{"id":3544,"date":"2019-07-01T19:05:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erkat.am\/?p=3544"},"modified":"2024-02-04T00:54:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T20:54:26","slug":"to-arms-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erkat.am\/en\/to-arms-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"To Arms!"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” curly_bg_repeat=”bg-no-repeat” curly_bg_position=”bg-pos-center-bottom” curly_bg_parallax=”true” curly_padding=”content-padding-lg” css=”.vc_custom_1544111286507{margin-top: 10px !important;background-image: url(http:\/\/erkat.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0073_1-1.jpg?id=2240) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column width=”5\/6″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-1″]
[vc_single_image image=”1723″ img_size=”large” style=”xtd-shadow–large-hard” el_class=”xtd-offset-frame”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Author and director of the play \u2013 Ara Yernjakyan.<\/span><\/p>\n

First played on 18.02.2006 in Yerevan<\/span><\/p>\n

27.03.2007 – The annual \u201cARTAVAZD\u201d prize,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

held by the Theatre Workers Union,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

was awarded to the \u201cTo arms!\u201d play,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

in the nomination \u201cThe Best play of the year\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

A reality that does not only belong to Armenia but also to any other country that willingly or unwillingly is dragged into the projects of the\u2026 let us say \u201csuper countries\u201d. Projects that affect the country\u2019s general lifestyle, economy, traditions etc…<\/span><\/p>\n

The Yerevan State Chamber Theater\u2019s play is a reflection of our times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A reality that does not only belong to Armenia but also to any other country that willingly or unwillingly is dragged into the projects of the\u2026 let us say \u201csuper countries\u201d. Projects that affect the country\u2019s general lifestyle, economy, traditions etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

The heroes of the play are looking for an exit from that situation, trying to go to places that they think are safer, with a better chance to live and create, work and achieve. Let it be in space, on earth, in the mountains, even under the water. The heroes\u2019 talk, think, plan, quarrel when the \u201csuper countries\u201d shout at them, make fun of them, wave a finger at them, and even make decisions that are not only incomprehensive but also unacceptable.<\/span><\/p>\n

At some part of the play, there is a situation in which one of the performers writes \u201cNO EXIT\u201d on the wall, because it seems that are forgotten or lost all the values and all the names that served as an example for these people, starting from the beginning of the country\u2019s history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A country that survived the past millennia and has still a long way to go – walking side by side with other countries – recognizing and respecting each other\u2019s rights, traditions, culture and power- the power that any country has. So \u201cI Zen\u201d TO ARMS that means culture, language, traditions, and any other weapon available for peaceful and creative lifestyle.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div>

[vc_single_image image=”1720″ img_size=”large” style=”xtd-shadow–large-hard” el_class=”xtd-offset-frame”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]\u201cIt became a custom that Yerevan Chamber Theatre starts the new season with premi\u00e8re \u2013 performance \u201cTo Arms!\u201d which is the logical continuation of formerly sensational performance of Ara Yernjakyan \u201cHayk\u201d. The performance is organized in the traditional style of Chamber theatre, where the sharpest problems of vital importance are presented in grotesque form. In another words-laugher through tears.<\/span><\/p>\n

…The premi\u00e8re was accepted by the audience with a bang.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna Kristaforyan, \u201cTo Arms!\u201d, \u201cAfisha\u201d, 6 – 19.03.2006<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe performance \u201cTo Arms!\u201d burns, offends, makes angry, makes us mock ourselves. And the well-known actors of Chamber Theatre Georgy Amiraghyan, Grisha Baghdasaryan, Sergey Danielyan, as well as the younger actors Luisa Nersisyan, Manuk Hakhverdyan, Arshaluys Harutyunyan and Arthur Karapetyan draw the audience into painfully familiar and strained fantastic life, which we can change just together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Margarita Yakhontova, \u201cArtavazd and Ara \u201cThe beautiful\u201d, \u201cNovoe Vremya\u201d, 09.06.2007<\/span><\/p>\n

Festivals, Tours:<\/span><\/p>\n

01.07.2007 – The performance “To Arms!” was presented in \u201cArtist\u201d Republican<\/span><\/p>\n

Theatrical Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

07-14.02.2008 \u2013 Iran, Tehran, “To Arms!\u201d play was presented at the 26th Fadjr International Theatre Festival.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

28.10.2011 \u2013 USA, Yerevan Chamber Theater presented the performance \u201cTo Arms!\u201d, as part of International Theater Festival in Los Angeles \u201cTheaters of the World\u201d, invited by the company \u201cASA ART INC\u201d, on the stage of \u201cBeyond the Stars Palace\u201d (Glendale, CA).<\/span><\/p>\n

14.11.2016 \u2013 Goris State Drama Theatre Named after V. Vagharshyan presented \u201cTo Arms!\u2019 pessimistic comedy. Author of the play – Ara Yernjakyan, director of the play \u2013 Gor Margaryan.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]

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