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Population: 70 000 000
Telephone Code: 98
Address:
Av. Hafez, Ostad Sharryar
Vahdat Hall
11334 Teheran
Tel: 21/670 8861 or 672 6478
Fax: 21/6725316
Email: iraniti@neda.net
Opening hours-Horaires:
Opening hours: 8:00 am- 16:00 pm
Board Members:
President: Khosrow NESHAN
Secretary General: Mohammed ATEBBAI
Nbr of Members: Individual -325
ITI Committee and Project Group contact persons:
Communication: Farah YEGANEH, Drama: Farah YEGANEH, Theatre Education: Mahmoud AZIZI
Role & Services:
- Offering variety of services for local theatre professionals and amateur groups and organizing events such as, festivals, performances, workshops, lectures, research works, etc for the development of performing arts.
- Founding and organizing festivals, symposiums, seminars and otherworld theatre events to promote strong intercultural relations and exchanges of dramatic arts.
- Inviting foreign theatre troupes and artists to the country to provide the opportunity for them to familiarize themselves with the Iranian theatre reality.
- Organizing international and domestic theatre festivals in the country.
- Informing and supporting the theatre troupes, artists and experts in order to represent in the international theatre activities such as festivals, seminars, congresses, etc.
- Celebrating the World Theatre Day
- Setting up theatre panels
- Advertising world theatre news.
- Publishing daily bulletins for each domestic festival held in the country.
- Publishing a monthly theatre magazine (Namayesh) and a theatre quarterly.
Other Publications:
Namayesh Monthly (Theatre Monthly)
Recent Theatre History IRAN updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004 |
Iranian theatre has a history of traditional and ritualistic plays originating in both Islamic ceremonies and folk culture, with an oral performance-oriented nature. The country was introduced to Western-style dramatic forms about one hundred years ago through a number of translated plays, and our theatre has seen many changes in its structure and practice since then. Previously, theatrical activities were sporadic and occasional. However, in recent years, the staging of plays has become a regular medium of performing arts, and a new wave of enthusiasm is observed in almost all fields of art and culture. The theatre has become more varied in its styles of expression. Some are socially minded, and some maintain a traditional style, and some try to keep up with contemporary theatrical theories and performances. Our theatre is primarily a ‘director's theatre'. It is firmly based on the dramatic text. Though a less text-oriented genre has appeared recently on Iranian stage by younger artists. Some youth are producing interesting experimental plays on small stages, and their ambitions and artistic endeavours aim at creating an ensemble spirit. This new generation of actors and directors is certainly arriving with fresh visions of their own. In the last 35 years, graduates from theatre schools and colleges have attempted to promote theatre in Iran. Universities have become the fundamental institutions to promote national theatre, and some plays are performed under female direction. A lot of adapted or translated plays by playwrights like Albee, Brecht, Anouilh, Ibsen, Strindberg, Beckett, and Shakespeare are performed with alacrity as are plays originally written in Persian. Alongside urban theatre, a tradition of folk theatre is still present in the rural areas, rendering thin performances usually in village fairs and various folk occasions. Their content centers around farming seasons and folk ideas and stories. Interspersed with song and dances, these plays serve to entertain the common people. Moreover, there are some small commercial theatre enterprises which are private and present popular plays. The main stream theatre in today's Iran are the non-profit groups, their members being semi-professionals as they cannot earn a living from theatre, but they do theatre with professional skill and attitude. Today, our theatre is trying to bring about an aesthetical revolution via theatrical groups educated in Iranian colleges, and our theatre is going through a particularly fertile period in search of its national roots. Government grants are significant but theatrical productions have never had the support of the private segment. Iran is overcoming the economic depression and therefore is entering a new promising phase. Contacts with the outside world have grown considerably in the last three years. The government is responsible for all cultural matters in the realm of domestic and foreign policy, and international relations. Thus, the Ministry of Culture has commissioned Dramatic Arts Centre (DAC) to represent the performing arts on national and international level and to organize tours for Iranian groups. Important to understand in the function of DAC is that its role has not just been to be a theatrical producing organization but also a catalyst for theatrical development across the whole country. It is also responsible for developing guidelines for state financial and technical assistance. The development policy of DAC successfully remains the focal point of theatre production and the funding body for theatre development. Today, the theatrical landscape of Iran is characterized mainly by its public theatres, fully subsidized directly by the government and offers a wide range of drama including stage drama, puppet theatre and theatre for children and youth. Yet, most performances cannot pay for more than a fraction of production and operating costs. Festivals and theatre reviews have become important segments of theatre life in more recent times along with the emergence of permanent professional, semi-professional and numerous amateur theatre groups. The Dramatic Arts Centre has organized annual and biennial national and international theatre festivals such as The International Fajr Festival, held annually in Tehran with the participation of foreign and Iranian theatre companies. It is the most important theatre event taking place in our country and has contributed to the international exchange and the development of our national theatre movement. The festivals have eventually become one of the most important channels enhancing theatre life in our country. In an attempt to support the cause of theatre and artists, Theatre Forum (House of Theatre) has been formed as theatre artists' union. Equally important is the recent emergence of Radio Culture that plays a leading role in promoting theatrical art through radio. Although Iranian theatre still suffers from insufficient subsidy and space, it enjoys a sense of development. We need to strive for embodiment of true Iranian theatre aesthetics though the increase in the number of audience, performances, groups and spaces mark this development. Farah Yeganeh Secretary General |
National Representatives of Theatre INGOs IRAN updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004 |
| MOBARAK -UNIMA, Honar Hall, Shahid Varzandeh st, Shahid Mofateh Ave, Haft- e Tir Sq., Teheran Tel: (21) 836640, Fax: (21) 836640 |
| AICT, Contact: Art Viceroy, Ostad Shahryar St., Hafez Ave. Teheran 11334, Tel: (21) 6705101, Fax: (21) 6725316, Email: farahyeganeh@yahoo.com |
(Ministères, organismes publics, associations professionnelles) Main organisations concerned with theatre (Ministries, organizations, unions, professional associations) IRAN updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004 |
| Dramatic Arts Center, Vahdat Hall, Hafez Ave, Teheran Tel: (21) 6708861, Fax: (21) 6708861, 6703485, Email: dac@neda.net |
| National Critics Association - Iran, Dramatic Arts Center, Vahdat Hall, Hafez Ave, Teheran Tel: (21) 6705101, Fax: 21) 6703485, 6708861 |
| Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Baharestan Sq., Vahdat Hall, Hafez Ave, Teheran Tel: (21) 38511 |
| Theatre Forum (House of Theatre), Honar Park, Iranshahr St., Teheran Tel: (21) 8310459, Fax: (21) 8269854 |
Main Theatres, Operas, Ballets, Danse etc. IRAN updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004 |
| Theatr-e-Shahr, Parke-e-Daneshjou Vali-Assr, Crossroad, Enghelab Ave, Teheran (21) 6460592- 5, Type: Drama, Comments: consisting of 5 halls: Main Hall, Charsoo Hall, Sayeh Hall, Hall No. 2, Ghashghaei Hall, New Hall, Khaneh Khorshid Hall |
| Vahdat Hall, Ostad Shahryar St,, Hafez Ave, Teheran Tel: (21) 6705101- 5, Type: Drama |
| Sang- e- Laj Hall, Park- e- Shahr, Behesht st., Hafez Ave, Teheran Tel: (21) 5625444, Type: Drama |
| Cultural Heritage Hall, Azadi Ave, Teheran (21) 6012840, Type: Drama |
| Molavi Hall, Shanzdah- e- Azar st, Enghelab Ave, Teheran Tel: (21) 6112829- 6112834, Type: Drama |
| Honar Hall, Shahid Varzandeh st, Shahid Mofateh Ave, Haft- e- Tir SQ. Teheran Tel: (21) 836640, Type: Drama |
| Nasr Theatre Hall, Laleh Zar st., Teheran Tel: (21) 311113- 3113839- 3113838, Type: Drama |
| Niavaran Cultural Center, Pasdaran st. Shahid Bahonar Ave, Teheran Tel: (21) 2802871, Type: Drama |
| Dramatic Arts Bureau Hall, ferdowsi Sq., Teheran Tel: (21) 6700131, Type: Drama |
Main performing arts festivals IRAN updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004 |
| International Fadjr Theatre Festival, Teheran Period: 21st January- 4th February, Frequency: annual |
| International Puppet Theatre Festival, Teheran Period: September, Frequency: biennial |
| Traditional Theatre Festival, Teheran Period: June, Frequency: annual |
| Omid Youth and Children Theatre Festival, Hamadan Period: October, Frequency: annual |
| The Nomad Theatre Festival, Aligoodarz Period: August, Frequency: annual |
| The Local and Provinces Theatre Festival, Period: Autumn, Frequency: annual |
| The Defence Theatre Festival, Teheran Period: June, Frequency: annual |
Main performing arts schools & university theatre departments IRAN updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004 |
| University of Teheran - College of Dramatic Arts, Enghelab SQ Teheran Tel: (21) 6402713, 6419696 |
| Azad University- College of Arts and Architecture - Theatre Department, Enghelab st., Teheran Tel: (21) 6414679 |
| Tarbiat Moddares University - Theatre Department, Nasr Bridge, Teheran Tel: 8005659, 8006561 |
| Azad University in Arak - Theatre Department, Ghanat st., Arak Tel: (861) 663041- 9 |
| Azad University in Boushehr - Theatre Department, Boushehr Tel: (771) 34355, 37712 |
| Shahid Bahonar University in Kerman - Theatre Department, Kerman- Tel: (341) 55053, 51001- 2 |
| Soureh University, Vali- Assr St, Teheran, Tel: (21) 3910040-7 |
(musées,bibliothèques etc.) Main performing arts resource centres (museums, libraries, research & documentation centres,specialist publishers & bookshops etc.) IRAN updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004 |
| National Library, Opposite Niavaran Park, Niavaran St, Teheran Tel: (21) 2280937, 2282222, Fax: (21) 2288754 |
| Teatr- e- Shahr Library and Documentation Center, Parke- e- Daneshjou, Vali Assr crossroad, Enghelab Ave, Teheran Tel: (21) 6460592- 5 |
| Theatrical Research Office, Dramatic Arts Center, Vahdat Hall- Hafez Ave., Teheran Tel: (21) 6708861, Fax: (21) 6708861, 6703485 |
| Contemporary Arts Museum, North Karegar st., Teheran Tel: (21) 653200 |
| Audio- Visual Department ( Video archive), Dramatic Arts Center, Vahdat Hall- Hafez Ave., Teheran Tel: (21) 6705101- 5, Fax: (21) 6703485. 6708861, Email: dac@neda.net |
Main performing arts magazines IRAN updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004 |
| Namayesh Magazine, Frequency: Monthly, Dramatic Arts Center, Vahdat Hall- Hafez Ave., Teheran Tel: (21) 6708861, Fax: (21)6703485, Email: dac@neda.net |
| Theatre Quarterly, Vahdat Hall- Hafez Ave., Dramatic Arts Center, Teheran Tel: (21) 6708861, Fax: (21) 6708861, 6703485, Email: dac@neda.net |
| Tajrobeh University Student Magazine, College of Dramatic Arts- Center of Experimental Theatre |
| Dramatic Arts Monthly, Frequency: Monthly, n° 65, Khosrow St., Villa St., Teheran Tel: 8897752 |
| Sahneh Monthly, Frequency: Monthly, Hozeh Henari, Hafez Ave., Teheran |
Selected Bibliographic data - important references IRAN updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004 |
| Theatre Bibliography, Laleh Taghian, Dramatic Arts Center, Teheran 1991, Language: Persian |
| History in the World- Public Plays, Volume: I Traditional and Religious plays and ceremonies (Pleiad Encyelopedia), Translator: Nad- Ali Hamedani, 1993, Language: Translated from French to persian, Comments: language: |
| Theatre History in the World- Theatre in the East (Pleiad Encyclopedia), Ma Hiao Tesiun, 1992, Language: Translated from French to persian |
| Theatre History in the World- Theatre in the West, Volume I (Pleiad Encyclopedia), Roland Barthes and..., 1991, Language: Translated from French to Persian, Comments: 16. |
| Theatre History in the World- Theatre in the West- Volume II (Pleiad Encyclopedia), Sandro Damesko, 1993, Language: Translated from French to Persian |
| Theatre History in the World- Theatre in the West- Volume III (Pleiad Encyclopedia), Renee Lelievre and …., 1993, Language: Translated from French to Persian |
| Theatre History in the World- National Theatre - Volume I (Peliad Encyclopedia), Translator: Nad- Ali Hamedani, 1996, Language: Translated from French to Persian |
| Theatre History in the World- 20th Century's Theatre Volume V(Pleiad Encyclopedia), Guy Dumur and …., 1991 |
| Theatre History in the World Volume VI(Pleiad Encyclopedia-), M. H. Winter, …., 1996, Language: Translated from French to Persian |
| Theatre History in the World- New Techniques Volume VII(Pleiad Encyclopedia)-, Andre Veinstein and …., 1997, Language: Translated from French to Persian |
| Theatre History in the World- History of Spectacles Volume VIII(Pleiad Encyclopedia-), Translator: Farzad Hamedani, 1997, Language: Translated from French to Persian |
| Africas Todays Theatre, Translator: Manouchehr Bigdeli Khamseh, 1998, Language: Translated to Persian |
| Theatre Photography, Fattaneh Dadkhah, 1983, Language: Persian |
| Playwrights: 44 Persian, 18 translations |
| Tazieh s Books Number 1, 2, 3, Davoud Fathalibeygi, Hashem Fayyaz, Mohammad Hossein Naserbakht |
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