YEREVAN, November 29 (Noyan Tapan). The Theater after Henrik Malyan of the "Hayfilm" studio was participating in the Third International Theater Festival held in the Iranian city of Ispahan November 15-19. The "Tales" of Hovhannes Toumanyan staged by the theater staff has received eight prizes in the following nominations: best producer, best performance, best actresses, best actors, best music, best costume design, best stage design, and best booklet, Artistic Director of the theater Narine Malyan told reporters November 26. Participating in the festival were also theater companies from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. "All the companies had brought good performances, but our main contender was the one from Afghanistan. Before the last day, we were sure they were going to win, the artistic director said. She believes they attracted the Iranian theater-goers with their interesting and gentle playstyle. "We managed to convey Toumanyan's word and Malyan's staging art to them." Moreover, the performance was played without translation. The "Tales" that was first staged by well-known film director Henrik Malyan 24 years ago, is still fresh. Since then this performance has been played about 1,500 times.

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