The Hovhannes Tumanyan Puppet Theatre of Yerevan, officially the Yerevan State Puppet Theatre named after Hovhannes Tumanyan ( hy, Երևանի Հովհաննես Թումանյանի անվան Պետական Տիկնիկային Թատրոն 'Yerevani Hovhannes T'umanyani anvan Petakan Tiknikayin T'atron'), is a puppet theatre founded in 1935 and located in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

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. It is also the location of the Pavlos Boroyan Puppet Museum.

History

The Hovhannes Tumanyan Puppet Theatre of Yerevan was opened on 1 June 1935 by Sofia Bejanyan, painter Gevorg Arakelyan, actors Pavlos Boroyan, and Araksia Arabyan. The first director of the theatre was Varia Stepanyan. In 1938, the theatre was renamed after

Hovhannes Tumanyan Hovhannes Tumanyan ( hy, Հովհաննես Թումանյան, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան, – March 23, 1923) was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the nationa ...

. Between 1950 and 1957 the theatre was closed. However, on 27 July 1957, the theatre was reopened and

Yervand Manaryan Yervand Manaryan ( hy, Երվանդ Մանարյան; September 20, 1924 – February 19, 2020) was an Iranian-born Armenian actor. Manaryan was born in Arak, Iran in 1924 in a family from Agulis, Nakhichevan. In 1946 his family repatriated to ...

became the director. Since 1975, the theatre is operating in its current location on

Sayat-Nova Avenue Sayat-Nova Avenue ( hy, Սայաթ-Նովայի պողոտա ''Sayat-Nova'i Poghota''), is an avenue in the central Kentron District of Yerevan, Armenia. It is named after the 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. It was officially ...

. The theatre is also home to a puppet museum named after Pavlos Boroyan.

References

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