Photo exhibition opens as part of second puppet festival in Baku
By Nigar Orujova
The Jafar Jabbarly State Theater Museum starts a portable photo
exhibition as part of the second international puppet theater
festival "Cirtdan" in Baku, Azerbaijani Culture and Tourism
Ministry said.
Photos, presented at the exhibition, are reflecting activity of
Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater named after Abdullah Shaig, and
Nakhchivan, Ganja, Salyan, Gah state puppet theaters.
The exhibition also presents posters of the Azerbaijan State Puppet
Theater of 1930, the photo materials that reflect regional touring
of the theater company in those times.
The second international puppet theater festival, organized under
"The Azerbaijani Theater in 2009-2019" State Program, opened in
Baku on November 9 and will last until November 16.
The festival is co-organized by Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Culture
and Tourism, International Puppet Theaters Association (UNIMA), and
the Abdullah Shaig State Puppet Theater.
The festival presents performances of leading puppet theaters from
several countries in different genres that are of interest to both
children and adults.
The festival features performances by the Azerbaijan Abdullah Shaig
State Puppet Theater and the Gakh State Puppet Theater, as well as
theaters from the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Switzerland, Hungary, and Tatarstan with some 12 performances.
Azerbaijan's Abdullah Shaig State Puppet Theater was created in
1931 with the first performance staged in 1932.
The Theater has participated in international puppet theater
festivals (Tashkent, 1979, Bombay, 1980) and the South Caucasus
(Yerevan, 1982, Tbilisi, 1984).
The Theater performs in Azerbaijani and Russian languages for
children and adults alike. Plays of Azerbaijani, Russian and
western European playwrights are staged in the theater, including
"Haji Gara" by Mirza Fatali Akhundov, "The Doctor In Spite of
Himself" by Jean Baptiste Moliere, "Almaz" by Jafar Jabbarli, and
"Big Ivan" by Sergey Obraztsov.