Play dedicated to April War heroes premieres at Gyumri Drama Theatre

Panorama, Armenia

A new play dedicated to the heroes of the 2016 April War premiered at Gyumri Drama Theatre named after Vardan Ajemyan, with the premiere of a video based on the play’s music held on Wednesday.

The video is directed by filmmaker, Honored Art Workder Hrachya Keshishyan, with its music written by People's Artist of Armenia Hayko.

As Panorama.am learnt earlier from the theatre, based on the novel by Anahit Aghasaryan, the play, entitled "Wedding in the Rear" is directed by Lyudvig Harutyunyan, music is written by Hayko. The play features Susanna Baghdasaryan, Anahit Harutyunyan, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Tigran Gaboyan and other well-known actors. 

The play centers around a story of a family symbolizing the Armenian people with its past, present, and future. The family is about to mark a wedding ceremony of the son, as the April war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) starts, crushing the hopes for a new beginning, a new family and generation. People get together and go to the frontline to fight for their future and the right to life.