The Alp Arslan National Drama Theatre of Turkmenistan (), known as the Alp Arslan National Youth Theatre of Turkmenistan () until 2015, is located on

Archabil avenue Archabil Avenue () is a motorway in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to ...

Ashgabat Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...

History

In the past, the theatre was sited in a former cinema building. In 2006, the theatre relocated to a new four-storey, , building in the south of

. It was built by Turkish company GAP Insaat and inaugurated on 21 October 2006. The cost of the building was $17 million.

Description

The theatre walls are lined with

Italian marble The following is a list of various types of marble according to location. (NB: Marble-like stone which is not true marble according to geologists is included, but is indicated by ''italics'' with geologic classification given as footnote. Africa ...

, the facade is decorated with tall columns and stained glass windows. The building has four elevators. The theatre scene has two spinning halls with 800 and 200 seats. The area of the main stage is more than 400 square metres. On the square in front of the theatre is a monument to Turkmen ruler

Alp Arslan Alp Arslan, born Muhammad Alp Arslan bin Dawud Chaghri, was the second List of sultans of the Seljuk Empire, sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk (warlord), Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty and the empire. He g ...

.В Туркмении одновременно состоялось новоселье пяти театров
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About the theatre
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