  ArmMono festival features Egyptian and Israeli performances March 31, 2011 - 15:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - For the fist time ever, ArmMono 9th annual international theatre festival will host representatives of Egypt and Israel, festival director Marianna Mkhitaryan told a news conference in Yerevan. Carmen, the Egyptian performance, participated in a number of international festivals. The performance won theatre prizes in Poland and Oman. Carmen portrays the story of a charwoman, who dreams away, imagining herself as a main character in Bizet’s opera. Israeli performance, Silly Gimpel, tells a story of a life in Europe before the Holocaust. ArmMono, held under the auspices of Armenian National Assembly chairman and Ministry of Culture, is scheduled for April 3 to 8 in Yerevan. The first ArmMono fest took place in September 2003.   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 |  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. |
