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"COW" TO GO ON STAGE AT ARMENIA HIGH FEST
Mehr News Agency, Iran
June 8 2007
TEHRAN, June 8 (MNA) -- The Iranian puppet show "Cow" produced by
the Organization for the Intellectual Development of Children and
Young Adults (IIDCYA) is to participate in the 'High Fest' Fifth
International Performing Arts Festival in Yerevan, Armenia.
Playwright Hamed Zahmatkesh said on Friday that the play was scheduled
to be performed first in a public show in Yerevan, but the festival's
secretary proposed that the troupe take part in 'High Fest' before
its public performance.
Performances from France, Italy, Germany, England, and Poland are to
participate in the event which takes place from October 4-14, 2007.
Since 2006, the High Fest has welcomed entries from performing arts
companies and artists in many genres. In the theatrical sphere entries
include drama, comedy, mime, movement, circus, street performances
and puppet/marionette shows. In the field of music entries are opera,
classical, contemporary, jazz, and folk.
Mehdi Farshidi and Zahmatkesh have written and designed the show and
will also direct the performance and handle the puppets which have
been designed by Hanieh Zahmatkesh.
"Cow" depicts the story of two men who are traveling to the land of
'nowhere' carrying their suitcases. On the way, they meet a cow and
this event causes their lives to change.
Mehr News Agency, Iran
June 8 2007
TEHRAN, June 8 (MNA) -- The Iranian puppet show "Cow" produced by
the Organization for the Intellectual Development of Children and
Young Adults (IIDCYA) is to participate in the 'High Fest' Fifth
International Performing Arts Festival in Yerevan, Armenia.
Playwright Hamed Zahmatkesh said on Friday that the play was scheduled
to be performed first in a public show in Yerevan, but the festival's
secretary proposed that the troupe take part in 'High Fest' before
its public performance.
Performances from France, Italy, Germany, England, and Poland are to
participate in the event which takes place from October 4-14, 2007.
Since 2006, the High Fest has welcomed entries from performing arts
companies and artists in many genres. In the theatrical sphere entries
include drama, comedy, mime, movement, circus, street performances
and puppet/marionette shows. In the field of music entries are opera,
classical, contemporary, jazz, and folk.
Mehdi Farshidi and Zahmatkesh have written and designed the show and
will also direct the performance and handle the puppets which have
been designed by Hanieh Zahmatkesh.
"Cow" depicts the story of two men who are traveling to the land of
'nowhere' carrying their suitcases. On the way, they meet a cow and
this event causes their lives to change.