Theatre-X festival in Yerevan opened with "Potassium Cyanide, alone or with milk?" performanceMarch 21, 2011 - 19:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Theatre-X 4th republican and theater festival launched March 21 in Hrachya Ghaplanyan’s State Dramatic Theater. The festival was opened with a performance drawing on Juan Jose Alonso Millan’s play, "Potassium Cyanide, alone or with milk?" staged by Grigor Khachatryan. In a conversation with PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Mr. Khachatryan said, ''there’s nothing better than festivals. A discussion is planned upon completion of performance today. I'm a little worried, yet glad of the opportunity to hear expert opinion.'' The students of Yerevan State University of Theater and Cinema, well-known theater directors and filmmakers, as well as dramatic art connoisseurs attended the opening ceremony. 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. Upon completion of the Festival in Yerevan on April 12, the event will be continued in Armenian regions of Kapan, Vanadzor and Echmiadzin. 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 | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |