Director of "The Blind Owl" writes about his motivation of staging it as the piece is on stage in Charsou Hall of the City Theater Complex.

Deputy culture minister for artistic affairs visited the Puppet Museum in Ferdowsi Hall in Tehran on Monday.

"Karname-ye Bondar-e Bidakhsh", which is written by internationally-acclaimed Iranian playwright and director Bahram Beyzai, will be performed in Arghanoun Theater. Arash Arshadad will direct the piece. It is the second time Mr Arshadad will stage the play in Arghanoun Theater.

The Selection Board of the stage section of the 18th Ritual/Traditional Theater Festival has chosen 41 plays for the review stage.

The 6th City Theater Festival, which is organized by the Cultural and Artistic Organization of Tehran Municipality, will adopt a new approach in the current Iranian year (started on March 21).

Dariush Moadabian, translator and veteran theater director, will direct "Golgasht in Golestan" in the 18th Ritual/Traditional Theater Festival.

Ali Masoudi has been invited to take part in the Festive Week of the Odin Teatret as guest.

Most private-run theatre halls are hosting new plays in Persian New Year, which was started on March 21.

"Shelter", which is directed by Amin Miri, has its last performance on Friday in Qashqaei Hall of the City Theatre Complex as deputy president for women and family affairs watched the piece.

"Starry Flight", which is written and directed by Nima Beiglarian, will be performed in late April in Frankfurt, Germany.

Iran Theater: Shiva Masoudi, the associate professor at Tehran University's Performing Arts Faculty, has started performing "Responsibility for Breaking Dead Silence", a play by Mona Ahmad and Hossein Maaref, for a few days in main auditorium of Mowlavi Theatre Complex.

"Highway", which is written and directed by Abolfazl Haji Alikhani, opened in a show attended by a number of veteran theatre artists.

Reza Saberi, noted theatre director and playwright, said that "Eight Journey" would be perfomed in the holy city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran and one of his successful plays would be re-produced for Tehran show.

Amir Dejakam, theatre director and author, attended the press conference of "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui", a play by German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Amir Karbalaeizadeh, Nargest Mohammadi and Morteza Aqahosseini who will act in the play and Hamed Faqihi, the signer, took part in the press ...

Namayesh House will open its Persian New Year pieces with "The Glass Menagerie", a five-character play by Tennessee Williams.

"Conference of Birds, Attar", a joint production of Iran and France, will be staged in Paris.

Saeed Dakh will be directing "Night Sonata" in Entezami Auditorium of Iran Artists Forum as of April 4.

Sangelaj Theatre welcomed 1205 spectators who came to watch “A Marriage Proposal” during the first eight days of the Persian New Year, which was started on March 21.

Iraj Rad, director and actor, said that posters of Iran Theatre, some of which dating back a century, will be displayed in Iran Artists Forum.

Behrouz Gharibpour, noted director, acknowledged that he had started designing and building National Museum of Iran Theatre, hoping that it would open in fall.

New schedule of the City Theatre Complex including main auditorium, Charsou, Sayeh, Qashqaei, Plateau and Café is released.

Top winners of the 35th Fadjr International Theatre Festival will perform "…and a Few More Stories" as the first show of Samandarian Auditorium of Iranshahr Theatre Complex in the Persian New Year, which began on March 21.

Doors of Puppet Opera Museum will open for public on April 3.

"Heritage" street theatre will be performed in Rahian-e Nour National Theatre Conference for four days to commemorate Shalamcheh.

Behrouz Gharibpour said that launch of a puppet museum was result of studious labor and joining of hands by cultural officials and artists, irantheater.ir reported.

Behrouz Gharibpour said that educating manipulation of puppets to the interested audiences were included in Puppet Opera Museum, which would open tomorrow on the National Theatre Day.

Minister of culture and Islamic guidance visited legendary Iranian stage, screen and television actor Ali Nasirian in a meeting attended by deputy minister for artistic affairs and director general of Dramatic Arts Center on the occasion of the World Theatre Day on March 27.

Hadi Marzban, veteran stage director, believes traditions and rituals of Nowruz, Persian New Year which coincides with Spring Equinox, must be preserved because the identity of the Iranian nation is tied to this preservation.

Iran Theater: The report is going to introduce the top-selling theatre pieces of the last Persian year, which ended on March 20. It will introduce pieces performed in the City Theatre Complex, Vahdat Hall, Iranshahr Theatre Complex of the Theatre Office last year.

Iran Theater opened on March 23 with “A Marriage Proposal” in Sangelaj Theater at the presence of managing director of Dramatic Arts Center, Mahdi Shafiees.

Noted Iranian Actor Ali Nasirian gave a message to honor the World Theatre Day, which is celebrated every year for the past 55 years on March 27.

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova gave a message to honor the World Theatre Day, which is celebrated every year for the past 55 years on March 27.

Iran Theater will open on March 23 with “A Marriage Proposal” in Sangelaj Theater.

Asghar Hemmat, managing director of Iran Theatre Forum, released a message on the occasion of Sping Equinox and Persian New Year, which began on March 21.

Parviz Bashardouste, stage actor, author and director, was laid to rest in Tehran’s Beheshte Zahra Cemetery on March 22 from Vahdat Hall.

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.