Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theater: address, tickets, actors, performances and audience reviews

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theater has been around for 90 years. The theater is interesting for both children, young viewers, and serious experienced theatergoers. The Youth Theater diligently preserves the traditions of the past, while developing and striving to keep up with the times. This is the main secret of his popularity.

About the theater

The Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theater (a photo of the building can be seen below) was created in 1928. It was founded by an actor, entrepreneur and director N. I., well-known in those years in the city. Sobolshchikov-Samarin. He assembled a troupe of graduates of the theater college.

In the early years, the repertoire consisted of classical pieces. The team did not have its own premises, so rehearsals and performances took place on the stage of the drama theater. By the 10th anniversary, the theater received its first building.

During the war, many actors went to the front. The remaining artists performed in hospitals and in military units as part of front-line brigades. In the postwar years, the Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theater actively participated in festivals and became known far beyond the region.

In the 70s of the twentieth century, the theater entered the top five best youth theatersSoviet Union. For the 50th anniversary, the theater received an award - the Order of the Badge of Honor and a new building, where it is located to this day.

At the end of the 80s, the second stage, Malaya, was opened in the Youth Theatre. Here the audience and actors are very close to each other and can look into each other's eyes. Performances in such a space are perceived differently. The impact of the actors on the audience increases many times over.

Today, the theater hosts performances based on Russian and foreign classics, as well as fairy tales and contemporary plays.

Actors of the Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theater

Actors serve in the troupe of the Youth Theater, many of whom have repeatedly received various awards, prizes, titles:

• Evgeny Kalabanov (Honored Artist of Russia);
• Natalya Makarova (Laureate of the E. Evstigneev Competition);
• Leonid Remnev (People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Golden Mask nominee);
• Alexander Barkovsky (Laureate of the Season Premiere festival);
• Tatyana Mironova (winner of the Nizhny Novgorod Pearl award);
• Svetlana Ryazanova (Laureate of the E. Evstigneev Competition);
• E. Firstov (Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, winner of the first prize at the Cheerful Goat skit festival);
• Maxim Novikov (Laureate of the Premiere of the Season festival);
• Irina Dolganova (Honored Artist of Russia);
• Irina Buklova (Laureate of the E. Evstigneev Competition) and many others.

In the repertoire

Despite the fact that the theater considered in the article is the Youth Theater (that is, for young viewers), performances on its stagego not only for children and teenagers, but also for the older public.

This season you can watch the following productions here:

• "Monsieur Amilcar" (Incredible Story 16+);
• "Cinderella" (fairy tale 6+);
• "The roof is moving, the house is standing" (comedy 18+);
• "Puss in Boots" (musical 6+);
• Phoenix Bird (rock opera 12+);
• "The Little Prince" (wonderful story 12+);
• "Subscriber is insanely happy" (one-man show 18+);
• "The Abduction of Johnny Dorset" (Western 6+).
• Chick. Goodbye, Berlin” (one-act trip 14+);
• "Treasure Island" (treasure hunt 6+);
• "Bambi" (forest story 6+) and many others.

How to get there

Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theater is located at the address: M. Gorky Street, house 145. You can get here from any part of the city by public transport. If you decide to travel by metro, then you will need to get off at the Gorkovskaya station. The trip will take 72 minutes if the starting point is the station "Tsentr Sormova". It takes about 44 minutes to get from Avtozavodskaya station to the theater by metro.

You can get to the Youth Theater by trolley bus number 13. From the stop "Soviet Square" the road will take only 15 minutes.

You can get there by bus or minibus. The following flights go to the theater:

• Bus number 90 - from the stop "Center of Sormovo" (42 minutes);
• T-10 minibus - from Indigo Life shopping center (25 min.);
• Bus number 38 - from the stop "Fedorovsky Embankment" (the trip will last 20minutes);
• T-71 minibus - from Sormovo Center (the journey takes 40 minutes);
• Bus number 61 - from the shopping center "Indigo Life" (journey time 35 min.);
• 41 - from the stop "Soviet Square" (15 minutes);
• T-55 bus from Molitovsky Bridge (travel time 32 minutes);
• 64 - from the Molitovsky Bridge stop (32 minutes).

Stops near the theater are as follows:

1. Freedom Square (4-minute walk);
2. «Opera and Ballet Theatre. Pushkin "(to the Youth Theater 7 minutes on foot);
3. Osharskaya Street (6 minutes walk);
4. "Sputnik Cinema" (6 minutes walk to Youth Theater);
5. Varvarskaya Street (8-minute walk).

Viewer Reviews

Reviews about the Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theater viewers leave positive. Many write that they have been fans of this theater since childhood, now they go to adult productions here and take their daughters and sons to watch fairy tales.

Everyone celebrates the excellent acting. The audience also responds very well to the performances themselves. In their opinion, it is difficult to find an unsuccessful performance in the repertoire of the Youth Theater. Most of all, the audience praises the productions: "Vassa", "The Bremen Town Musicians", "The Flying Ship", "The roof is moving, the house is standing."

Of the pluses, visitors also note the polite staff and a comfortable hall, which is arranged in such a way that everything that happens on the stage is clearly visible from anywhere.

The only downside the audience sees is that the building is old, doesn't look very presentable, and its interior hasn't changed for many years.

Tickets

Tickets for performances at the Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theater can be bought at the theater box office or online. The website has a booking form. Tickets can be ordered online at any time. At the box office - from 10:00 to 19:00 daily.

Ticket price depends on the row in the auditorium, age of the viewer, day of the week and stage:

Age of viewer	A row in the hall	Day of the week	Stage	Price
Children and teenagers	1 to 10	Monday-Friday	Big	$400
Children and teenagers	11 to 16	Monday-Friday	Big	350 RUB
Children and teenagers	17 to 20	Monday-Friday	Big	300 RUB
Children and teenagers	21 to 22	Monday-Friday	Big	250 R.
Adults	1 to 10	Any days	Big	$450
Adults	11 to 16	Any days	Big	$400
Adults	17 to 20	Any days	Big	350 RUB
Adults	21 to 22	Any days	Big	300 RUB
Children and teenagers	1 to 10	Weekends, holidays	Big	$450
Children and teenagers	11 to 16	Weekends, holidays	Big	$400
Children and teenagers	17 to 20	Weekends, holidays	Big	350 RUB
Children and teenagers	21 to 22	Weekends, holidays	Big	300 RUB
Children and teenagers	All	Any days	Small	$400
Adults	All	Any days	Small	$450

Often the theater offers the audience discounts on tickets up to 50%. The main thing is to have time to use them. To clarify all questions about buying tickets and getting discounts, you can call the Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theater, phone numbers are given on its official website.

Youth theater in Nizhny Novgorod certainly deserves attention. So, if you haven't been there yet, be sure to visit this temple of art. And if you are a regular viewer, then do not stop there. No matter how old you are or what you're interested in, you'll find performances you're sure to love here.