October 5, 2026
Participants of the 5th Sheki International Theatre Festival have been honored
Artists from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Iran are participating alongside theatre troupes from Azerbaijan in the 5th Sheki International Theatre Festival, which is organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Union of Theatre Workers of Azerbaijan, the Sheki City Executive Power, and the Sheki State Drama Theatre.
During this celebration of the arts, which is proceeding with great success, awards were presented by the Union of Theatre Workers of Azerbaijan. The Union's leadership—Chairman Haji Ismayilov (People's Artist and State Prize laureate) and Deputy Chairmen Ilham Namiq Kamal (People's Artist and Professor) and Azad Shukurov (Honored Artist and Professor)—awarded the Union's "Teatr Fadaisi" (Devotee of Theatre) medal to Bakhytbek Temirbekov (Artistic Director of the N. Bekejanov Kazakh Academic Musical Drama Theatre in the Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan), Zulfiya Khamrayeva (Director of the Uzbekistan State Theatre of Young Spectators), and Garib Manuchehri (Head of the Moghan Honar Theatre in Ardabil, Iran) in recognition of their contributions to the art of theatre.
A commemorative gift was presented by the Union to the festival's artistic director, Honored Art Worker Mirbala Salimli.
