Iraj Rad and the director of the theatrical celebration / The regulations of the “Actor Night” have been amended?
The 17th “Actor Night” will be held under the chairmanship of Iraj Rad, a veteran theater actor and director.
Theater News Base: The night of the actor is usually one of the most important and attractive celebrations of the theater house, which, of course, in some periods, has no small margin. The sixteenth night of the actor was held before the outbreak of Corona and in May 1998 in the main hall of the city theater under the tutelage of Yazd Farahani.
At that time, the manner of judging for the selection of the best actors was protested, and before the start of the ceremony, the initial jury, in a statement, criticized the final judging process and emphasized on amending and reviewing the rules of the actor’s night.
Now, in the seventeenth period and after two years of crowning the theater, this night is supposed to be held with Shohreh Soltani as its secretary, and of course, it is not clear yet whether the festival regulations have changed due to the number of plays performed during this period with continuous closures of theaters. Basically, how is judging done?
According to the public relations of the Theater Actors Guild Association, Soltani said: In the coordination meeting that was held with the presence of board members and inspectors of the Theater Actors Guild Association, Professor Iraj Rad with the vote of all board members as the chairman of this great gathering of theater actors And the night of the actor was chosen, which is a great honor for me. Certainly, the experience of his management and the emphasis they always have on the dignity of theater and actors in this field of art is a way for me and my colleagues to hold this event as glorious as possible.
Iraj Rad is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Theater Actors Guild and one of the actors and directors of theater, cinema and television who has been active in this field for more than five decades and in addition to teaching at Tehran and Nabi Akram Universities, He started in the 70’s with the founding board of the Cinema House, the Artists’ House and the Theater House.
Rad has also been nominated for the election of the central board of directors of the theater house, which will be held on May 6th.
The “Actor Night” ceremony, chaired by Iraj Rad and secretary Shohreh Soltani, will be held on Saturday, May 15, but the venue has not been officially announced yet.