57 plays to be staged at ‘+Fadjr’

57 plays have been scheduled to go on stage at ‘+Fadjr’ (Plus Fadjr) section of the 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

Works by Darioush Modabian, Mohammad Rahmanian, Mohammad Yaqubi, Mohammad Hasan Majouni, Ayda Keikhani, Arvand Dasht-Aray and Farhad Sharifi are among plays set to be performed at the event.

‘+Fadjr’ section was added to the festival last year to support independent performance groups and private theaters across the country.

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 includes “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” sections.

The 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival is held from December 30, 2016 to January 31, 2017 in the Iranian capital city of Tehran.

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