What happened in the support gathering of artists for the continuation of the plan to clean up the city’s theater space?
According to Fars news agency, a number of well-known theater artists attended a meeting on Sunday, July 25th, at the invitation of Teatarshahr management, and demanded from the city officials the continuation of the plan to clean up the area of Teatarshahr and the start of the construction work of the complex’s sanctuary.
In this ceremony, which was held in two stages, first a group of theater artists met with the managers of Tehran Municipality and Tehran Islamic Council and discussed various issues surrounding the city’s theater complex.
Alireza Nadali, Spokesperson of Tehran Islamic Council, Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi, Mayor of Region 11, Masoud Ranjbarian, CEO of Shahrban and Harimban Company of Tehran Municipality, Colonel Hasan Rahmanpour, Deputy of Jami Police Station, Ismail Khalaj, writer, theater director and actor and representative of Veteran Artists Institute, Qutbuddin Sadeghi, writer , theater director and teacher, Amir Dejakam, writer, director and theater teacher, Maqsood Naimi Zakir, CEO of Khane Theater, Hadi Hijazi Far, actor and director of theater and cinema, Nemati, deputy director of the General Department of Performing Arts, and Seyed Mohammad Javad Taheri, head of Teatarshahr Complex, were among the people who were present at this meeting.
We have to feel the sweetness and beauty of the city’s theater from afar
Esmail Khalaj, a veteran theater director and playwright, said: If we want art to spread among the people, we must start from the external aspect, and one of the ways is to pay attention to the city’s theater complex. This art complex should shout from afar that it is a cultural place.
He added: Before we as a theater society show what theater is, we must attract the audience, because theater cannot happen without the presence of the audience. One of the ways to attract theater audience is to draw his attention to the city’s theater complex. In the same way, in urban programs, we should feel the sweetness of the city’s theater from afar so that we fall in love with it and want to see its shows.
Together with the artists, we formalize the cleaning of the city’s theater
Alireza Nadali, the spokesperson of the Tehran City Council, said about the privacy of the city theater: This issue was limited to press follow-ups for a while and was not implemented. Of course, we knew that it was the demand of the artistic community.
He added: “Unfortunately, it has become normal to see social damage in the busiest part of the city.” In this situation, we tried very hard to advance several discussions at the same time; Collecting peddlers was one side of the story and another part was related to extortionists and criminals. Of course, this criticism was aimed at the municipality, which recognized the spring booths around the city theater near Eid, which made them last longer and made it difficult to collect them. Especially since the issue of machetes was raised earlier.
The spokesperson of Tehran City Council said: Because these problems are hard to root, everyone resists them. Of course, Mr. Chamran, the head of the city council, helped a lot and we did not fail.
Nad Ali also said about the design and implementation of the Shahr Theater: Last year, this plan was presented to the beautification organization and the friends of the Shahr Theater presented another plan. For us, it doesn’t matter which plan is implemented, but the health of the complex environment is important.
Regarding the support and encouragement of artists to their colleagues in the municipality, he said: With some programs such as performing street shows, we have to fill the outer space of the city theater because it cannot be left empty, because a replacement will be found quickly. Let’s not hope in vain that we will find a place for all the vendors immediately because we don’t have that much land. We hope to formalize the cleaning of the city’s theater with the help of artists, so that our colleagues will be encouraged that they are not alone in this story.
Alireza Nadali, the spokesman of the city council, also said at the end of his speech: “Before, the gardens were used by families, but our big problem is that today, around the city theater, which is part of the cultural heritage, we are facing all kinds of social problems day and night, and the presence of peddlers has caused control. Let’s not have this space.
The city theater complex is not just a building for us
Qutbuddin Sadeghi, the veteran theater director and actor, another speaker of the meeting, said: Tehran’s 6th and 11th districts are among Tehran’s cultural areas due to the presence of theater collections, bookstores, and galleries, and the Shahr Theater is the most significant cultural place in this district. However, unfortunately, the cultural aspect of these areas has fallen today. However, the work of the municipality of these two regions is difficult due to their special characteristics. Anyway, the identity of a city is from its culture; That is, culture gives identity to a city. A city without culture is a village, and what brings society out of its instinctive state is the creation of culture.
The artist said: Many bookstores have been closed and our city has no cultural management. If we do not move and do not remove mediocrity, our dignity in the world will be lost because we are known for our culture and art.
Qutbuddin Sadeghi emphasized: Managers come and go, but artists and cultural places are permanent. For us, the city theater is not just a building. It is a holy temple and is the creative engine and model of our theater, so let’s not let it get discounted.
This theater director added: I kiss the hands of the peddlers, but they don’t belong here. I say kudos to Mr. Karbaschi, the former mayor of Tehran, who removed the fences of the parks, including the student park, and brought culture out from behind the bars, but currently, the establishment of peddlers in the cultural sanctuary of this complex is very inappropriate. Do they go in front of the mosque or the university? The presence of peddlers here shows the underestimation of the culture, while we should take care of our belongings.
Expressing regret for the social anomalies around the city theater, Sadeghi explained: What is happening here is the fall of morals and culture. These events are not part of the thousand years of our culture. The most important issue is the organization within the theater of the city. Anyone can enter the void; So we must have a plan for this. We love construction, creativity and purity and holiness.
In the end, the artist said: The municipality and the city council should spend money on culture and art like the municipalities of other countries, not considering it as the last priority.
We all know that city theater needs privacy
Amir Dejakam, director and actor of cinema, theater and television, said: Knowledge is simple and ignorance is complex. We all know that this environment needs privacy. Who among us does not know what crimes have happened here in these years? Which of you is willing to let your family members travel in this area?
He continued: Our desire as a theater family is to create this space and perform an artistic program inside it. The municipality must pay, because it is its duty, and we also have this question: why do they tax the theater?
Our constant concern has been the situation around the city’s theater
Hadi Hejazifar, secretary of the 19th Puppet Show Festival and theater and cinema actor, said: We were in other cities when we were students, we saved all our money to go to Tehran and see theater in Shahr Theater.
He continued: I am grateful that the important work of cleaning the city theater has finally started because our constant concern was the situation around the city theater. I hope this arrangement will continue.
This theater artist said: “Unfortunately, in these years, the demands of our theater community have been very low.” If we didn’t fall in love with theater, maybe bad things would happen to us. If theater children have the opportunity to work, their life expectancy will increase. Although it seems that some people don’t want theater, but this art remains. We theater people will stay with our physical children as stepchildren.
We ask artists for spiritual support to continue cleaning
Mohammad Mousavi, the mayor of District 11, also said in this meeting: City managers all have cultural concerns. Fortunately, we cleaned up the area around the city theater and the creation of privacy will be implemented soon. Of course, we are concerned about it, as the student garden is important to us. To continue this work, we only ask for spiritual support from you, the artists. In such incidents, people stand in front of us and say that the power of the municipality has reached the peddlers, while we are not dealing with peddlers, but with those who have employees and whose income is more than some of our artists.
At the end of this gathering, the mayor of District 11 said: An important part of Tehran’s identity is defined in the area around the city theater and this complex is a strategic point.
The important request of the CEO of the theater house from the municipal authorities
Maqsood Naimi Zaker, CEO of the theater house, also said: I invite the city council and the municipality to have joint meetings for pathology by attending the theater house. Because cultural work definitely has its effects on social issues.
He clarified: The student park is not separate from the city theater and it can be the savior of the students, but doing this requires intellectual engineering.
A few important points about peddlers who work for a living.
Masoud Ranjbarian, CEO of Shahrban and Harimban Company, also said: The area of the city theater has always been a concern of the city council and municipality. In this area, our colleagues have been stabbed and after the working hours of the police force, it becomes difficult to maintain here.
He continued: Some peddlers here really pay for the family and although cleaning this place is necessary, it is good for the peddlers to settle down at a distance.
Nad Ali, the spokesperson of Tehran City Council, emphasized to him that when peddlers reappear, it will not be easy to collect them and in this situation, no one will go to legal businesses.
According to this report, after holding this meeting, the main meeting of the program was held in the main hall of the Shahr Theater Complex with the presence of a number of well-known artists in the theater field, while Kazem Nazari, Director General of Performing Arts, Esrafil Farajollahi, CEO of the Iranian Performing Arts Association Mehdi Yousefi Kia, director of public relations of the General Department of Performing Arts of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, was also present in this gathering.
Continuation of these conditions is the request of the artists
Seyyed Mohammad Javad Taheri, director of the Shahr Theater complex in the gathering of artists and art lovers at the Shahr Theater, said: The request of the artists is the continuation of these conditions, which we have seen security in these few days, as well as the implementation of the security plan of the complex, we hope that with the follow-up and efforts of the responsible friends, this The plan approved in cultural heritage should be implemented.
Amir Dezhakam also said: “Harim Park Student should be designed and implemented in such a way that its interior space can be used by artists of all fields. Of course, the problem of peddlers will be solved when the country’s economic problems are solved in a general way.
It is worth mentioning that the management of the “City Theater” complex during the past few days, at the same time as the start of the project to improve and clean the environment around the “City Theater”, whose critical and chaotic situation has been criticized by the citizens, spectators and artists of various theater fields in recent months, from He invited artists and activists in the field of performing arts to support the acceleration and continuation of the implementation process of this plan by attending a sympathetic gathering on Sunday, July 25, 1402.
According to this report, the proposed plan of Shahr Theater complex for the implementation of construction operations of “Shahr Theater Sanctuary” has been approved by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism’s Sanctuary Council based on the rules of construction operations in areas with the privacy of arenas and nobles.
According to the announcement of the Committee for Determining the Privacy of Historical Monuments of the Country, in June 1401, the rules and regulations for the protection of the area and the privacy of the historical monuments of the city theater were explained and announced by the chairman of this group. In this area, which has been designated and notified as the area of the history of the city theater, any executive operation and action that leads to destruction or damage to the historical work is prohibited and compliance with the general regulations of the approved works of privacy is mandatory.
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