Yerevan to host One Small Step performance of Oxford Playhouse troup

Yerevan to host One Small Step performance of Oxford Playhouse troupe

May 8, 2010 – 17:17 AMT 12:17 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net –

Program Coordinator of the British Council Armenia Narek Tovmasyan
said that the arrival of Oxford Playhouse troupe is an important event
for the organization. `Every year we attend Edinburgh festival and
choose the best actors to perform in Yerevan,’ Tovmasyan told a press
conference in Yerevan on May 8.

One Small Step performance will be staged in Armenia by Oxford
Playhouse troupe. It encapsulates the race between the United States
and the Soviet Union to send the first man to the moon.

Actors Robin Hemmings and Oliver Millingham commented on their visit
to Armenia, saying that they are impressed by Yerevan from the
cultural point of view.

One Small Step was staged in 13 countries. Representatives of Russia
and the US, including NASA cosmonauts saw the performance, although it
was not staged in these countries, Romin Hemmings told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. `In general, they were of positive opinion,
though Russians labeled our humor as unhealthy in some scenes,’ the
actor said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS