Theater-X festival to host over 30 metropolitan and regional troupes in 2011March 21, 2011 - 15:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Theater-X 4th republican and theater festival will host over 30 metropolitan and regional troupes, festival president Ara Khzmalyan stated. At news conference in Yerevan, Khzmalyan pointed out to the progress achieved since 2007, the festival foundation year, with the number of participant troupes growing from 8 to 31. The festival is held under the motto Cultural Unity, Festival of Discussions. Every performance within festival framework will be followed by discussion, involving theater critics, filmmakers, actors, philologists and reporters. The festival, to launch March 21 in Hrachya Ghaplanyan’s State Dramatic Theater, will be opened with a performance drawing on Juan José Alonso Millan’s play, “Potassium cyanide, alone or with milk?” Upon completion of the Festival on April 12, the event will be continued in Armenian regions of Kapan, Vanadzor and Etchmiadzin. Festival winners will be awarded special prizes at ceremonial closure due April 28 in State Puppet Theater. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. Up to 1% cashback when shopping on Wildberries with IDBank cards IDBank is launching an exclusive campaign on Wildberries for online shopping enthusiasts. Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. |