Esmail Khalaj’s message on the occasion of World Theater + Film Day

According to Fars news agency, Ismail Khalaj, a playwright and director with an Iranian style, congratulated the people of this field on the World Theater Day and the National Performing Arts Day, which coincides with the seventh day of Spring.

In the text of Ismail Khalaj’s message, it is stated:

Today, we celebrate and honor the World and National Theater Day in this heartwarming spring.

In this age-old art, in unrepeatable encounters, a group of people gather in one place and one time to watch a show of the compactness of a life.

Actors do not live on the stage, but create a show of the compact of a life and event to introduce the audience to a new and fresh look. Theater has a universal language beyond everyday conversation and is an attempt to present the meaning of being human and to polish the rust of the soul.

The potential power of this wonderful art to establish a connection between different intellectual spectrums is not hidden from theater people on a wide level. The original art of theater, which benefits from the accompaniment and consonance of various art forms, is based on teamwork and brings peace, harmony and attention to others. Storytelling, imagination, and beauty have played a central role in human life since long ago, and theater is an art that, by using imagination, is able to take us with us and take us to unknown lands, and be a guide and an uplifter.

National Theater Day, which coincides with the spring of nature and the ancient Nowruz, is an opportunity to honor and praise this precious art and reflect on its role and place in society; Unfortunately, in the last few years, the global crisis of the spread of Corona came in front of this collective art and imposed difficult conditions on the performing groups and artists of this field.

But we are sure that the honorable people of the theater will raise a flag of honor and victory with a big heart and high courage, and with all their heart and love, as they have proven many times, they will try for the happiness and hope of the people of this land, and with the grace of Yazdan, the spring of nature. And the spring of the theater will be brighter and more hopeful.

I hope that in the coming year, together with hope and authority, we will create fascinating, original, impressive and thought-provoking works.

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