The 17th edition of Ritual Traditional Theater Festival will host Beyzai directed by Mohammad Mosavat. The play is on Bahram Beyzai (cinema and theatre director), Mosavat said. The story is not about his legal identity, but portrays Beyzaic culture in three sessions. Beyzai is one of the few people who preserved the ethos of Iranian theatre. ...

With 22 students in tow, husband-and-wife team make journey from Vancouver to a Tehran stage. These ... these are the men of Iran ... and they say with a heavy heart: What can we do now? For our bows are broken, our arrows have no place and our hands lie trembling. It was exactly as they described. For they had returned from a long war. So begins ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) Iranian writer Hossein Fattahi has said that The Fateful Day, Bahram Beizaiis play on the tragedy of Ashura, is matchless compared to other works written in this genre about this event. Neither in adults literature nor in childrens books, there is no work comparable with The Fateful Day, he added. Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram,...

The annual celebration of Iranian cinema run by the University of California, Los Angeles, is a vital occasion for two dynamic and overlapping constituencies: cinephiles and Iranians in Los Angeles. The festival's screenings routinely draw large audiences, eager to see films from a nation distinguished by its rich and sustained contribution to world ...