News
28 February 2023
On the second festive Tuesday of the traditional Novruz holiday of the coming spring, on 28th February, a special event was held at the Baku Marionette Theatre – the show of “Arshin Mal Alan” was performed for the management of the Administration of the State Historical and Architectural Reserve “Icherisheher” and members of its Council of Aghsaggals (Patriarchs).
23 February 2023
On 23th February 2023, Baku Marionette Theatre again presented a free of charge show - specially for volunteers of the "ASAN Könüllüləri" sevice system there was performed "Arshin mal alan" musical by Uzeyir Hajibeyli.
11 February 2023
A devastating earthquake of 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Southern Türkiye in the early hours of 6 February (4.17 a.m.), with its epicentre in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş province. The earthquake affected the neighbouring provinces of Adıyaman, Kilis, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, and Malatya, as well as Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Adana, and Hatay, where around 13.5 million people reside including about 2 million Syrian refugees. A second major earthquake hit the region after 9 hours with 7.5 magnitudes causing further severe damage and destruction of damaged buildings.
Our thoughts are with the victims, with their families, with all those affected. Baku Marionette Theatre has contributed its show income of 11th February 2023 to the immediate assistance of Azerbaijan for help the victims of the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria and to support rescue efforts.
22 December 2022
Another poetry party took place at our Theatre on December 22, 2022. Adila Efendi, Natavan Mejidova and Marat Shafiyev declaimed their poetic compositions. The audience met presented poems and video clips with pleasure and gratitude.
7 December 2022
Audience can again enjoy the contemporary art by Tarlan Gorchu, managing and artistic director of the Baku Marionette Theatre. This time the artist's new works are displayed at the METACODE group exhibition presented by YARAT Contemporary Art Space at the Museum of Azerbaijani Painting of the XX-XXI centuries.
