In this edition of the festival, seven foreign plays will be performed on an indoor stage while two others will be performed outdoors. The indoors plays are from the Netherlands (‘The Author’), Czech Republic (‘Magical Piper’), Russia (‘Odyssey’), India (‘Role of Truth; Life of Mahatma Gandhi’), Ukraine, Afghanistan (‘Sweet’), and Germany (‘Wonderful Trip’).
The outdoors plays include ‘Colorful Dinosaurs’ from Spain and ‘A Poem of Sun and Moon’ from Poland.
The plays will be using various puppetry techniques such as shadows, marionette, giant puppets and object theater in a bid to add more variety to the international section.
The 16th edition of Tehran International Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival run by Marzieh Boroumand will be held on 22-28 August 2016.
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