Seyed Hossein Fadaei- Hossein: "Social issues are not favorite theme in the play"
Iran Theater- The jury of the 42nd Fadjr playwriting competition, Seyed Hossein Fadaei -Hossein, considered the artistic, fresh and surprising approach to the subject and the technical quality of the play as one of the priorities of judging the works.
Fadjr playwriting competition is one of the sections in which 380 works applied for participation.
Shahram Zargar, Ayoub Aghakhani and Seyed Hossein Fadaei-Hossein were the members of the playwriting section jury and the winners were announced at the opening ceremony of the 2024 FITF.
Writer, translator and director, Seyed Hossein Fadaei-Hossein explained about the quality of 380 plays submitted to Fadjr: "The quality of the plays was classified into three categories: weak, average and good, as in the previous years. Most of them were average works and good work was the least. This statistic suggests that Iranian theater has weakness in narrative. "
He said: "The most important feature of the plays, which was not considered good, was dealing with repeated topics and they are not related to social conditions and social issues."
He expected that the playwright have the motivation to deal with new themes in a novel and fresh format with fluent language.
Iran Theater-The 42nd Fadjr International Theater Festival wrapped up successfully on February 1, 2024 in Vahdat Hall.
At the beginning of the ceremony the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance , Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili, went on stage and while congratulating Ten-Day Fajr ceremonies and the the 45th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and the Rajab, month, he thanked the artists and theater officials.
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Iran Theater- The director of the show "Happiness in Odessa" , Reza Shahkarmi stated that the play offers an enlightening picture of human and social interactions in dealing with problems.
Iran Theater- Kamran Shahlaei’s"A Few Messy Narratives", is performing at Fadjr stage Competition. He says that the play is about loneliness and has three episodes. The cast includes one male actor and three female actors.
Iran Theater- Amir Amini said that the play deals with environmental problems and introduces the audience to the wildlife rangers who were killed and the future of our land.
Iran Theater-Amir Hamed considered his latest work as anti-war story that promotes the message of peace .The stage show "Wind, soil, blood are in my arms" is a production of Gilan province.
Iran Theater- The musical show "Resurrection of Love" is at out of competition section of the 42nd Fadjr International Theater Festival. Hossein Mosafer Astaneh said the story begins with the scene of Rumi's dying, but he comes back to life.
Iran Theater- Famous Iranian playwright and director, Davood Fathali Baygi comes to 42nd Fadjr International Theater Fesitval with his latest play "A Soiree with Moliere" which is performing out of competition.
