TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) � �Count to One,� a puppet show directed by Zahra Sabri based on Omar Khayyam�s quartets will be performed in Germany.




Zahra Sabri told Mehr News that the puppet show would be on stage in International Puppet Theatre Festival in Bochum 2014 (FIBNA) in Germany.

�It is performed by the theatrical group Yas-e-Tamam (Persian for �Full-blown Jasmine�). The group has been invited by the festival to stage �Count to One,�� she added.

�The festival is one of the most important events in puppet show and had been held for over half a century,� she said, �it has hosted more than 1000 theatrical works from 45 countries around the world.�

She also commented on the vision of the festival. �The festival of FIBNA is held with the objective of connecting musical theatre with motion, figure, and form; a combination of dramatic and visual arts,� Sabri said, which would be held�May 16-24 2014.

She also said that the group�s sponsor is the festival itself. �It has paid all expenses such as round tickets, visa applications, and residence; moreover, they will also prepare the d�cor of the theatre,� she added.

Sabri said that the group would stage the �Count to One� in�May 18�and that they would prepare for 3 days in Iran for the performance.

�Mehdi Shahpiri, Reza Bahrami, and Hossein Divandari as puppeteers; Behrang Abbaspour, the musician; Fatemeh Abbasi, assistant director, and Ebrahim Khalil Habibi the head of public relations of the group will be among the crew to Bochum,� she said.

�Count to One� is a puppet show with stuffed clay puppets which narrates the stories of Omar Khayyam�s quartets.

By Mehr News Agency

 

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