Rustaveli National Theatre

Rustaveli Theatre was founded in 1879 The name of the Rustaveli Theater is covered with especial halo in Georgia and abroad and it is connected with real art and solemn theatricality, famous for its excellent actors and professional producers which are making now, as they did in the past, modern, problematic and alive performances. The Rustaveli National Theatre is often called abroad “The Theatre of Stars” because of the great number of its talented actors. The most unique feature of the theatre is its everlasting youth and searching soul. New theatrical directions and forms, full of national meaning and expression were formed during the whole century. The secret of everlasting attractiveness of the Theatre can be found in its creative and civic conviction. Georgian outstanding writers and cultural workers put great national and art problems forward- the theatre had to be the place of Georgian social thought, national consciousness and national culture. The Rustaveli National Theatre loaded with such difficult mission began to work for its nation’s spiritual culture. Each producer of the Theatre had his own and unique handwriting. Each play was distinguished with its clear aim and aesthetical features. Though the Theatre was describing the epoch, it was devoted to the highest principles of the art too.