  Yerevan to host International Shakespeare FestivalSeptember 9, 2009 - 16:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan will host International Shakespeare Festival on September 8-20. , This year, beside traditional solo performances, the festival will feature major stage works.Shakespeare Festival will present theater groups from Armenia, Russia, France, Georgia and Iran. A separate festival program will feature performance of Alexander Kalyagin and his "Et cetera" theater. Famous theater director Peter Brook's daughter, Irina Brook will present her staging of "Don Quixote", starring Zhirayr Babazian as Sancho Panza. Irina Brook's theater group includes 14 actors, 3 of them Armenians: Zhirayr Babazian, Hovnatan Avetikyan and Lori Baghdasaryan. 2 performances will be presented: Cervantes' "Don Quixote" and Shakespeare's "Waiting for a dream". Production director and actor Zhirayr Babazian is on tour in Yerevan on the invitation of RA Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan and Theater Workers Union Head Hakob Ghazanchyan. Festival partners are Yerevan Mayor's Office, RA Ministry of Culture and Armavia Aircompany.   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 |  Related sections Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
