of Albania started approximately on 4:30 am of the 17th of May 2020. The area was overrun by the State Police as they forcibly evacuated every person in the area protesting and detained many artists and high members of the Albanian opposition. Soon after the demolition started, people started gathering in the main boulevard just before the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Theatre to protest its demolition. This protest led to numerous other detainments due to the prohibition of gatherings and protests as per COVID-19 restrictions by the Government. Playwrights Theatre Directors Actors Agim Qirjaqi Ahmet Pasha Anastas Kristofori Andon Qesari Bujar Lako Antoneta Papapavli Besa Imami Drita Haxhiraj Drita Pelingu Edi Luarasi Edmond Budina Elia Zaharia Fatos Haxhiraj Ferial Alibali Genti Deçka Gjon Karma Ilia Shyti Laert Vasili Lazër Filipi Loro Kovaçi Luan Qerimi Kadri Roshi Sandër Prosi Margarita Xhepa Marie Logoreci Ndrek Luca Mihal Popi Ndriçim Xhepa Neritan Liçaj Pavlina Mani Reshat Arbana Robert Ndrenika Roland Trebicka Roza Anagnosti Pjetër Gjoka Prokop Mima Shkëlqim Basha Sulejman Pitarka Viktor Gjoka Violeta Manushi Yllka Mujo Shows Our Land () Hamlet () The Mayor () Intrigue and Love () The Fisher's Family ()The Mountains' Girl () A Bridegroom at Fourteen () After Death ()The Auditor () King Lear () Arturo Ui ()Korçë's Karnivals ()The Foreign Herth () The Fox and the Grapes () Bernarda Alba () The Lady of the Inn () Artan () Everybody's Roof () The Second Face () “Njeriu që pa vdekjen me sy”() The General of the Dead Army () The seven people from Shale () The house on the Boulevard () The Lady from the City () On the Trash () The servant of two Sires () The Big Flood () Theatres throughout Albania Albania holds other theatres in Vlora, Durres, Shkoder, Fier, Gjirokastër, Berat and Korce Kujtim Spahivogli National Experimental Theater of Albania () Located in Tirana besides the National Theater, its venues are used by mainly young artists with several successful performances throughout the year. Children's Theatre () The theatre is situated in the center of Tirana. The Albanian name literally means "The Puppet Theatre". The building used to serve as the Albanian parliament before World War II. Another professional Children's theatre is in Korçë, under the A. Z. Çajupi theatre. See also List of theatres in Albania References Tourist attractions in Tirana Theatres in Albania Albania Theatres completed in 1939 Buildings