Iranian Play

By: Armin Karami

'Sisyphus' goes on stage

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – 'Sisyphus' written by Mohammad Sadegh Golchin and directed by Mohammad Berahmani went on stage at Tehran's Independent Theater on Tuesday.
2019-07-16 23:48
By: Marjohn Sheikhi

Of cramped minds and murdering of self; Servati’s ambitious staging of ‘Crime and Punishment’ in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – Iranian director Reza Servati took a more ambitious step in his theater career by staging Fyodor Dostoevsky’s complex and highly-praised novel ‘Crime and Punishment’. The result was jaw-dropping stage design and convincing performance.
2019-07-16 12:49
By: Armin Karami

'Moulin Rouge' on stage in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – 'Moulin Rouge' directed by Arash Abbasi and starring Ahmad Mehranfar and Mohsen Tanabandeh is currently on stage in Tehran.
2019-07-16 08:59
By: Armin Karami

Florian Zeller’s ‘The Lie’ goes on stage in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – Directed by Arian Rezaei, an adaptation of Florian Zeller's play “The Lie” was staged at Tehran’s Iranshahr Theater Monday night.
2019-07-09 12:29
By: Armin Karami

'Cronus' on stage in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – Iranian play 'Cronus', written and directed by Ali Safari, is on stage at Nofelloshato Theater Complex in Tehran. The play depicts a family in the faraway future who are looking for a way to go back to the past.
2019-07-03 14:53
By: Behnam Tofighi

Servati's 'Crime and Punishment' on stage in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Prominent Iranian playwright and director Reza Servati is staging an adaptation of Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' at Tehran's Vahdat Hall these days.
2019-06-25 11:32
By: Armin Karami

Matei Vișniec's adapted play staged in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – Directed by Elham Yousefi, 'Battlefield, The Body of A Woman', an adaptation of 'The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield in the Bosnian War', written by Romanian-French playwright Matei Vișniec, is on stage in Tehran.
2019-06-21 12:18
By: Armin Karami

'Medea' staged in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – 'Medea', written by Masoud Samiei based on a loose adaptation of the Greek tragedy by Euripides, is currently on stage at Ghashghaei Theater Hall in downtown Tehran.
2019-06-19 19:32
By: Armin Karami

Carriere’s absurd comedy “Terrace” stages in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – ‘Terrace’ directed by Masoud Keramati is staged in Tehran’s Iranshahr Theater. The play written by Jean-Claude Carriere is an absurd comedy highlighting the inanity of life at the end of the modernist era.
2019-06-18 14:22
By: Armin Karami

Stoppard's 'The Real Inspector Hound' on stage in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – 'The Real Inspector Hound', a short, one-act play by Czech-born British playwright Tom Stoppard, and directed by Shahab Bahrami is on stage in Tehran until June 19. The plot follows two theater critics who are watching a ludicrous setup of a country house murder mystery.
2019-06-09 12:41
Iranian play ‘Absence/Presence’ goes to Canada

TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – Iranian play ‘Absence/Presence’, directed by Reza Basirzadeh, will take part at the Windsor-Walkerville Fringe Festival in Ontario, Canada.
2019-05-12 17:32
‘The Little Emigrant’ to be staged in Australia

TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – Iranian stage director Fereydoun Mehrabi will take ‘The Little Emigrant’, an adaptation of ‘The Little Prince’, to Australian audience in Sydney in mid-June.
2019-05-05 09:03
‘The Divine Comedy: Purgatory’ to go on stage in Hungary

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – Written and directed by Iranian theater director Ebrahim Poshtkouhi, ‘The Divine Comedy: Purgatory’ will go on stage in Hungary with a cast composition of Iranian and forging actors.
2019-03-18 09:47
‘Corpse Bride’ to walk on Iranian stage

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – For the very first time, an Iranian team will give life to a musical performance of Tim Burton’s famous Gothic romance ‘Corpse Bride’ at the luxurious Espinas Palace Hotel in Tehran.
2019-03-05 12:59
‘A Fish on Land’ play

TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – The ‘A Fish on Land’ directed by Koroush Zaeri, which narrates the story of Division 41 of Iranian military in Karbala 4 and 5 operations as well as the Operation Valfadjr 8 during the last years of the Iran-Iraq war,was staged last Sunday and will wrap up this Mon. in the southeastern city of Kerman.
2019-02-23 18:33
By: Behnam Tofighi

'The House of Bernarda Alba' on stage in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – Ali Rafiei is staging his rendition of 'The House of Bernarda Alba', a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca, at Vahdat Hall in Tehran.
2019-01-23 09:18
Iranian play ‘Manus’ to be staged in Australia

TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – The documentary play ‘Manus’ directed by Nazanin Sahamizadeh will take part at Adelaide Festival in Australia in early March.
2019-01-13 15:45
Koohestani to tour Europe with 2 of his plays in January

TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – ‘Timeloss’ and ‘Summerless’, written and directed by Iranian playwright Amir Reza Koohestani, will be touring two European countries in January.
2018-12-29 12:47
‘The Sniper’ stages in Tehran

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Written and directed by Sajjad Bahri, 'The Sniper’ went on the stage at City Theater Complex’s Sayeh Theater in Tehran this week.
2018-12-02 14:48
By: Asghar Khamseh

Chekhov's 'The Bear' on stage in Tehran

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – 'The Bear', a one-act comedic play written by Russian author Anton Chekhov and directed by Ehsan Naji and Sahar Partovi-Kian, is on stage at Niavaran Cultural Center in northern Tehran.
2018-10-28 09:15
By: Mohammad Mohsenifar

'The War Is Over' on stage until Oct. 22

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Written and directed by Arash Ashadad, 'The War Is Over' will be on stage at Divar Chaharom Theater Hall in Tehran until Oct. 22. The play tells the story of four black people in Africa who plan to upend the white people domination in their city. The story makes use of poems by Ahmad Shamlu, considered as the most influential poet of modern Iran
2018-10-11 09:56
‘A Summer Day’ stages in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – ‘A Summer Day’ directed by Pars Pirouzfar is staged in Tehran’s Iranshahr Theater. The drama is originally titled as ‘Letni dzień’ is written by Polish dramatist Sławomir Mrożek. Reza Behboudi, Parsa Pirouzfar and Sogol Ghalatian play the roles of this performance.
2018-07-30 09:13
Iranian play goes to Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival

TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) – ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, Mostafa Koushki’s re-envisioning of Shakespeare’s comedy, will take part in 22nd Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival in Poland, as one of the biggest and most well-known festivals in Europe dedicated to the English playwright.
2018-07-29 14:30
By: Mohammad Moheimany

Richard III adaption staged in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – Vahdat Hall in downtown Tehran is currently staging an adaption of William Shakespeare's Richard III, written and directed by Hamireza Naeemi, with Hamed Komeili and Shaghayegh Farahani playing the lead roles.
2018-07-25 14:35
By: Behnam Tofighi

'Cinderella' played in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – The play 'Cinderella' by Iranian director Saeed Dakh went on the stage at the Fourth Wall Theater in Tehran.
2018-07-24 11:37
Moscow to stage Iranian play ‘Macbeth Zar’ on World Theater Day

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – The Iranian musical comedy ‘Macbeth Zar’, a mix of Shakespeare's tragedy with a local Iranian rite, will go on stage in Moscow concurrent with the World Theater Day, March 27.
2018-03-05 13:25
By: Asghar Khamseh

7th day of 35th edition of Fajr Intl. Theater Fest.

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – On the seventh day of performances and events of 35th edition of Fajr International Theater Festival, Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Amiri Salehi attended City Theater to watch a play directed jointly by Seyed Hossein Mousavi and Kamran Jabbari from the western city of Bijaar.
2017-01-27 19:01
By: Babak Borzouye

Topor's 'The Tenant' staged in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – 'The Tenant', a chilling exploration of alienation and identity written by French writer Roland Topor, is currently being staged in Tehran as a theater performance. The play, written and directed by Setareh Aminian, will go to France after it finishes its performances in Tehran.
2016-07-19 15:16
‘Woyzeck' to go on European tour

TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) – Iranian director Reza Servati intends to perform a reproduction of the play ‘Woyzeck' by Georg Büchner on stage in Italy and France.
2016-07-12 14:18