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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Theatres In Tehran Rise From The Ruins Of The Iran-Israel War by Niloofar Mohtadi

"The homeland is not only a piece of land, it's a memory, it's love, it's pain" is a line of dialogue in the play Melody of the Rainy City by a renowned contemporary Iranian playwright, Akba…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:32AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Digital Play Dissecting Consumerism Culture, A Review of "Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran" by Niloofar Mohtadi

The play Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran, authentically narrates the story of a famous fatal Porsche crash in north Tehran that triggered heated debate on social media about…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:15AM[SHARE]

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Rabbits in the Circus of COVID Isolation: A Review of "White Rabbit Red Rabbit" by Niloofar Mohtadi

The play White Rabbit Red Rabbit is an experimental piece by the Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour that has become a theatrical phenomenon. It has been performed around the world over 2…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:59AM[SHARE]

Friday, June 4, 2021

Fadjr Theater Festival Stages Plays Despite COVID-19 by Niloofar Mohtadi

The 39th Fadjr International Theater Festival celebrated a wide range of performances, from staged plays and street performances to radio plays and television plays (Teletheater), over ten d…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:07AM[SHARE]

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Interview with James Shapiro on Adaptation of Shakespeare Plays on the Contemporary Stage by Niloofar Mohtadi

James Shapiro is a Shakespeare scholar and a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of eight informative books that each have uniquely share…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:31AM[SHARE]

Saturday, October 17, 2020

The Intercultural Journey of An Iranian Performing Artist by Niloofar Mohtadi

Niayesh Nahavandian is a young, Iranian female performing artist that has lived and worked in Italy for five years. She has performed and studied with various Italian theater companies inclu…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:32AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Theaters in Iran Reopen Amid COVID-19 Concerns by Niloofar Mohtadi

After four months of closure, theaters in Iran are able to open because they implemented necessary health protocols to avoid coronavirus spread. They were one of the last businesses to reope…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:43PM[SHARE]

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Jonathan Pitches on Physical Theatre's Ability to Transform Written Text by Niloofar Mohtadi

Jonathan Pitches is a Professor of Theater and Performance at the University of Leeds. He is the Deputy Director of the Stanislavsky Research Centre and the author of three monographs: Scien…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:35AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Musicals Dominating Tehran's Theaters: The Box Office's Popular Trend by Niloofar Mohtadi

A look at ongoing productions on Tehran's stages shows a growing interest in box office hit musicals like Les Misérables and Mary Poppins, and the remarkable presence of celebrities in thes…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:03AM[SHARE]

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Shakespearean Tragedy Unfolds Wave of Populism on Tehran Stage by Niloofar Mohtadi

A Review on Iranian Adaptation of Coriolanus in Tehran A free adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus was on stage at Tehran Independent Theater in August 2019 for a month. Th…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:37AM[SHARE]

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