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2022-02-16 18:35
Play blending Attar tale, Shakespeare tragedy tops at Fajr Intl. Theater Festival
TEHRAN – “A Requiem for Julius Caesar and Several Birds of Simorgh” has won awards in several categories, including best play, at the 40th Fajr International Theater Festival.
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2022-02-12 19:37
Azerbaijani troupe performs play on 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war at Fajr festival
TEHRAN – An Azerbaijani group performed a tragedy about the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war at the 40th Fajr International Theater Festival on Friday.
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2022-02-05 19:03
Italian, French troupes scratch Fajr gigs due to homeland COVID-19 rules
TEHRAN – The Fajr International Theater Festival announced on Saturday that two troupes from Italy and France have canceled their performances at the Iranian festival due to COVID-19 restrictions for departure from their country of origin.
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2021-01-27 18:54
Fajr theater festival to honor four stage elites with lifetime achievement awards
TEHRAN – Four Iranian theater elites will be honored with lifetime achievement awards at the 39th Fajr International Theater Festival this year, the director of the festival has said.
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2021-01-13 18:57
28 plays to compete at 39th Fajr Intl. Theater Festival
TEHRAN – 28 plays have been selected for the national competition section of the 39th Fajr International Theater Festival, the organizers announced on Wednesday.
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2021-01-11 18:24
Fajr Soldier of the Revolution picks 12 street plays
TEHRAN – The 39th Fajr International Theater Festival has selected 12 plays for the Soldier of the Revolution, a section dedicated to street theater, the organizers announced on Monday.
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2020-10-14 18:27
Iran cancels intl. competition of Fajr theater festival as global coronavirus cases grow
TEHRAN – Director of the Fajr International Theater Festival said on Wednesday that the international competition of the 2021 edition of the event will not be held due to a spike in coronavirus cases around the globe.
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2020-07-12 18:46
New president says Fajr Intl. Theater Festival 2021 likely to go online
TEHRAN – The new president of the Fajr International Theater Festival has said that the 2021 edition of the event will likely be held online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-07-01 18:32
“Love Resurrection” director Mosafer-Astaneh appointed president of Fajr theater festival
TEHRAN – Director Hossein Mosafer-Astaneh, who is most famous for his play “Love Resurrection” about the life of the Persian poet Molana Jalal al-Din Rumi, has been selected as the new president of the Fajr International Theater Festival.
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2020-02-11 18:28
By Samaneh Aboutalebi
“A Stranger at Home” scoops awards at Fajr theater festival
TEHRAN – Iranian director Seyyed Mohammad Mosavat’s play “A Stranger at Home” has scooped the main awards, including the grand prize, at the 38th Fajr International Theater Festival (FITF).
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2020-02-03 19:12
Iranian Theater Market opens in Tehran
TEHRAN – The Iranian Theater Market opened on the sidelines of the 38th Fajr International Theater Festival (FITF) at Tehran’s City Theater Complex on Sunday.
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2020-02-03 19:06
Polish troupe performs “Silence” on child victims of wars at Fajr
TEHRAN – Polish troupe Teatr Biuro Podrozy performed their acclaimed play “Silence”, which highlights children as the most numerous victims of wars in the Middle East, during the 38th Fajr International Theater Festival.
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2020-01-26 18:13
Fajr festival to honor 4 theater elites with lifetime achievement awards
TEHRAN – Four Iranian theater elites will be honored with lifetime achievement awards at the 38th Fajr International Theater Festival.
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2020-01-19 18:41
Eugenio Barba, Romeo Castellucci postpone programs at Fajr theater festival
TEHRAN – The organizers of the 38th Fajr International Theater Festival announced Sunday that the theater companies of Italian stage directors Eugenio Barba and Romeo Castellucci have postponed all programs arranged for the festival.
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2020-01-07 18:15
Fajr theater festival to commemorate Martyr Soleimani
TEHRAN – Quds Force commander Lieutenant General Martyr Qassem Soleimani will be commemorated during the opening and closing ceremonies of the 38th edition of the Fajr International Theater Festival, the director of Iran’s Dramatic Arts Center, Shahram Karami, announced on Tuesday.
