POMEGRANATE SEED FESTIVAL IN HONOUR OF TUMANYAN’S 140TH ANNIVERSARY

Tert
Oct 26 2009
Armenia

The 9th Nran Hatik ("Pomegranate Seed") child and youth theatre
festival began on October 24 at the Yerevan Metro Theatre and will
run till November 1. This year, the festival is devoted to the 140th
anniversary of the well-known and much-loved Armenian writer Hovhannes
Tumanyan.

The 2009 Pomegranate Seed Theatre Festival features 25 theatre troupes
from Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and the Georgian town of Javakhq. The
festival opening was marked by a performance titled "We Play Tumanyan"
by the Isahakyan theatre troupe of the central library named in honour
of Avetik Isahakyan.

The festival’s founder and organizer is Nakhabem Cultural and
Educational Association NGO and Avetik Isahakyan library.