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 Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Pashinyan: Armenia’s desired goal is “on the horizon” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia is moving forward “without interruption”. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. |