YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Hovhannes Tumanian Puppet Theater will celebrate its 70th anniversary in the first decade of October. Theater's executives decided to celebrate the anniversary in a non-traditional way. As Noyan Tapan's correspondent was informed by Ruben Babayan, theater's Art Director, theater's collective will spend the jubilee with their permanent and beloved spectators, children. In October the theater will have 4 benevolent performances for parentless children and those attending special schools. "For a theatrical figure the greatest occasion is pleasing the spectators and when they are glad this is the greatest occasion. I think that marking the jubilee with the spectators is the most efficient way," Ruben Babayan mentioned. Derenik Martirosian, an actor of the Puppet Theater who has worked there for many years, has written a book about theater's history on the occasion of the jubilee. He is a great connoisseur of theater and is now teaching History of Puppet Art at the State Institute of Cinema and Theater. According to R.Babayan, the book consisting of several parts has been already translated into English, too, but they aren't able to publish it because of absence of funds. Besides, as the theater has been a member of "Yunima" (international organization of puppet theaters) for already 30 years, the book is likely to have its online variant, as well.

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