Fadjr Theater Festival 2025 lineup revealed: Ghotbeddin Sadeghi, Hamidreza Naeimi in special stage section

In what looks to be another robust year in the making, the 43rd edition of the Fadjr theater festival will bring together several iconic directors, including Ghotbeddin Sadeghi with Abji Mozaffar's travelogue, Hamidreza Naeimi with Now man and Nader Borhani Marand with Hedwig. Ebrahim Poshtkoohi also will be on hand with his new experience, "Particles of Chaos".

The 43rd edition runs January  22 - February 1, 2025.

See the full lineup below.

National Festivals

 "The Sludge Eater", written and directed by Vida Mousavi from Isfahan, selected at the Resistance Festival (stage section)

2. "Mirza Mukhanas" written and directed by Saleh Rajaee from Tehran, selected at the Puppet Festival (stage section)

3. "Boxer" written and directed by Kianoush Ahmadi from Tehran, selected at the Saday Eshgh Festival (stage play)

4. "The Suicide Shop" written by Jean Teule and translated into Kurdish by Bagher Soroush and directed by Bagher Soroush from Bijar, selected at the Kurdish Theater Festival (stage play)

5. "Captain Lady" written and directed by Kazem Arjomandnia from Bushehr, selected by the Welfare Organization (stage play)

6. " The Stronger" written by  August Strindberg and directed by Mojtaba Moradi from Kermanshah, selected by the Welfare Organization (stage play)

7. "Border" written and directed at the Karaj Girls' Conservatory of Fine Arts, selected at the Karaj Conservatory of Fine Arts Festival (stage play)

8. "Red Bow Tie" written and directed by Mohammad Zare from Yazd, selected by the Welfare Organization (Street)

9. "Hasanak" written and directed by Nesa Khodayaraz from Gilan, selected by the Welfare Organization (Street section)

Special section (stage works)

1. " Abji Mozaffar's travelogue " written and directed by Ghotbeddin Sadeghi from Tehran (stage)

2. "Now Man" written and directed by Hamidreza Naeimi from Tehran (stage)

3. "Hedwig" written and directed by Nader Borhani Marand from Tehran (stage)

4.  "Particles of Chaos" " written and directed by Ebrahim Poshtkoohi from Tehran (stage)

5. " The Caucasian Chalk Circle " by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Amir Dejakam from Tehran (stage)

6. "Damahi" written by Seyed Sohrab Manshadi and directed by Elahe Kianfar  and Ahmad Nadafi from Yazd (stage

7. "Satarkhan" written and directed by Yaghoub Seddigh Jamali from Tabriz (stage)

8. "New Jersey" written by Saleh Alavizadeh and directed by Saeed Dashti from Tehran (stage)

9. "Share" written and directed by Morteza Shah Karam from Karaj (stage)

10. " Diphenhydramine " written and directed by Alireza Marouf from Karaj (stage)

11. "Me and pari’s Cat" written by Simin Amirian and directed by Shohreh Soltani from Tehran (stage)

12. "Romeo and Juliet" written by Daniyal Ahmadzadeh and Ahmadreza Alinejad and directed by Armin Hamdipour from Shiraz (stage)

13. "Raz-e-bagha" written by Avida Amiri and Yousef Mirzaei and directed by Avida Amiri from Karaj (stage)

14. "A Few Wolves from My Mother's Wedding, Mahjan" written by Reza Gashtasb and directed by Ehsan Janami from Isfahan (stage)

15. "Mother's House" written by Amin Ebrahimi and directed by Pouya Hassanvand from Khorramabad (stage)

16. " Yalday Tabestani" written by Seyed Ali Mousavian and directed by Hoda Ahangar from the Army Naval Command (stage)

17. "Revelation Up Close" written by Ali Shams and directed by Parisa Bakhtpour from Tehran (stage)

18. "Electra" Written (Sophocles) by Mostafa Nasiri and directed by Mostafa Nasiri from Mashhad (stage play)

19. "Boghaj" written by Jafar No’khah and directed by Gharib Manouchehri from Ardabil (stage play)

20. "Water for Fishes" written by Reza Gashtasb and directed by Amir Norouzi from Gachsaran (stage play)

21. "The Poet of the City" written and directed by Neshat Mir Mehdi from Tehran (stage play)

22. "Rust and Mirror" written by Shadi Ghafourian and directed by Mohammad Javad Ostadii from Mashhad (stage play)

23. " Sand of Well " written and directed by Ali Peyman from Tehran (stage play)

24. "Lale Abbasi" written and directed by Mohammad Yazdi from Mallard (stage play)

 

 Stage works of Gaza Section

1. "Stay with Me" written and directed by Pedram Rahmani from Urmia (stage)

2. "The Tattooist" written and directed by Mehrdad Bakhshi from Rasht (stage)

3. "Butterfly on the Bell" written by Fars Bagheri and directed by Ali Afshar from Tehran (stage)

4. "The Name of All the Crucified is Jesus" written by Ayoub Aghakhani and directed by Vahid Nafar from Tehran (stage)

5. "Sleeping Blood" written by Jafar Gholampour and Alireza Ghasemi and directed by Mahyar Rezakhani from Tehran (stage)

6. "It's Raining" written by Nasser Habibian and directed by Ehsan Maleki and Nasser Habibian from Tehran (stage)