Yerevan State Puppet Theatre Named After Hovhannes Toumanyan

In 1935, Yerevan State Puppet Theater named after Hovhannes Tumanyna was founded. The theater was founded by Sofya Bejanyan, Gevork Arekelyan, Pavlos Boroyan and Araksya Arabeyan. The first performance was Samuel Marshak's "Naughty Petik".
Many famous directors participated in the creative life of the theater: Levon Kalantar, Vardan Achemyan, Tigran Shamirkhad, etc. Currently, the director and artistic director of the theater is Ruben Babayan.
The puppet theater has hosted many performances: Samuel Marshak's "Naughty Petik", Hovhannes Tumanyan's "King Chach-Chakh", Hovhannes Tumanyan's "The Dog and the Cat", Hovhannes Tumanyan's "The Master and the Servant", Anton Chekhov's "Kashtanka", Ghazaros Aghayan's "Eghegnuhi". , V. Vardanyan's "Ominous Bundle", Yervand Manaryan's "Gonza and the Violin", L. Garubin's "Easter's Tail", Derenik Demirchyan's "Brave Nazar", A. Shahinyan's "Aragil, welcome", Hans Christian Andersen's "The most precious of gold and pearls".