Mehdi Hamed -Saghaian on 2024 FITF

Mehdi Hamed -Saghaian, the artistic director of the 42nd Fadjr International Theater Festival, gave some explanations about foreign groups applying to participate in the international section of FITF.

 

He said: Contrary to my imagination, good and great foreign groups and artists have been welcomed to participate in the 42nd Fadjr International Theater Festival. Because there is time to submit a request to participate in the international section of the festival until the end of November, we still cannot provide accurate statistics of groups, artists and applicant countries.

He continued: Our goal is that the contemporary artists of the world theater will be present in the festival so that in addition to performing prominent works, we can also hold specialized theater workshops with them.

He reminded: We are trying to accept big and good foreign works in 2024 FITF with the lowest budget compared to the budget of the festival. Iranian theater artists should be sure that we will not accept any weak or low qualified foreign play at the festival. The budget Festival is a national capital, and neither I nor anyone else has the right to waste this budget.

He expressed his interest in East Asian modern theater to participate in Fadjr Theater Festival: We are consulting to host a repertoire of several East Asian modern theaters.  I do not mean the ritual and traditional shows of East Asian countries, because these works are suitable for ritual and traditional Theater festival. If it is not possible to perform the repertoire, we will try to present a modern theater from East Asia, especially China.

 

In the end, Mehdi Hamed -Saghaian revealed that they have talked with some great theater masters so that they can host them in the festival. Consultations are underway and they will do their best to hold the Fadjr International Theater Festival as well as possible.