TUMANIAN STATE PUPPET THEATER TO OPEN ITS AUTUMN THEATRICAL SEASON WITH TWO PREMIERES
YEREVAN, MARCH 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan Hovhannes Tumanian State Puppet
Theater will open its autumn theatrical season with two premieres:
Charles Pierro’s “Cat in Boots” is being prepared for children and
Gogol’s “Greatcoat” performance is prepared for grown-ups and for
the first time in the experimental genre, with puppets and dolls. As
theater Art Director Ruben Babayan mentioned in his interview to
Noyan Tapan correspondent, this experimental performance, without
speech, only with musical sounds, will be shown on two planes – ground
dolls on one plane and puppets on another. According to R.Babayan,
the theater company also restages some performances from theater’s
former repertoire – “New Adventures of the Wolf and the Kids”,
“Travel Adventures” with a new staff and new puppets. At present
there are 26 performances in theater’s repertoire. The theater has
received invitations from Polish “Debute” and Krasnodar “Art-Visit”
festivals. Besides, the theater will take part in the puppet
festival dedicated to Moscow Nikolay Obraztsov Puppet Theater’s
105th anniversary.