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Theatres

  1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of professional theatres - total 26 27 27 27 27 30 30 31
including:                
opera and ballet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
drama,musical-comedy and musical drama 19 20 20 20 20 21 21 22
child and young people's theatre 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
Number of seats in theatres - total 9118 9073 9870 9808 8792 9780 9549 9424
including:                
opera and ballet 1068 1068 1068 1072 1072 1072 1072 1072
drama,musical-comedy and musical drama 6971 6894 7691 7627 6611 7488 7281 7031
child and young people's theatre 1079 1111 1111 1109 1109 1220 1196 1321

Distribution of theatres by departmental dirrision

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 29 30 30 30 30 30 31
including:              
Ministry of Culture and Tourism 27 27 27 27 27 27 28
Departmental of Culture and Tourism of the Executive Body 2 3 3 3 3 3 3

Number of attendees of the theatres

  1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of attendees of the theatres - total,thsd person 1201 925 837 827 714 604 544 495
including:                
opera and ballet 123 112 22 36 44 44 45 44
drama,musical-comedy and musical drama 800 602 591 568 480 430 378 340
child and young people's theatre 278 211 224 223 190 130 121 110
Average number of attendees per theatre, thsd 43 34 31 31 26 20 18 16
including:                
opera and ballet 123 112 22 36 44 44 45 44
drama,musical-comedy and musical drama 42 30 30 28 24 20 18 15
child and young people's theatre 46 35 37 37 32 16 15 14
Per 1000 population 159 117 105 103 88 74 66 58

Dynamics of theatre attendees number
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Number of performances in theatres

  1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of performances in theatres - total 4673 4244 4112 4481 4123 3797 3896 3581
including:                
opera and ballet 185 217 96 105 165 129 160 163
drama,musical-comedy and musical drama 3024 2401 2374 2602 2362 2246 2397 2207
child and young people's theatre 1464 1626 1642 1774 1596 1422 1339 1211
Average number of performances per theatre 180 157 152 166 153 127 130 116
including:                
opera and ballet 185 217 96 105 165 129 160 163
drama,musical-comedy and musical drama 159 120 119 130 118 107 114 100
child and young people's theatre 244 271 274 296 266 178 167 151
Teatrlar

  1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of performances in new presentation - total 86 96 87 111 104 105 109 100
including:                
opera and ballet 2 5 2 4 3 3 4 4
drama, musical-comedy and musical drama 63 72 62 84 78 76 77 67
child and young people's theatre 21 19 23 23 23 26 28 29
Number of regenerated performances 9 8 17 13 13 6 10 9
including:                
opera and ballet 1 - 1 - 1 - - -
drama, musical-comedy and musical drama 6 6 13 9 10 6 7 7
child and young people's theatre 2 2 3 4 2 - 3 2

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