The accepted works of the second Shahrazad Theater Festival were announced

According to the Fars news agency, Masoud Al-Karfi, the designer and secretary of this festival, announced the latest information about the festival and the list of selected works to participate in the festival.

Unparalleled reception of theater groups of Tehran and other cities from Shahrazad Festival

Following the call for the second Shahrazad Theater Festival, the country’s theater artists received a unique welcome to this festival, so that a total of 420 performance films were sent to the secretariat. In the same context, Al-Karfi said: The greater than expected reception of theater groups from Tehran and other cities to participate in the festival (420 works) in some ways made me happy, but on the other hand, it made the task and work of the selection board more difficult, and the announcement of the names of the selected candidates was delayed by about a month. dropped

The promising presence of cities

Therefore, the report shows the promising presence of city groups in this year’s festival and the reception of the theater family from Shahrazad Festival is very positive, and 244 works are from Tehran (58%) and 176 works (42%) are from cities. The selection committee of the second Shahrazad Theater Festival, Farhad Mohandespour, Nader Burhani Marand, Mohsen Hosseini, Sima Tirandaz, Ali Shams and Ashkan Khelnejad in two teams of three, after examining 420 works from different provinces of the country, according to the limitations and capacities The festival finally selected 15 works.

Among these 15 selected works, 7 are from Tehran and 8 are from other cities.

The performance section is not held separately

The secretary of the second Shahrazad Theater Festival stated that the number of applicant groups in the performance section was far less than stage works and said: due to the general weakness of form and content in most of the performances and their small number, with the opinion and suggestion of the selection board And with the approval of the secretary and the approval of Shahrazad Jafari, “the head of the festival”, the performance section will not be separate and all the selected works will be judged in the main section of the festival.

The videos of all fifteen selected shows have been sent to the performing arts center for review, and as soon as the supervisory council responds, the secretariat will make the necessary arrangements with the selected groups to participate in the festival.

Information about the festival

* The secretariat of the second Shahrazad Theater Festival, while congratulating all the selected groups, accepts the accommodation costs of the city groups.

* It should be remembered that the goal and priority of the festival is to discover new talents and create an opportunity for the flourishing of ideas that were inactive and silent in the last few years due to Corona.

*Due to the delay in announcing the names of the selected works, it is natural that the time of the festival will be delayed accordingly, and the exact date of the festival will be announced soon.

*During the festival, a round table and workshops will be held in various branches of theater by professional theater teachers and artists, more information about which will be announced later.

Accepted works of the second Shahrazad Theater Festival

The show “Marzieh Jan”/author: Mehdi Zia Chamani/director: Masoud Ghorbani/Mashhad-Khorasan Razavi
The show “Insult to the unknown man” / writer and director: Shayan Firouzi / Tehran
The show “Deer Slaughterhouse” / writer and director: Mehdi Shams / Mashhad – Khorasan Razavi
Show “Blackmail” / writer and director: Siavash Jadidi, Imran Moradi / Sanandaj – Kurdistan
The show “One Like You” / writer and director: Mirmilad Mehdizadeh / Tabriz – East Azerbaijan
Show “Blood Apartment” / author: Shahram Ahmadzadeh / director Mehdi Mohammadi / Kashan – Isfahan
The show “Outside the night is under command” / writer and director: Nima Agakhani / Tehran
Show “Chardeh Yousef Abad Building”/author: Pooya Shahrabi/director: Hamzeh Zarei/Tehran
“Yet” show / writer and director: Fariya Emami / Tehran
The play “Andoh” / author and director: Amir Alamdarzadeh/Kerman
The play “Normal” / author and director: Raha Soleimani, Mehsa Rostami / Tehran
Show “Pantomime of life in the moment” / writer and director: Javaid Soleimani / Tabriz – East Azerbaijan
“Ashes to Ashes” show/author: Harold Pinter/director: Zahra Hosseini Roush/Tehran
“Ivanov” show / writer and director: Navid Haj Shafiha / Tehran
“Lupus” show/writer and director: Abolfazl Farhadi/ Shiraz- Fars

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