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Young Spectators Theater to join several festivals

3 July 2019 16:15 (UTC+04:00)
Young Spectators Theater to join several festivals

By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijan State Theater of Young Spectators will take part in several coming festivals.

"The Double Bas" play by Patrick Suskind will be presented to the audience at Ostrovsky-FEST to be held in the town of Kineshma (Russia) on August 14-18, Trend Life reported.

Honored Artist Shovgi Huseynov will perform this monologue in one act premiered in 1988.

In addition to local theaters, the festival, which is attended by more than 6 countries - Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine, Israel, Switzerland and Norway - has gained considerable influence.

Moreover, the play will be staged at the U.S. theater festival in Boston on August 28-30.

Shovgi Huseynov said he believes he will succeed at these festivals.

"This play has succeeded in our country and culture and won many awards. The play was staged in Azerbaijani and Russian languages," said Huseynov.

Director of the mono-performance, stage and music producer is Irina Perlova. "The Double Bas" was awarded at many theater festivals in Iran, Turkey, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine.

The manuscript of the play by Patrick Suskind dates back to 1980. The monologue in one act, the author's first work for the stage, was premiered at the Cuvillies Theatre in Munich on September 22, 1981, and was performed by Nikolaus Paryla.

The play was successfully staged at many German-language theaters. In the 1984-1985 season, it was the play with the most performances on German language stages – more than 500 times.

The State Theater of Young Spectator plays an important role in shaping the artistic and aesthetic taste of the young generation and inculcating high moral and spiritual values, occupies a worthy place in the history of the Azerbaijani theater.

For many years, outstanding figures of culture and art of the country maintained close creative ties with this theater. Having a rich experience, the State Theater of the Young Spectator has won a great sympathy of theater lovers.

The theater actively participates in the propaganda of the cultural achievements of Azerbaijan.

It successfully performed at the first Sheki International Theater Festival, the 19th Belaya Veja (White Castle) International Theater Festival, the first International Martin McDonagh Festival, the 17th Black Sea International Theater Festival, the 5th Northern Meetings International Theater Festival, etc.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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