Marjanishvili Theatre building, State theatre building in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Marjanishvili Theatre is a theatre building in the Chughureti district of central Tbilisi, housed in a former Public House designed in the Art Nouveau style by Polish architect Stefan Kryczyński. The structure combines a working performance hall with an internal museum space.
The theatre was founded in 1928 by director Kote Marjanishvili in Kutaisi and moved to this Tbilisi building in 1930. The relocation to the capital gave the company a larger audience and a permanent home in the city centre.
The theatre is named after Kote Marjanishvili, the director who founded it, and his name also appears on the street where the building stands. Inside, a dedicated exhibition space traces the history of Georgian theatre through documents, photographs, and objects from past productions.
The building is on Kote Marjanishvili Street in central Tbilisi and easy to reach on foot from many parts of the city centre. The museum section inside is open to visitors during operational hours, though it is worth checking availability before planning a specific visit.
Stefan Kryczyński designed the building as a Public House, not a theatre, so its layout was never originally planned around a stage. This original purpose explains some of the architectural quirks a visitor can notice when walking through the building.
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