2018 Fadjr Int'l Theater Festival in Iran calls for entries

Call for entries in 10 different categories for Iran’s 2018 Fadjr International Theater Festival has officially opened.

Over 250 works were submitted to the festival’s last edition, amongst which 20 different theatrical productions were finally selected.

Fadjr International Theater Festival is annually held in Iran during the Fajr (also spelled as Fadjr) Decade (literally meaning ten days of dawn) which marks the anniversary of the ten days from the return of Imam Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, to Iran (February 1) until the victory day of the Islamic Revolution (February 11) in 1979.

The festival included categories such as 'New Generation of Iranian Theater Practitioners', 'Annual Review of Iranian Theater Performances', 'International Performances', 'Guests'  and 'Environmental, Interactive and the Other Kinds of Outdoor Theater Performance', '+Fadjr', 'Playwriting Competition', 'Contest and Exhibition of Photography of Theater', and 'The Contest and Posters Exhibition and Visual Identity'.

According to the announcement, the festival’s 36th edition will be held January 21 - February 1, 2018 in the Iranian capital city of Tehran.

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