September 22, 2009 - 16:37 AMT
Yerevan to host High Fest theatre festival beginning October 1
On October 1-8 Yerevan will host the 7th High Fest international theatre festival under the patronage of RA President and the sponsorship of Culture Ministry.

Festival will be attended by 33 theatre representatives from 22 countries, including Great Britain, Canada, Iceland, France, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Poland and Iran. Within festival frameworks, 50 performances will bе played on 16 theatrical stages in Yerevan.

Festival organizers will enable audience to watch spectacles staged in the world's best-known theatres including Philippe Genty (France), Trickster Theatre (Switzerland) and Credo (Bulgaria). Festival will be also attended by international theatrical experts Noel Wits, Pete Brooks (Fine Arts Academy of London), Yana Prekova (Paris Quadrinale of Theatre and Stage Painting) and David Burman (Director of Cook Art Festival, St. Petersburg)

"The Overcoat" (author: Nikolay Gogol), performance staged by Bulgarian Credo theatre, will this year open High Fest.