The puppet play ‘The Tales’ Thief’ directed by Abbas Qasedzadeh, is currently on stage at Ebn-e-Sina Cultural House and will run through October 27.It is about a country girl named Baran, who sets on a journey filled with adventures through popular Iranian children’s stories following the disappearance of the old book of tales.Director Qasedzadeh is […]

Paytakht Theater in Tehran is showing the play ‘Pillow Man’ directed by Siavash Asad.Written by Martin McDonagh, it centers on a fiction writer, who is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of bizarre child murders in his town, Tiwall.com reported.McDonagh, 47, is a British playwright, screenwriter and film […]

The art gallery of Mana Contemporary in New York, is to hold an exhibition of video installations by six video artists from Iran.Slated for October 15-March 30, 2018, the exhibit is organized in collaboration with Aaran Art Gallery in Tehran and Mahmoud Reza Bahmanpour, managing director of Nazar Art Publication, a Tehran-based publishing house.The show […]

Homayoun Shajarian, son of the great master vocalist of Persian traditional music Mohammad Reza Shajarian, sang at a ceremony commemorating his father, October 10, at the Plaza Stockport in Manchester.He will also perform at Barbican Center of London on October 12, ILNA reported.Homayoun, 42, was born in a music-dedicated family in Tehran and is currently […]

Philosopher and researcher in art, author, graphic designer, photographer and expert in restoration of artworks Javid Ramezani, 53, has curated an ontological exhibition in collaboration with 16 artists.‘Density’ is the 6th exhibit of the ‘Me’ series which started 6 years ago. ‘Me’ exhibits are a number of events based on personal interpretations of being, dealing […]

Two-time Oscar winning American actor Tom Hanks, 61, has taken a break from the camera to put fingers to keys.Hanks is gearing up for the release of his upcoming short story collection ‘Uncommon Type: Some Stories,’ Entertainment Weekly reported.Featuring 17 stories, the book demonstrates Hanks’ heartwarming sensibility and his versatility as a writer. He is […]

Directed by Morteza Mirmontazemi, ‘Becket’ is the title of a play on stage at Iranshahr Theater that will run through November 6.The work is an adaptation of ‘Becket or The Honor of God is a play’ written by the French dramatist Anouilh (1910–1987). It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury, and King Henry II […]

A documentary by French cinematographer Emmanuel Gras, 41, ‘Makala’ will be screened at the 11th Cinema Verite, Iran’s International Documentary Film Festival, slated for December 10-17 in Tehran.The film, that won Critics’ Week Prize at 2017 Cannes Festival, has entered the Special Screening section of Cinema Verite, IRNA reported.Makala means charcoal in Swahili. It is […]

Villa Contemporaneous Art Gallery in Monza, Italy, is hosting, ‘A Distant Echo’, the solo exhibit of Iranian artist, Saba Masoumian for the first time, Honaronline reported.“She creates complex works rich in allusion; abandoned domestic environment in which despite being neglected, there are evident traces of human presence. Her works depict furnishings undergone wear in time, […]

An installation exhibition by five Iranian artists is underway at Shirin Art Gallery in Tehran which is different from the usual stuff audiences witness.What differentiates the show is the approach of the artists toward the notion of art and the way the works are displayed.The paintings are on the floor facing the walls, the other […]