Check out what the capital has to offer culture-vultures this week- whether it's theater, music or museums you're into- Tbilisi has it all!
THEATER
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theater
25 Rustaveli Ave.
March 6
ABESALOM AND ETERI
Zakaria Paliashvili's opera
Starring: Tbilisi State Opera Theater Soloists,
Choir, Orchestra, Ballet, Georgian National Ballet "Sukhishvili"
Music Director of the Production Zaza Azmaiparashvili,
Director Gizo Jordania,
Set, Costume and Lighting Designer George Alexi-Meskhishvili,
Choreographer Iliko Sukhishvili,
Video Projection David Matchavariani
Start time: 19:00
Ticket: 15-200 GEL
Movement Theater
182 Agmashenebeli Ave.
March 6
RECITATIVE IN THE CITY
Musical performance
Author, director: Kakha Bakuradze
Composer/Arranger: Sandro Nikoladze
Musicians: Sandro Nikoladze, Davit Kakulia,
Valo Karalashvili, Simon Bitadze
Start time: 20:00
Price: 20 GEL
March 7
ASTIGMATISTS
Directed by Ioseb Bakuradze
Composer: Sandro Nikoladze
Astigmatists see the world differently, but are different from each other. A dissatisfied grandfather tries to defend family traditions; a father gets unusable gifts on his birthday; a young girl is secretly dating. Enjoy the comic moments of the astigmatist family.
Start time: 20:00
Price: 10 GEL
March 8
FAUST
Based on the work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Director, Designer: Kakha Bakuradze
Composer: Sandro Nikoladze, Davit Kakulia
Start time: 20:00
Price: 10, 15 GEL
March 12
INTRO
Directed by Kakha Bakuradze
Composer: Sandro Nikoladze
The performance is a synthesis of various genres-
Brecht's theater, circus performance, puppets and contemporary theater
Start time: 20:00
Price: 10, 15 GEL
Every Wednesday
A LO CUBANO NIGHTS
Cuban dancers’ masterclass
Start time: 20:00
Ticket: 10 GEL
MUSEUMS
Georgian National Museum Simon Janashia Museum
3 Sh. Rustaveli Ave.
Exhibitions:
GEORGIAN COSTUME AND WEAPONRY OF THE 18TH-20TH CENTURIES
NUMISMATIC TREASURY
EXHIBITION STONE AGE GEORGIA
ARCHEOLOGICAL TREASURE
NEW LIFE TO THE ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS
Until December 5
Ammunition, memorials, paintings, sculptures of oriental deity and household items-
The Georgian National Museum presents:
THE UNKNOWN COLLECTION OF
GENERAL ZURAB KOBIASHVILI
Tbilisi History Musuem Karvasla
Until March 10
EXHIBITION "FLIGHT #4/12" BY
KETI BATIASHVILI AND TEONA PAICHADZE.
The exhibition combines two artists with different visions, outlooks, biographies and styles around one world, one birthday, one race as a child and a profession.
Until March 10
EXHIBITION
NEGLECTED MEMORY
BY IA MCHEDLISHVILI
The exposition includes paintings, video and installation.
Until April 2
Georgian National Museum and art organisation Propaganda.network present the first exhibition of Iosen Gabashvili-
FROM THE HISTORY OF MODERNISM: IOSEB GABASHVILI
The exhibition unites up to 200 works in various mediums: painting, graphics, illustration, stage and film production design, created from 1920 to 1950.
MUSEUM OF SOVIET OCCUPATION
The exhibition hall is equipped with monitors, where visitors can see documentaries of various historical events related to soviet times.
Museum of Illusions
10 Betlemi Str.
Discover the Museum of Illusions
Be brave and jump into an illusion created by the Vortex, deform the image of yourself in the Mirror Room, free yourself in the Infinity Room, resist the laws of gravity and size, and take selfies in every possible pose. Enjoy the collection of holograms and discover optical illusions.
HOLOSEUM
10 Betlemi Str.
Ticket: 19.50 GEL, children: 12.5 GEL, students: 14.5 GEL
At the new Museum of Holograms in Tbilisi, 120 projectors splash art onto the walls, the characters turning, twisting and moving as visitors watch, bringing art to life.
The museum has opened with an exhibition of NIKO PIROSMANI'S ART.
GALLERIES
11 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
GRAND MASTERS FROM THE GEORGIAN
NATIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTION XIX – XX CENTURY
March 9-29
Georgian National Museum presents an exhibition of Giorgi Gugushvili’s artworks CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONS
The artist’s monumental vision is transformed into a dynamic and expressive flow in 21 compositions in various media.
SPHERO
City Mall Saburtalo,
Veranda, II Floor
A domed cognitive-entertainment space where you can become part of an impressive 360-degree panorama image. For all ages.
TBILISI DIGITAL SPACE
Tbilisi Mall
The first museum of digital art in Tbilisi, where you will meet three different spaces: Vazha-Pshavela's "Dried beech", the world of torches, and a digital space decorated with various graphic and visuals effects. In the main hall, decorated with video projections and mirrors, you will discover that there is no boundary between Man and nature.
THE GEORGIAN ROOM
FOREST OF LIGHTS
MAIN HALL WITH VIDEO PROJECTIONS AND MIRRORS
DIGITAL EXHIBITION OF GUSTAV KLIMT
The work of art nouveau painter Gustav Klimt is brought to life by digital technology in Tbilisi in an immersive exhibition that marks the 120th anniversary of the painter’s. See his works brought to life with sounds and music, and colors exploding throughout Digital Space’s immense projection surface for a one-of-a-kind experience.
Ticket: 5-20 GEL
MUSIC
REPUBLIC
1st Republic Sq.
March 6
BEKA GOCHIASHVILI
Presents modern jazz virtuosos:
Mike Mitchell (drums),
Casey Benjamin (saxophone, vocoder),
Max Gerl (bass guitar),
Frank Moka (percussion instruments),
DJ Misho Urushadze will continue the evening
Start time: 23:00
Ticket: 60-100 GEL
WAREHOUSE, VII PAVILION
30/32 Akhalkalaki Str.
March 6
Germany-based artist
PAUL KALKBRENNER
Start time: 23:00
Ticket: 50-200 GEL
ART HALL
26/2 Rkinigza Str.
March 7
MATTHIAS MEYER
Mushroom Stage (Relieve Night)
L.Green, ZS,
9Eleven B2B Kavel,
Shako
Start time: 23:00
Ticket: 20-30 GEL
Space Club
22 Bakhtrioni Str.
March 8
CJ BORIKA
Start time: 20:30
Ticket: 15-20 GEL
DOORS
26 Sulkhan Tsintasdze Str.
March 7
KUCHIS BICHEBI / live
Start time: 23:00
Ticket: 30 GEL
Movement Theater
182 Agmashenebeli Ave.
JAM SESSION
Improv music
Every Tuesday
Musical director- Sandro Nikoladze
Start time: 21:00
Price: 10 GEL