Darispan’s Trouble

Language: Georgian
147th Season (2025–2026)
Stage: “Main Stage”

PREMIERE

“Darispan’s Trouble”
based on a play by David Kldiashvili

Text Adaptation — Valeri Otokhozoria, Giorgi Kashia
Director — Giorgi Kashia
Set Designer — Anano Dolidze
Composer — Giorgi Jgharkava
Assistant Director — Elene Komakhidze

Cast:
Darispan — Avtandil Karchava
Marta — Tamar Makashvili
Pelagia — Inga Ghirdaladze
Karozhna — Khatia Popkhadze
Natalia — Salome Bedineishvili (4th-year student, Batumi Art University)
Osiko — Tornike Baramidze, Tamango Jgheria
Onisime — Zurab Shilakadze
Elene — Mariam Mgebri shvili (4th-year student, Batumi Art University)

Synopsis

The immortal prose works of David Kldiashvili, by virtue of their distinctive nature, have long attracted—and continue to attract—the interest of Georgian (and international) theatre. The Batumi Drama Theatre is no exception.
Director Giorgi Kashia, in collaboration with Valeri Otokhozoria, has created a stage adaptation of Darispan’s Trouble. Classics remain classics because, in any era, they reveal reality from a new angle and with a fresh perspective. Kldiashvili’s Darispan travels from generation to generation, carrying both comedy and tragedy, unrelenting pain and timeless reflection.

Box Office: located in the main building of the Batumi Drama Theatre
Address: 1 Shota Rustaveli St.
Box office phone: +995 422 27 31 80
Hours: daily except Monday, 12:00–7:00 PM
Inquiries: +995 422 27 42 83 / +995 577 980 858

Stage addresses:
“Main Stage” & “Experimental Stage” — 1 Sh. Rustaveli St.
“Small Stage” — 32 A. Melashvili St.

Dear audience members, please pay attention to the age restriction when purchasing tickets.
Latecomers will not be admitted to the auditorium.
Age restriction: 12+