Tehran festival to stage over 20 foreign puppet shows

Tehran Times
Sept 5 2004

Tehran Times Art Desk

TEHRAN (MNA) — Over 20 foreign puppet shows are to be staged during
the 10th International Puppet Show Festival, slated for September 13
to 19 in Tehran.

According to the Public Relations Office of the Center for Dramatic
Arts, puppeteers from Germany, France, Armenia, Slovenia, Italy,
Britain, Portugal, Tajikistan, Turkey, Russia, Serbia-Montenegro,
India, Canada, Turkmenistan, China, and the Azerbaijan Republic will
be attending the festival.

“Mobarakbazi” (directed by Mohammad Asgari), “Lo’batbazi” (Iraj
Kaleh-chahi), “Stories of Qashang-o-Mashang” (Parinaz Ale-Aqa),
“Toward Avignon” (Meysam Yusefi) are some of the street shows from
Tehran province which are also scheduled to be staged during the
week-long event.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress