Int’l performances to be staged at Fadjr Theater Festival

20 plays from 12 different countries are set to participate at the 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

The plays are from Spain, France, Iraq, Turkey, Georgia, Poland, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Greece and Japan while there is joint Iranian-Dutch production present at the festival.

Over 250 works were submitted to the festival, which is the biggest and most prestigious performing arts event in Iran, and 20 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 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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