This report examines the state of theater in Tehran in 1398 (2019/20). COVID-19 and the closure and slump of theater led this report to cover the following year, namely 1399 (2020/21), as well. The main subject of this report is Tehran theater, and despite the reporter's interest in examining theater across Iran, they refrained from doing so because of the lack of information and documentation on the state of theater in other cities. Of course, the points and issues raised in this report encompass theater issues throughout Iran. The approach of this report is diagnostic, and it examines the effect of each action on the state of theater.
The source of this report is precise data from the General Directorate of Performing Arts and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. The lived experience of the author and their other colleagues in theater is also counted among the other sources of this report.
Questions are raised in this report:
1. What exactly is the state of Iranian theater in 1398 (2019/20)?
2. What developments have occurred in Iranian theater in these years?
3. In what direction is policymaking in theater heading?
4. What are the obstacles to the quantitative and qualitative growth of theater?
5. What situation did artists experience in this year?
Statistics and topics that are examined more closely in the report:
- The most important theatrical events of the year
- The most important guild events
- An introduction to some important plays of 1398 (2019/20)
- Harms of state management in the performing arts
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian