WORLD THEATER DAY
The event is a celebration of theatre from around the world.
World Theatre Day was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), and is celebrated annually on March 27 by ITI Centers and the international theatre community. Various national and international theatre events are organized to celebrate the International Message.
Each year a figure outstanding in theatre or a person outstanding in heart and spirit from another field is invited to share his or her reflections on theatre and international harmony. What is known as the International Message is translated into more than 20 languages, read for tens of thousands of spectators before performances in theatres throughout the world and printed in hundreds of daily newspapers. Past figures have been Laurence Olivier, Vaclav Havel and Arthur Miller. Last year Dame Judi Dench led the charge:
"World Theatre Day is an opportunity to celebrate Theatre in all its myriad forms…Performances can occur in a small village in Africa, next to a mountain in Armenia, on a tiny island in the Pacific. All it needs is a space and an audience…March 27 is always the official World Theatre Day. In many ways every day should be considered a theatre day, as we have a responsibility to continue the tradition to entertain, to educate and to enlighten our audiences, without whom we couldn’t exist.”
- Dame Judi Dench
Armenia also marks World Theater Day.
Artavazd annual theater award ceremony will be held on March 27 in Yerevan.
Links on the topic:
http://panorama.am/am/current_topics/2012/03/27/tatron/
http://www.azg.am/AM/2012032723
