SECOND ARMENIAN THEATER FESTIVAL TO RUN IN YEREVAN FROM FEB. 16
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.02.2009 16:46 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ X Theater Festival Opening Ceremony will be held
in Yerevan on Feb. 16.
The Festival will host 16 troupes from Yerevan, Gyumri and
Vanadzor. The second Festival organized by Theatre Workers National
Union under the aegis of the RA Ministry of Culture will be opened
with Malyan theater performance and run till Mar. 2.
Festival Chairman and Head of Theatre Workers National Union, Ruben
Babayan informed that the Festival will include those theaters and
theater unions which applied before deadline. The Festival aims at
exposure of Armenian theater – related issues.
One of the organizers, theater critic Ara Hzmalyan noted that the
aim of X Festival is to bring audiences back to the theater, which
is a major problem today.
In contrast to current festival, the previous one was held on voluntary
lines and hosted only seven troupes.