FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO METAKSIA SIMONIAN

AZG Armenian Daily
30/06/2006

On July 2-8, "Metaksia" first republican theatre festival will be
held in Armenia. The festival is dedicated to 80th anniversary of
outstanding Armenian actress Metaksia Simonian. In the course of
June 28 press conference, Vahe Shahverdian, art director of the
Yerevan State Academic Theatre after Gabriel Sundukian, said that
15 performances will be staged at the Armenian theatres within the
framework of the festival.

It’s noteworthy that by RA Government’s decision, the anniversaries
of nine prominent Armenian art workers will be celebrated, namely
the anniversaries of Hakob Hovnatanian, Dmitriy Nalbandian, Grigor
Khanjian, Mkrtich Armen, Hakob Gyurjian, Metaksia Simonian, Makar
Yekmalian, Tatevik Sazandarian and Tigran Levonian.