Saba’s report on the works introduced to Hamedan Children and Youth Theater;
A review of the list of works entered into the 30th Hamedan International Children and Youth Theater Festival shows that the geographical scope of this event has gone beyond the capital and provincial centers, and artists from cities such as Bandar Abbas, Khark Island, Zahedan, Ahvaz, Malayer, Garmsar and Faridan are also present in different parts of the festival. An extent that once again highlights the importance of festivals in discovering the lesser-seen talents of Iranian theater.
According to the reporter of Saba, A review of the works submitted to the 31st Hamadan International Children and Youth Theater Festival shows that the plays submitted to this festival were selected from different cities and provinces of the country.
One of the priorities that every national and international festival should have on its agenda is to observe and review works from different parts of the country and find talents. If a festival has claimed national and international titles, it cannot limit its evaluation area to a few big cities in the capital of the province and then claim to be nationwide. However, in the meantime, the presence of high-quality works across the country leaves the hand of the selection committee open to widen the field of vision and choose suitable shows for the festival from a wider range. Basically, what can be seen as a result of the selections are high-quality works that can be selected from a small city, and certainly the more competition between the works of small and big cities, the stronger and better the winner is.
Finally, it is the quality of the works that plays the main role in the selections, and since the festival is not required to rely on the geographical extent of the selections, if the breadth of the selection is seen, it shows the high quality of the works and shows presented from small towns.
A look at the list of works entered into the four sections of the 31st Children and Youth Theater Festival shows that serious steps have been taken in the field of seeing works from different provinces and cities.
In the following, there will be a review of the works entered into the four categories of minors, children, teenagers and outdoor shows and other types of performances, so that this review will clarify how wide the field of view of the selection committee of the festival is on the one hand, and on the other hand, to what extent the works of different provinces were able to enter the final list.
Juvenile section; The presence of two works from the south of Iran
According to the director of the festival, the number of accepted works has increased from 7 to 10 in the youth section of the Hamadan Children and Youth Theater Festival. These works, which were selected by Zahra Khyali Sabri, Golareh Abbasi and Mohammad Mehdi Kalhori, show the wide range of production of works by teenagers throughout the country, and it is clear that the south of Iran has a significant share of the works of this sector with 2 works out of 10 works.
“Ahwaneh Shazdeh” written and directed by Alireza Davari from Bandar Abbas, “Babaei Bakhund” written by Aminreza Malek Mahmoudi and directed by Alireza Malek Mahmoudi from Tehran, “Baby Whale” written by Zeiba Borji Fallah and directed by Ehsan Majidi from Tehran, “Insomnia” written by Zahra Khosravi and directed by Pari Mahfouzanijad from Pardis (Tehran), “Aftershock” written by Sina Shafiei and Directed by Milad Saeedi from the city of Sadra (Persia), “Pehlan Qalich and the Magic Stone” written by Reza Mohammadian and directed by Reza Mohammadian and Hossein Ghasemi from the city of Varamin (Tehran), “Firooz Quantum” written by Amin Mozafari and directed by Amin Mozafari from the city of Hamedan, “Ki War” written by Aqeel Jamati and directed by Elham Chenani from the city of Khark Island, “Nazar Qasim” written by Baran Rahimzadeh and Nazila Nowrozi and directed by Nazila Nowrozi from Mashhad, “Hechel” written by Amirafser Shibani and Shervin Haji Aghajani directed by Amirafser Shibani from Tehran are the works present in the youth section of the festival.
In this section, works from Khark Island, Bandar Abbas can be seen, and Mashhad, Sadra city from Fars province, Hamadan, Varamin, Pardis and Tehran have a share in the youth section of the festival.
Children’s section; Each work from a province
In the children’s section of the festival, all 7 works were selected from one of the cities of the country, and this shows that the circle of producing works for children is very wide, in such a way that Maryam Kazemi, Fariba Deliri and Saeed Zain El Abdini, the selection committee of this section of the festival were able to choose various works from different cities.
“Where is your friend’s house” written and directed by Reza Joshaar from Bandar Abbas, the play “I will find my way” written and directed by Amir Sheikh Jabali from Isfahan, “The girl who drank the dream” written by Seyyed Javad Rahimzadeh and directed by Mohammad Jahanpa from Mashhad, “Circus Siyar” written by Orand Harris and directed by Yusuf Akbarzadeh Ghalibaf from Tabriz, “Shabadeh Ghosh” written and directed by Vahid Kiarsi Mehdi Nemati Moghadam from Tehran, “Lulavi Awazah Khan” written by Reza Fayazi and directed by Elahe Kianfard from Yazd, “Namki and Dev Naqla” written and directed by Farzad Sabouri from Garmsar are seven children’s works, the place of production of each of them can be found on the map of Iran in a city or province.
junior section; From Zahedan and Ahvaz to Tehran and Hamadan
Mojtabi Kazemi, Arash Sharifzadeh and Pegah Masoumi, members of the selection board of the junior section of the Hamedan Children’s and Adolescent Theater Festival, reviewed the works submitted to the festival secretariat and found 9 works to be suitable for participation in the festival.
“All this chatter” written and directed by Maleeha Moghimi Esfandabadi from Tehran, “Baghl” written by Mohammad Ali Afzalifar and Katayoun Asadi and directed by Katayoun Asadi from Tehran, “Bishter ez Mehrboni” written by Sharare Tayar and directed by Fahima Baroutchi from Tehran, “Kharma Bezi” written by Amir Mashadi Abbas and directed by Kausar Samra Miri from Zahedan. “Khamiyazeh” written and directed by Zaiba Borji Fallah from Tehran, “My House” written and directed by Hamed Torabi from Hamedan, “Snowy Dream” written by Hamed Zarean and directed by Maryam Khaksar Tehrani from Tehran, “Ginger Cookie” written by David Wood and directed by Fatemeh Baghbadi from Tehran and “Ma Delamon Roshane” written and directed by Moqdad Shiri from Ahvaz, 9 shows There are young people who perform on the stage in Hamadan Children and Youth Theater Festival.
open air theater and other performance types; From the south to the center of Iran
The shows selected for the outdoor theater section and other performance types by Hossein Asadi, Morteza Asadimaram and Reza Rawan cover from the south to the center of Iran. Among the 7 selected works, we can see works from Ahvaz, Shahinshahr, Khomeinishahr, Malayer, etc. It is clear that artists in different cities have produced remarkable works in this kind of show.
“Flying Children” written by Zahra Heliche and directed by Nasser Miyahi from Ahvaz, “Khorshid Natamam” written by Arezoo Bahrami and directed by Mojtaba Khalili from Tehran, “Shadzi” written and directed by Faramarz Gholamian and from Shahinshahr, “Cotton Ears” written by Hassan Maqshoodi and directed by Ali Haj Haidari from Khomeinishahr, “Adventurous Clothes” written by Pegah Masoumi and directed by Pedram Masoumi from Hamedan city, “Nino and Magical Mutkai” written and directed by Mehdi Habibi from Malair city and “Every door of trouble” written and directed by Saeedullah Yari from Faridan city are present in the outdoor works and other genres of the festival.
The importance of theater expansion
One of the most important tasks performed by festivals in general and theater festivals in particular is to discover talents and create a field of activity for artists who may not have a chance to be seen and promoted apart from this festival. This is why the importance of selecting and reviewing works from all over the country and considering the different theater facilities among different cities and provinces is doubled. The selection committees of the Hamadan Children and Youth Theater Festival seem to have considered this geographical diversity, and it should be seen what quality the works received from all over Iran have.
