The Selection Committee Announces the "Street Theater Competition Section" Finalists

According to the public relations office of the 29th International Theater Festival for Children and Youth, the festival's secretariat in Hamedan introduced Nazila Nouri Shad, Farzan Delfani, Saeed Kheirollahi, Farzad Labassi, and Nooshin Beiglarian as the members of the selection committee for the "Street Theater Competition Section." The following performances have been chosen for this section:

Street Theater:

1. "We Are Happy," playwright and director: Rouhollah Sanaei from Tehran, Tehran Province

2. "Two Packages of Life," playwright: Arezou Bahrami, directors: Fereshteh Jafari and Mehdi Rouzbehani from Zanjan, Zanjan Province (conditional)

3. "Loyalty," playwright: Razieh Pashaei, director: Fatemeh Jalili Moaz from Hamedan, Hamedan Province (conditional)

4. "The Three-String of Mustache", playwrights: Mojtaba Khalili and Mehdi Iravani, director: Mojtaba Khalili from Isfahan, Isfahan Province

5. "The Secret Box," playwright and director: Hamidreza Rezaei Majd from Hamedan, Hamedan Province (conditional)

6. "Giant Size," playwright and director: Mostafa Koulivandi from Ilam, Ilam Province (conditional)

7. "Storky and His Kind Friends," playwright and director: Ali Faridni from Shahin Shahr, Isfahan Province

Traditional Iranian play:

1. "Mubarak's Marriage Proposal," playwright and director: Romina Khajehnejad from Mashhad, Khorasan Province

2. "Mischievous Mubarak," playwright and director: Hossein Rabiee from Tehran, Tehran Province

3. "Mubarak and the Magic Book," playwrights and directors: Arash Sadeghian Haghighi and Ehsan Samanimanesh from Tehran, Tehran Province

Storytelling (Naqqali):

1. "The Story of Rostam and Tahmineh," performed by Niayesh Hemmati from Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province

2. "Rostam and Sohrab," performed by Hedieh Abdinejad from Hamedan, Hamedan Province

3. "The Birth of Rostam," performed by Fatemeh Sedaghat from Bandar Kangan, Bushehr Province

4. "The Tragedy of Siavash," performed by Anisa Jahani Veqar from Hamedan, Hamedan Province

5. "The Wedding of Rudabeh," performed by Dorsa Nakouei from Mashhad, Khorasan Province

6. "The Escape of Rostam and Gol-Andam," performed by Saghar Rezaei from Bandar Kangan, Bushehr Province

7. "The Fall of Siavash," performed by Esma Bakhtiari from Hamedan, Hamedan Province

8. "The Fall of Siavash," performed by Mahya Soheili Valizadeh from Hamedan, Hamedan Province

9. "Gordafarid," performed by Anahita Heydari from Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province

10. "Rostam's Battle with the White Elephant of Garshasp," performed by Yasmin Zahra Bahreini from Bandar Kangan, Bushehr Province

11. "Rostam's Battle with Kalahur Panj-e-Tab," performed by Nazanin Zahra Bahreini from Bandar Kangan, Bushehr Province

The 29th "International Theater Festival for Children and Youth – Hamedan," by artistic directed by Amir Mashhadi Abbas and organized by the Dramatic Arts Center of Iran of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, with the support of Hamedan Municipality and in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Hamedan Province and the Iranian Performing Arts Association, will be held in the historical city of Hamedan in November 2024. The festival slogan is "Theater: A Dialogue Without Borders." The festival aims to "foster empathy and cooperation, as well as the growth, awareness, and confidence of Iranian children through the art of theater."

Other objectives of the 29th International Theater Festival for Children and Youth include

• "realizing the social participation of children and youth,"
• "promoting public culture,"
• "strengthening the foundations of family and intergenerational communication,"
• "citizenship education and enhancing responsibility by encouraging active participation of Iranian children and youth in theatrical productions."