“Georgian performance happened in Ozurgeti in order to help local school”- newspaper “Droeba” #10, 1868 y.- Updated history of Ozurgeti Theatre starts with this information ;
• In 1895 y. Alexander Tsutsunava, one of from Georgian professional editors and founders of Georgian cinema has headed up the theater;
• Golden period for the theater were 60-80es of XX century; the tours to Art theatre of Moscow, in Hungasry, Federation Republic of Germany, Resonanse decades in Tbilisi and other regions of Georgia; golden age of the theatre was 60-80-es of XX century and hardest period for it in 90-ies;
• In 1968 and 1988 the 100th and 120th wide-scaled anniversaries of theatre were celebrated;
• The Lithuanian tour of theatre In 2014 was recognized as a symbol theatre’s coming back to Europe.
The theatre participates in international festivals in Ukraine, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia
• The Ozurgeti theatre is 150 years old.
Since 2016y. the theatre had been conducting Nodar Dumbadze international Theatrical festival once per two years. In 2018 the theater celebrated 150th anniversary and the of Ozurgeti state theater star was opened.
Contact Person / contact person position -VASIL CHIGOGIDZE, Artistic Director
Contact Information:
eMail: theatreozurgeti@gmail.com
Telephone: 599 578909
Webpage: https://ozurgetisteatri.ge
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