World Theater Day: for the first time since 1962 celebrated with closed theaters

Today, March 27, marks World Theater Day. Established in 1961 in Vienna during the 9th World Congress of theInternational Theatre Institute, for the first time since its first edition was held on March 27, 1962, this year the day dedicated to theater is celebrated with theaters closed.

However, there was no shortage of the usual international message: a personality connected to the world of theater shares his or her thoughts on the theme of theater and peace among peoples each year, as one of the main goals of the stage is for actors to share theirart, which can contribute to understanding and peace among peoples. The international message is translated into several languages and disseminated through radio, television and print media, as well as read to thousands of spectators before the evening performance in theaters around the world.

The author of the message for World Theater Day 2020 is Shahid Mahmood Nadeem, an award-winning Pakistani journalist, playwright, screenwriter, theater and television director, and human rights activist. He has also served as general manager, program director and deputy director of the Pakistan Television Corporation.

The following is a small excerpt from the international message: “In today’s world where intolerance, hatred and violence are on the rise, and where our planet is plunging into climate catastrophe, we need to recover our spiritual strength. We need to fight apathy, indolence, pessimism, greed and contempt for the world we live in, for the planet we live on. Theater has a role, a noble role, in energizing and pushing humanity to resist its fall into the abyss.” Full version at this link.

Among the initiatives proposed in this time of health emergency are the #teatroacasa of the Naples Teatro Stabile, which shares a selection of videos of its shows, and on the occasion of World Day, director Roberto Andò urged actors and actresses, writers and writers, directors and directors to send the Mercadante Theater a fragment of their thoughts at the time of the coronavirus, thinking of “circulating these splinters as a wish for us and for the public, inviting us to use them as a talisman against fear, a seed to rediscover theater as a place of life and, with it, its future meaning.”

Instead, the Teatro Politeama Pratese will start today at 7 p.m. to offer Instagram directs in which personalities from the world of entertainment, art, culture and music will tell their stories, talking about theater, curiosities related to their careers and their projects. Newly appointed president Maurizio Nardi ’s goal is to open up to social media and interact with the public as much as possible. The initiative, which will be conducted by journalist Azelio Biagioni, will include three weekly appointments: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. Just log on to the Politeama Theater’s Instagram page and follow the live broadcast.

Pictured is Shahid Mahmood Nadeem

World Theater Day: for the first time since 1962 celebrated with closed theaters

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