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TEHRAN – Greek lighting designer Vasilis Apostolatos will arrive in Tehran today to hold two workshops.
Vasilis Apostolatos will be holding the workshops at the invitation of Iran’s Virgule Troupe, director of the troupe Arvand Dashtaray told the Persian service of ISNA on Wednesday.
“Apostolatos will hold one workshop for technical personnel of Iran’s theater, and his second workshop has been arranged for a limited number of Iranian stage directors,” he said.
“The workshop will help teach the directors how to make use of the element of light in their productions,” he added.
Both workshops will be held in collaboration with the Dramatic Arts Center, he added.
In addition, Apostolatos will be creating the lighting design for the Iranian and Dutch joint play “In Respect for Others’ Pains”.
The play will be performed by Iran’s Virgule Troupe and the English Theater STET from the Netherlands in Tehran during mid November.
A cast composed of four Iranian and four Dutch actors will first perform the play in Tehran, and it will later go on stage in the Netherlands.
The play is about the connection between different generations and cultures.
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