  HIGH FEST Festival opened with "The Overcoat" by the Bulgarian "Credo" theater.October 3, 2009 - 18:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - HIGH FEST theater festival started October 1 in Yerevan. The festival was opened with the Gogol's play "The Overcoat" staged by the Bulgarian "Credo" theater. Theater "Credo", established in 1992 in Sofia (Bulgaria) performed "The Overcoat" in different countries around the world for the last 18 years. The play was performed in 9 languages - English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Greek, Serbian, Bulgarian. "We are very close to the style of Gogol, it's absurd," the director of the "Credo" theater Nina Dimitrova said. HIGH FEST Festival will be held from October 1 to 8 in Yerevan under the auspices of the President of Armenia and with support of the ministry of culture. 33 theaters from 22 countries, including Britain, Canada, Iceland, France, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Poland, Iran will take part in the festival. 50 plays at 16 Yerevan theaters will be staged during the festival during 8 days.   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 Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
