“Ali and Nino” — Premiere

Theatre

• Ganja State National Drama Theater
• 13 Nov 2026 - 27 Nov 2026

Ali and Nino

Age rating: 18+

Author: V. Reznikova

Stage director: Abdulla Elshadli

Cast: Novruz Jafarov (Honoured Artist), Ramiz Valiyev (Honoured Artist), Salamulla Ismayilov (Honoured Artist), Ruslan Huseynov, Shahmar Mammadov, Nazrin Safarova, Zulfiyya Aliyeva, Akif Safarov, Vasif Ismayilov, Abdulla Ismailov, Ramal Mansirli, Umid Huseynov, Elvin Alnaghiyev, Zeynab Abdullayeva, Gunel Hajiyeva, Aysu Kangarli, Mayan Huseynova.

Genre: Film-play about love

Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes

Start time: 19:00

Kurban Said’s novel Ali and Nino tells the story of the profound and enduring love between Ali Khan Shirvanshir and a Georgian girl, Nino Kipiani, against the backdrop of Baku’s complex social, political and cultural life in the early twentieth century. The encounter between Eastern and Western worldviews, national traditions and religious values forms the central theme of the work.

The story unfolds against the backdrop of the First World War, the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and political developments in Baku. Ali and Nino’s love becomes more than a personal relationship: it symbolises the search for mutual understanding and acceptance between different cultures.

Exploring love, homeland, national identity, freedom and moral choice, Ali and Nino is recognised as one of the works that contributed to the international recognition of Azerbaijani literature.