Armenian playwright can’t stage his plays over actor shortage

Armenian playwright Vahram Sahakyan says he has two plays written now but cannot stage them because theatre actors are being filmed in soap operas to make ends meet.

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday Sahakyan said that the rabbis art should be banned through Stalin-era methods.

“I have never complained of anybody and have always said that each person will reach what s/he deserves,” said he.

“But today, I declare with all responsibility that things continue this way, we will not have any culture in four years’ time at all - neither theatre, nor cinema” said Sahakyan.

Vahram Sahakyan is the author of Khatabalada and Mea Culpa – plays that were written several years ago but still attract full audiences when staged.

“If we continue this way, this nation will disappear in several years. It should be banned through methods of the Stalin-era dictatorship. Whatever is rabbis must be simply banned,” explained he.