The Little Prince

Armen Elbakyan was born in Yerevan. In 1974 he graduated from the Acting Department of Yerevan Theatre Institute, in 1981 graduated from the Directing Department of Yerevan Theatre Institute, during 1975 to 1982 acted at Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan, from 1982 to 1988 worked as the director. Between 1988 to 1994 he was the artistic director of the Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre of Yerevan. Elbakyan taught at Yerevan Theatre Institute between 1988 to 2012 (Professor since 2010). He founded Comedy and Drama Theatre after Edgar Elbakyan in 1994. Since 2000 was the director of the Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre. Since 2015 he is the artistic director of Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre. He was awarded with Yevgeny Vakhtangov’s prize, in 2001 he received “Artavazd” prize. He played in a lot of performances. In 2008 Armen Elbakyan was awarded the “Artavazd” Prize of the Republic of Armenia as the best actor of the year, in 2003 he was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of Armenia, in 2013 received “Grigor Narekatsi” medal, from 2017 he is People's Artist of RA.