Theatre and Cinema: Can Men Wear Women’s Clothes (and Vice Versa) for Acting Purposes?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Theatre and Cinema: Can Men Wear Women’s Clothes (and Vice Versa) for Acting Purposes?

English:

Question #1213:

What is the view on men wearing women’s clothes and vice versa for the purpose of acting on theatre or in films? And what is the view on the opposite sexes mimicking the voice of each other?

Answer #1213:

It is not remote to be permissible for the opposite sexes to wear each other’s clothes or mimic the voice of each other in acting and expressing the characters of a real person provided that it does not cause corruption.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Theatre and Cinema