Tehran International Puppet Theatre Festival
Tehran International Puppet Theatre Festival (est.1989) or Mobarak International Puppet Theater Festival occurs in Tehran, Iran, about every two years. It features puppetry acts from around the world. Event organizers include Rahmatollah Mehrabi and Ardeshir Salehpour. Among the participants: Dolls Theatre, Kolkata, India Yase-e-Tamam, Tehran State Puppet Theatre Varna, Bulgaria Puppetmongers, Canada Marionettentheater Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria Magisch Theatertje, Netherlands Belarusian Theatre Lialka, Belarus Strangeface Theatre Co., Kent, England Strings Attached Puppet Theatre, Germany Cengiz Özek Shadow Theater, Turkey State Hand Shadow Theater, Georgia Poppentheater De Trekwagen, Netherlands Library of Congress. Poster for 10th festival. Tehran : Iranian Center for Dramatic Arts, 2004. YouTube. Video of puppet and audience outside Tehran City Theater, Tehran, 2010. Abbas Marouffi, ed. (1989). First International Puppet Theatre Festival. Tehran: Centre of Dramatic Arts. Mehr News Agency (July 28, 2010). "Mobarak Intl. Puppet Theater Festival wraps up". MehrNews.com. Retrieved June 28, 2012.