The Inner Monster Of Steve Jobs Comes Alive On An Iranian Stage With Mehrān Ranjbar’s Tale
Written, directed, and played by Mehrān Ranjbar, Steve Jobs was staged from October 18 to December...
Read MorePosted by Somayeh Khani | 1st Feb 2019 | Iran, Review
Written, directed, and played by Mehrān Ranjbar, Steve Jobs was staged from October 18 to December...
Read MorePosted by Proshot Kalami | 27th Dec 2018 | Essay, Iran, Transmedia
In 2013, Goosan Artistic Group, an Iranian group of performance artists, created a promenade...
Read MorePosted by Laura Bisaillon | 8th Nov 2018 | Australia, Essay, Iran, Transcultural Collaborations
In the summer of 2015, I conducted fieldwork in Tehran and Qom, Iran, with a small team of...
Read MorePosted by Baharak Sahami | 10th Aug 2018 | Iran, Review
The first thing drawing my attention before I watched the play was its title. Mischief reminded me...
Read MorePosted by Marjan Moosavi | 9th Jun 2018 | Canada, Documentary Theatre, Iran, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender
Acclimatization refers to the process by which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its...
Read MorePosted by Marjan Moosavi | 19th Jan 2018 | Essay, Immersive Theatre, Iran
Yuval Sharon was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant” for...
Read MorePosted by Baharak Sahami | 2nd Dec 2017 | Directing, Iran, Review
Mrs. Pistols is an outstanding example of an Iranian play that meets the intellectual and...
Read MorePosted by Farhang Farbod | 22nd Oct 2017 | Festivals, Iran, Review
The 18th Traditional and Ritual Theatre Festival was held September 1–6 in Tehran. The festival...
Read MorePosted by Aida Rocci | 18th Oct 2017 | Iran, Playwriting, Review
Seven years ago, a new play challenged the role of the actor, the playwright, the audience, and the capacity of one individual to travel. The play was White Rabbit Red Rabbit, written by the mysterious Nassim Soleimanpour, an Iranian writer who encouraged the audience to email him with impressions about his play.
Read MorePosted by Marjan Moosavi | 6th Sep 2017 | Interview, Iran, Playwriting
To read Part I of this interview, click here. Amin Azimi is an Iranian theatre researcher,...
Read MorePosted by Marjan Moosavi | 31st Aug 2017 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Iran
Amin Azimi is an Iranian theatre researcher, dramaturg, translator, and director. He studied...
Read MorePosted by Baharak Sahami | 6th Aug 2017 | Iran, Theatre and Politics
The Whispers Behind the Battle Line, a tragicomedy by Ali Reza Naderi and directed by Mohammad...
Read MorePosted by Marjan Moosavi | 8th Jun 2017 | Essay, Iran, Theatre and Politics
Independent theatres around the world pursue a twofold socio-economic and artistic goal and aim to make financial resources accessible to all individuals and groups as well as developing new theatrical experiences. The broad...
Read MorePosted by Ali Pour Issa | 26th Apr 2017 | Adaptation, Iran
How do Iranian artists adapt Shakespeare’s drama? The Iranian directors, Mohammad Aghebati and...
Read MorePosted by Baharak Sahami | 14th Apr 2017 | Iran, Theatre and Politics
To the Steel-Helmet Wearers, written and directed by Pejmān Abdi, is a tragi-comic fantasy about...
Read MorePosted by Baharak Sahami | 7th Apr 2017 | Iran
The Mafia, written and directed by Afrooz Forouzand, invites audiences to a mysteriously...
Read MorePosted by Marjan Moosavi | 24th Feb 2017 | Festivals, Iran
The 35th edition of the Fadjr International Theatre Festival (FITF) ran from 20–31 January 2017,...
Read MorePosted by Baharak Sahami | 1st Feb 2017 | Iran, Review
The Kitchen, a one-hour, forty-minute play directed by Mohammad Hassan Ma’jooni, was staged in...
Read MorePosted by Marjan Moosavi | 25th Jan 2017 | Iran, News
The highlights of Iranian theatre in the last 12 months (1394–1395 Persian calendar) include...
Read MorePosted by Marjan Moosavi | 1st Jan 2017 | Festivals, Iran, News, Theatre and Disability
Isfahan, known as the cultural capital of Iran, hosted the Fourth International Festival of...
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