Slovakia awards Iranian play
Slovakia’s International Festival of Theatre Schools, Istropolitana Project, has awarded Iran’s Last Supper, directed by Ahmad Soleimanifar.
The anti-war play, which communicates with the audience “through modern theatrical practice”, received the Audience Award of the biennial.
Written by Mohammad-Reza Kouhestani, The Last Supper was a representative of Iran’s Arak Azad University, which competed with 17 other works from around the world.
The works were judged by an international jury consisting of Patrice Pavice, Mark Ravenhill, Buz Luhrmann, Dora Vicenikova, Fernando Gomez Grande, Gerald Lidstone, Oleg Tabakov, Szilvia Huszar Patrice peafowl, Mark Ravenhill, Buz Luhrmann, Dora Vicenikova, Fernando Gomez Grande, Gerald Lidstone, Oleg Tabakov and Szilvia Huszar.
The 2010 edition of Istropolitana Project was held from June 18 to 23, 2010 in Bratislava.
The festival aims to promote student works and encourage innovative and different approaches towards theatrical staging and interpretation.
Source: presstv.ir
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