Yerevan-based Russian drama theatre art director says crisis affects
theatre projects

YEREVAN, April 18. /ARKA/. Many projects of the Yerevan State Russian
Drama Theatre after Stanislavsky are difficult to implement due to the
global financial recession, said Alexander Grigoryan, art director of
the theatre.

`We are to submit plan of actions for the coming four years, which is a
rather complicated task due to the global financial crisis,’ Grigoryan
said Friday at Novosti International Press Centre in Yerevan.

The organizers of the Warsaw Festival have been sending invitations to
the actors of the theatre since 2006, but they are unable to find money
to make this trip, Grigoryan said. The theatre has also been awarded
for the performance the Broken Chains and has been invited to the Brest
Festival.

Grigoryan expressed a hope that the actors of the theatre would make a
tour to Rostov-on-Don.

`It is rather important trip for us, since there is a large Armenian
Diaspora in Rostov-on-Don,’ he was quoted saying.

Besides, the theatre has been invited to participate in the Odessa
Festival of Russian Theatres of the CIS and Baltic States. The
Stanislavsky actors are also planning to tour in Magnitogorsk as part
of the Russia-Armenia Union.

The Yerevan Russian Drama Theatre after Stanislavsky was established in
1937. People’s Artist of Armenia, Prof. Alexander Grigoryan has been
the artistic director of the theatre for 42 years. Z. Sh. `0–