Theatre critics assure tomorrow’s theatre is saved

The Republican Festival of Youth directors’ which was initiated by the Union of Theatrical Figures of Armenia and the support of the RA Culture Ministry for the 6th time on November 23-30 was aimed at discovering new young directors, give them a platform of presenting their own works and make a reliable ground for tomorrow’s theatre.

Summing up the festival the secretary of the Union of Theatrical Figures of Armenia Levon Mutafian noticed that this year it was the first time that the young directors accepted the actors in the first plan on the stage.

Festival not only discovered the director of tomorrow, but also gave hope for tomorrow’s theatre, Sona Meloyan theatrical critic said noticing an important thing, the different genres presented at the festivals were united with one single thing, with professionalism.

“We speak about a serious quality. We can draw a conclusion from the festival that our youth not only possesses the theatrical format, but also knows how to work with it.”

However, the theatrical critics noticed the negative sides of the presentations. Levon Mutafian noticed that in the performances of the Armenian directors the Armenian spirit is absent.