Competition Section   A Distance between Coming and Going (Bandi Mian Shodan Ta Raftan), W: Abdol Hakim Bahrami, D: Abdol Hakim Bahrami. ...

Competition Section   Bandir, W: Younes Aabsalan, D: Muhammad Ali Pirsabzi. Gachsaran.

Competition Section   A Catastrophe with Smooth Brown Hair (Faje-eyi Ba Mohay-e Tord-e Ghahvee), W: [wi] Barhooyi, D: Reza Khodadad beigi. Zahedan ...

Adult's Section A Joke (Yek Shookhi), W: Sadollah Venus, D: Ghasem Gharayfi. Tehran. Antidote(Nooshdaroo), W: Morteza Darivand,  D: Muhammad Hussein Tahmasbi. Dezfoul.

Competition Section   Blue Asylum (Asayeshgah-e Aabi), W: Abdolkhalegh Mossadegh, D: Abdolkhalegh Mossadegh. Gorgan.

Special Section    Deers and Men (Ahowan va Adamha), W: Hushang Asadi, D: Maryam Motaref. Tehran. Esfandiar, W: Sadegh Hatefi, D: Sadegh Hatefi. ...

Festival of Festivals Section   Hey Baldheads (Aau Kachala), W: Sadegh Aashourpour, D: Javad Kaboudar Ahangi. Hamadan.

Competition Section

Special Section   Secret of Holy Tree (Raz-e Derakht-e Moghaddas), W:Davood Kianian, D: Davood Kianian. Mashhad. Sweethearts (Delbaran), W:Reza Saberi, D: ...

Competition Section   Dear Tarnas (Tarnaas Jaan), W: Ali Ghazzi, D: Kazem Berghamadi. Sabzevar. Ghadir ...

Competition Section   Bell Toll In the Fog (Seday-e Zang dar Meh), W: Muhammad Haadi Namvar, D: Muhammad Haadi Namvar. Mazandaran.

Competition Section   Alas (Aavakh), W:Muhammad Reza Zandi, D: Mostafa Ghalandari. Bakhtaran. Khalil ...

Competition Section:   Another Summit (farazi digar),W: Esmaeil Soltanian, D: Esmaeil Soltanian. Tehran.

Competition Section:   A Gift (Tohfeh), W: [wi], D: [wi]. Tehran. Amazed (Maat), W: Esmail Soltanian, D: Hussein Aabed. ...

  The director of “poster and visual identity” and “Theater photography” sections, Amir Esmi, has defined the goals and procedure of the Theater Photography section as follows: The “Theater Photography” is one of the sections of 36th Fadjr International ...

  The director of “poster and visual identity” and “Theater photography” sections, Amir Esmi, has defined the goals and procedure of the poster and visual identity section as follows: The “Poster and Visual Identity” is one of the sections of 36th Fadjr ...

  The graphic designer, art consultant, and art director, Amir Esmi has been appointed as the director of “poster and visual identity” and “Theater photography” sections for 36th Fadjr International Theater Festival. Esmi, who has won different prizes in various ...

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What was interesting for me in the play I, Sisyphus directed by Veselka Kuncheva from Bulgaria is his keeping distance with performing tradition of Greek tragedies and choosing puppet form to narrate a myth. There is a hidden advantage in choosing puppet form which makes harmony between the mythic ...

The lower Depths is written by Maxim Gorky and directed by David Doiashvili from Georgia, International Theatre Competition. The lower Depths portrays a lodging house, where gather the social derelicts, the thief, the gambler, the ex-actor and the ex-aristocrat. All of them had an ambition, a ...

Blass is written and directed by Boukje Schweigman from Netherlands, International Competition This is an acceptable kind of performance art which was started around 1919 in Bauhaus art school by Walter Gropious and Rudolf. Its aim was to unite all types of visual arts to achieve performing ...

The Tale of Tiger is written by Dario Fo and directed by Hadi Amel. The Tale of Tiger is a monologue comedy, and was written by Dario Fo Italian satirist. He was born in political family and his view has impact on his works. In performance by Hadi Amel the liberal thoughts of playwright and ...

Environmental Theatre Competition The play is written by Pouya Pir Hossein Loo, and directed by Sima Sheibani. The long title of performance is an important paratextulaity. This Interactive play is successful to present new style in Iran Theatre. It is perhaps the combination of oppressed ...

Fragments is written by Edward Albee and directed by Sara Karimian Eghbal. It’s among the Environmental theatre of festival which is performed in the Café of City Theatre Complex. Fragments is the collection of 9 persons who are gathered in one place and talk about themselves. In the ...

Youth Theatre Competition, it’s written by Kimia Kazemi and directed by Pourya Rahimi Sam Transforming of human to animal has been the plot of so many masterpieces in the world of art, literature and drama. For instance, Metamorphosis by Kafka or Rhinoceros by Ionesco. An Elegy for D.O,G is ...

Death of Angelfishes is written and directed by Mohsen Ardashir in Iran’s Theatre Review Competition. War is always a historical event. Result of powers and paradoxical benefits. It’s the logic of friend and enemy in its final meaning. That’s why in the ...

Harvey is a play written by Mary Chase and directed by Melodi Armnia The play is among Youth Theatre Competition plays. Broadway theatre in the USA and NewYork city is the same as Hollywood cinema. Theatre production based on theatres’ ...

The play is written by Mohammad Charmshir and directed by Atila Pesyani. It’s an adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. The question is if the writer has created new events through signs and narrating his own text. What we see in Charmshir’s play during performing is not pleasant. ...

Yerma, Spanish Ensemble is an adaptation of Lorca’s Yerma and directed by Ashkan Sadeghi and Elham Shakib. Yerma is the story of a barren woman while the traditional atmosphere and limitation of the society make this dream the only hope for Yerma. The young woman finds her dreams limited in ...

Yerma inside me is written and directed by Setareh Tabrizi from Isfahan province. It is participated in Young theatre section of the festival. As we hear the name of play it is a person’s adaptation from Lorka’s play Yerma. It’s a performance without word combined with movement, ...

Dal play is written and directed by Moslem Khorasani. The play is trying to undermine through the daily routine loneliness of a family to different layers of social communities. The family is going to make this social crisis inside the family. It seems that the set design is also trying to present ...

Synopsis Odyssey has been collected into a set of songs and stories and it is the story of one of the leaders of Trojan War. The magnificent epic of Homer’s Odyssey read in different languages and dialects of Iran and also international languages by the participants. Text in English and ...

Synopsis This piece is the story of those who make the journey of water their own journey and wander along all kinds of water. A suitcase is opened, and things come out.   Turkey Concept, Director & Actor: Mihran Tomasyan Stage & Lightning Designer: Cem Yimazer Poem: ...

Synopsis SAR deals with two friends who grew up together in the neighborhood in Istanbul, as part of the same culture. Now in their thirties, they bring together their memories and observations to use music, movement and paper to explore their dreams and ask questions about their future. ...

Synopsis Twilight is the threshold between day and night, when shadows lengthen and darkness looms. From the light we move into darkness, beauty is eroded, we face the transience of it all. The images of electrical shocks, light impressions, switching on and off, of shadows shifting, of the ...

Synopsis “Dreams 1” is a show that is the key of physical Theater, a clown and manipulation of objects that narrates small fragments are placed in a very special house.   Spain, Argentina Concept, Drirector and Actor: Roberto White Assistant Directors: Pablo Tendela, ...

Synopsis Two images of today’s world: On the one hand wars, droughts, massive deforestation, polluted coasts, labor exploitation, political instability, poor sanitary conditions, persecution, forced deportation, abuse of natural resources, depleted aquifers, food shortages. On the other ...

Synopsis People lose their eye-sight in unexplained circumstances. The epidemic spreads around so fast that everyone becomes helpless. It leads to panic which turns the apparently orderly world into chaos. And only one person knows that not everyone is blind… .   Poland ...

Synopsis We hear the voice humming old words about loss, lack and pain caused by someone’s sudden absence, the words about someone lost forever, about the vanishing we can do nothing about, that we must accept, as there is nothing else we can do, with which we have to agree just as with our ...

Synopsis Four dissidents from the former  Soviet Union are stranded in an interzonal area between the East and the West. Nostalgia, psychological malfunctions, and desperate social needs create a far from harmonious atmosphere. But the essential question remains; should they continue towards ...

Synopsis SIRO-A is a revolution in entertainment, mime, groundbreaking, visual effects and soundtrack to bring the audiences imagination into the reality. SIRO-A offers an ultimate collaborations of human and technology.   Japan Director: Cocoona Visual Director: Ryosuke Sato ...

Synopsis “Selfa” deals with people’s inner struggle influenced by war experiences. War ruins people’s goals and thoughts. In this play, you will see people in four moods: happiness, sadness, boredom and fear.   Iraq Playwright: Ameer Abo Alheel, Ahmed Sadoon ...

Synopsis "Reconsider Your Image of Me” is an intercultural performance, a research project that questions the images that we have of others, and challenges the current state and impact of Theater and art in our global society.   IR Iran, The Netherlands Playweright: ...

Synopsis “ONE” is about everything: time, space, light, sounds, organisms, objects, people, feelings and thoughts.   The Netherlands Director: Lisa Verbelen Concept, Composition & Performance: Lisa Verbelen Dramaturgy: Roos Euwe Production: Anne Baltus ...

Synopsis At the back of the great hall lies a few piles of white fabric. One of the white piles slowly has life breathed into it. Blaas is a journey exploring boundaries and space; a magical trip passing through inside and out, light and dark.   The Netherlands Director: Boukje ...

Synopsis In “Psychosis 4.48" we can see two sides of protagonist. Two Actresses presenting these two sides and confront each other.   Georgia Playwright: Sara Kane Director: Maka Natsvlishvili Choreographer: Konstantin Purtseladze Producer: Murman Kartozia ...

Synopsis One wonderful day you may find yourself not in the splendid palace but in rubbish! One Wonderful day when you are all in the rubbish, you may beg for a peace. Thus, this wonderful evening, please come down to us and let’s watch the story about men drown on “The Lower ...

Synopsis This play unfolds a funny story of the sky conquest for three Russian explorers who want to be the first humans on the moon.   France Playwright & Director: Brice Butane Cast: Brice Butane, Hamed Dris, Yann Guerrero Duration: 25 Min.   Brice Butane ...

Synopsis The five protagonists are to meet and confront each other, questioning the role of books in their daily life, in a big lounge where a huge library stands.   France Writers, Directors and Choreographers: Fouad Kouchy, Michael Auduberteau Cast: Fouad Kouchy, Michael ...

Synopsis “I, Sisyphus” shows us the road of man’s eternal return to himself. Human life is a repetition of one and the same action – spiraling and predictable. And this constant action makes us meditate not on the meaning, but on the meaninglessness of human life. ...

Parastou Golestani, Iranian theater and cinema actress says: “Many of our artists are not able to go to foreign countries. As a result, they won’t be able to see international plays but this festival makes an opportunity for them to see these plays in our country. She added: ...

In the Name of Unique God “Theatre Criticism Specialist group” created in Jan of 2017. The administrator of the mentioned group is Amin Azimi who is active as critic, researcher and university instructor. Theatre Criticism made up of a group of professional critics who are members in ...

Program of Performances (+Fadjr) of 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

Program of Performances (Environmental, Alternative, Interactive and Other Types of Outdoor Theater) of 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

Program of Performances (Stage Plays) of 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival.

"Iva Horvat" director and professor of kinesiology that his workshop entitled 'Project Management and International Marketing theatrical productions ", held at the City Theater Referring to the presence in Iran, said: "I have come to  interact with artists in the field ...

Masoud Delkhah believes that the perspective in the selection of judgements should be present in various sectors and this is the right choice to help in increasing the quality of the festival. He pointed to the continuance of the performance throughout the year. There is nothing wrong in witnessing ...

Manizhe Mohammadi, the experienced director or theater believes that the lack of budget in drama section leads that the international festival of Fadjr is influenced by this case.

He believes that, this festival needs new view from elderlies and cooperation with talented young people in this case for judgement. He added: Unfortunately in judging part we are dealth with repeated views and in all these years all of the performances are judged with the special look that it is ...

Davoud Fathali Beigi said: Fajr Festival is a reason for making motivation in artists who doesn’t like to perfom their work but we can see their work in this festival. This artist-with the background in theater -added: Unfortunately,this festival can never make an event but has found its way ...