reads a story in a newspaper. It shatters her world. Her hopes for herself and the child she is carrying turn to fear. She tries to explain to her partner. He will not listen: “That kid’s a curse on me. ...

IRAN THEATER – “the usual dramatic forms we have in Iran are widely under the influence of western theater.” Member of the Islamic Congress, Javad Ariyan Manesh, said in a talk with the headquarters of the 14th International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival.

Built in 1927, then the Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center is Pittsburgh’s premier stage for live theater. Holding 2,885 people the Benedum is also Pittsburgh’s largest theater, beating out Heinz Hall by about two hundred seats.

"One of the most efficient ways to challenge the effects of the foreign cultures is to develop the native rituals of a nation and fortunately the sublime Iranian culture possesses a great wealth of rituals, which should be studied throughout."

Of all of Shakespeare's comedies, "As You Like It" might just be the most difficult to follow. The comedy of romance and mistaken identity contains cross-dressing, character doubling and a fly-by gallery of supporting clowns whose paths intersect with a velocity that can make your ...

Today the more we proceed, the more we go far from our national theater, which in no wise deserves it.

Three stage productions made their way to the stage section of the 14th International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival and the selection process came to an end. According to the reports from the festival's headquarters those three works are as follows:

WROCLAW, POLAND — Richard Schechner and Philip Arnoult, longstanding members of American theater’s avant-garde, chatted on the crowded staircase of The Centre for Study of Jerzy Grotowski’s Work and for Cultural and Theatrical Research as they waited in line for the final performance of Teatr ...

Chelsea’s Apollinaire Theatre Company will be staging classic works from the Theater of the Absurd: The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower by Jean Cocteau, Jack, or The Submission by Eugene Ionesco, and Humulus the Mute by Jean Anouilh. The performances are free (yes, free!) and will be performed at Mary ...

Arcadia, Tom Stoppard’s 'richest, most ravishing comedy' (NY Times), is a dazzling, witty masterpiece of misunderstanding and quest for knowledge, resonating across centuries.