Graduated at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema Arts in his native Armenia, Vahan Badalyan, later furthered his studies in France. Since 2001, he has been the founder and artistic director of the Small Theatre Company of National Centre of Aesthetics and runs the Theatre School attached to it. The company was founded about 20 years ago as a theatre studio with the mission, then as now, to produce independent and creative works and to become a point of reference for young people interested in exploring the theatre arts by offering various educational programmes.
Since 2006, he has been invited as a lecturer in important national and international institutions such as Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema Arts, United World College Dilijan, AYB School and Salerno School of Higher Education. He has received several awards with his company including the main national theatre prize ARTAVAZD for the performances of "Diary of a Madman" (2007), "Ophelia's Shadow Theatre" (2008) and "Don't Leave Me" (2015).
