Petros Adamian Tbilisi State Armenian Drama Theatre

Petros Adamian Tbilisi State Armenian Drama Theatre
	Pedros Adamian Armenian Theatre
Address	Avlabar district of Tbilisi; Georgia
Coordinates	41°41′30″N 44°48′59″E / 41.69167°N 44.81639°E
Construction
Opened	1858
Rebuilt	1936
Website
	www.tbilarmtheatre.ge

Petros Adamian Tbilisi State Armenian Drama Theatre (Armenian: Ստեփան Շահումյանի անվան հայկական պետական թատրոն Georgian: პეტროს ადამიანის სახელობის თბილისის სახემწიფო სომხური დრამატული თეატრი) was established in 1858 by the Armenian theater activist Gevorg Chmshkyan. Armenian writer Gabriel Sundukyan was among the supporters of theater.^[1]

History

The first staging was "Haji Suleyman". From 1922 to 1936 the theatre's name was "Artistic theatre". In 1936 a new theatre building was finished which was named after Bolshevik Stepan Shahumian. The first performance was Mkrtich (Nikita) Djanan's performance "Shahname". Petros Adamian, Siranoush, Vahram Papazian, Hovhannes Abelian, Olga Maysourian, Isaac Alikhanian, Mariam Mojorian, Artem and Maria Beroians, Babken Nersesian, directors: Arshak Bourdjalian, Leon Kalantar, Roman Matiashvili, Robert Yegian worked at the theatre. Aram Khachaturian, Armen Tigranian, Alexander Spendiarian, and others wrote music for the theatre.

Nowadays Peter Adamian Tbilisi State Armenian Drama Theatre is the main cultural and public center of the Armenian-Georgian community.^[2]

References

^ Official site
^ http://amtheater.gq.nu Archived 2008-02-10 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Official site

[2] ttp://amtheater.gq.nu Archived 2008-02-10 at the Wayback Machine

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