2024-07-31 12:48:03
Ganja State Drama Theater was awarded the Grand Prix of the third International Theater Festival in Braga, the head of the literary department of the theater Anar Burjaliyev told Day.Az.
The festival was organized by the Eurasian Theatre Association, the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, CTB – Braga Theatre Company and the Municipality of Braga.
The audience was presented with the play by the brilliant French-Romanian playwright Eugene Ionesco “The King Dies” directed by the theater director Tural Vagifoglu. The production of the Ganja Theater aroused great interest and was highly appreciated by the international jury of the festival. Honored artists Elkhan Yunis, Ilham Huseynov, Sevda Orujeva, Kamalya Mamedova, as well as actors Guntekin Mehdiyeva and Ruslan Huseynov took part in the play.
The performance was recognized as the best in two nominations at once – Grand Prix and “For the best stage costumes” (production designer – Mustafa Mustafayev). The prizes were presented to the director Agil Bahramli by the chairman of the organizing committee of the festival Rui Madera. On behalf of the Ganja Theater, a souvenir was presented – a model (wood carving) of the mausoleum of the outstanding representative of world poetry, the Azerbaijani classic Nizami Ganjavi.
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