ACCORDING TO THEATRICAL FIGURES, TITLES AND AWARDS ARE GIVEN ACCORDING TO PERSONAL ATTITUDE AND NOT TO THEIR DESERTS

Noyan Tapan
March 28, 2008

YEREVAN, MARCH 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The International Day of Theater
which is marked in the whole world on March 27, is also marked in
Armenia in recent years. It is a professional festival and it is
not obligatory to be celebrated by the whole nation. Ruben Babayan,
the Art Director of Hovh.

Tumanian State Puppet Theater, expressed such an opinion on March 27
at the meeting held in the Friday club.

The representatives of Yerevan Hrachya Ghaplanian State Dramatic and
H. Paronian Music Comedy Theaters, who were present at the meeting,
said that the International Day of Theater is just an occasion and
an opportunity to once again speak about the sphere’s ups and downs.

According to Dramatic theater actor Hrachya Haroutiunian, today such
people speak about theater who are far from it. He considers that
the situation in the theater considerably differs from the opinion
about it voiced by TV.

"Today there is an absolute lack of theater science: we cannot
hear professional speech and opinion about theater’s problems and
performances anywhere," he said.

R. Babayan in his turn said that the theater science has disappeared
after we have begun to criticize the opinion of theater scientists
and appeared in the state of desertification when in this sphere we
should start everything from zero".

H. Paronian Music Comedy Theater Director Karo Shahbazian touched upon
the sad condition of the theater. As a result of not being heated the
theater company does not have performances 6 months a year, which,
according to him, has a negative impact on the creative activity of
the theater company.

The guests also touched upon the annual theatrical Artavazd award
giving ceremony which is held by the Union of Theatrical Figures of
Armenia and the state titles given to theater figures mentioning that
they cannot have an essential role for the activity of a creator,
in this case for an actor or producer. They are convinced that the
titles and awards are given "according to personal attitude and not
to their deserts."