Open Theatre of Tirana

[1] In 1973, architect-engineer Temo Vito projected the theatre within the Grand Park of Tirana.

The main problem were some century-old olive trees, which, according to local beliefs could not be cut.

This was circumvented by transferring those olive trees in a nearby area, work that was conducted under the supervision of agronomist Abedin Çiço.

[2] After the 1990s the summer theatre was abandoned and the seats were almost fully ruined by the elements.

The town hall of Tirana started the rehabilitation in the fall of 2017 and on 30 May 2018 the theatre re-opened, with a night concert given by the Albanian Armed Forces band, the orchestra of the Radio Televizioni Shqiptar, led by Noorman Widjaja, violinist Olen Cesari, and the school of ballet students, for a total number of 400 artists participating in the event.