THE 5TH ARMMONO INTERNATIONAL THEATRE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL OF MONO PERFORMANCES TO TAKE PLACE IN YEREVAN 12-18 SEPTEMBER

arminfo
2007-08-29 17:27:00

The 5th ArmMono International Theatre Shakespeare Festival of Mono
Performances will take place in Yerevan 12-18 September, the Director
of the festival, Artistic Director of the Yerevan State Theatre of
the Young Spectator Hakob Ghazanchyan said in his talk with ArmInfo
correspondent on Wednesday.

According to him, the opening of the Festival, which is going to take
place at the Yeravan State Theatre of the Young Spectator, will be
marked by the performance of Tbilisi’s Rustaveli National Theatre "A
Tractate On The Handkerchief". He also said that this year well known
actors from Australia, Russia, Georgia, Poland, Germany, Ukraine,
Slovenia and Iran would take part in the work of the Festival. "8
actors will represent Armenia, namely, Ishkhan Gharibyan, Karine
Janjukhanyan, Mariam Ghazanchyan, Hrant Khachikyan, David Hovsepyan,
Alla Sahakyan, Julia Stepanyan and Hayk Zorikyan", he said, adding that
the Festival program 2007 will be most interesting as compared with
that of 2006, also owing to the participation of such authoritative
foreign personalities as the Secretary General of the International
Theatre Institute Jennifer Walpole, the President of the International
Forum One Man Show Valeri Khazanov and others.

He also noted that, within the frames of the Festival this year
the Armenian actors would perform not only Shakespeare’s, but also
others’ works.

The Armenian Ministry of Culture will allot 2mln AMD for the
organization of ArmMono Festival 2007. Yerevan’s Mayor Yervand
Zakharyan, for his part, will also render financial support.

To note, the 1st ArmMono International Theatre Shakespeare Festival of
Mono Performances took place in September 2003 in Yerevan. It became
traditional and is held annually already for the fifth time. Since
2005 the Festival was named as Shakespeare Festival.