Drama Theater (Lipetsk): history, repertoire, troupe

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

Tolstoy's Drama Theater (Lipetsk) has been around for almost a hundred years. Here both adults and children will find an interesting setting for themselves. The repertoire is designed for audiences of all ages and interests.

History of the theater

The Drama Theater on Sokol (Lipetsk) was opened in 1921. The first troupe was entrusted to recruit E. N. Lavrov, the instructor of the county people's education. He invited actors and directors from Moscow to the newly created theater. The repertoire of that time included plays by N. V. Gogol, A. N. Ostrovsky and others.

In 1923 the theater was closed. Since 1925, artists from other cities who came to Lipetsk on tour performed in its building in the summer.

A new troupe was formed in 1931. The Drama Theater (Lipetsk) was reborn. At the end of the 30s. plays by Soviet playwrights appeared in the troupe's repertoire. There were also many works by Lipetsk authors.

During the war, many actors went to defend their homeland. The rest spoke to the soldiers. The theater traveled to the front-line territories of Voronezh, Bryansk, Stalingrad.

The 60-70s were golden years for the Lipetsk drama. He became popular, in demand, artists were invited tovarious events. The repertoire included performances that did not leave the stage for a long time.

In the 80s, the theater did a great job of moral and aesthetic education of the younger generation. This brought him fame and made him famous in our country and far beyond its borders.

In 1985, the team was awarded the State Prize named after K. S. Stanislavsky for the high level of his productions.

Today the theater continues its best traditions. In 2003, under him, a course of GITIS students, an acting department, was recruited. All graduates were recruited into the troupe.

Since 2008, Lyudmila Dolzhikova has been the director of the team.

Repertoire

Drama Theater (Lipetsk) offers its audience a rich repertoire. It includes performances for both adults and young viewers.

Theater productions:

"Monsieur Amilcar".
"Angel of Mary".
"Family portrait with stranger".
"Opera Mafia".
"Terrible parents".
"Royal Cow".
"Titanic Orchestra".
"Captain Flint's Treasure".
"My brothers' sons".
"Bird Colonel".
"Marriage".
"Hotel of Two Worlds" and many others.

Troup

Drama Theater (Lipetsk) is, first of all, a talented troupe whose artists can do anything.

Actors:

MariaNightingale.
Sergey Belsky.
Andrey Litvinov.
Vladimir Avramenko.
Arthur Guriev.
Evgeny Vlasov.
Lilia Bokova.
Maxim Zavrin.
Aleksey Praslov.
Dmitry Nemontov.
Mikhail Yanko and many others.

Theatrical meetings

Drama Theater (Lipetsk) conducts serious educational activities. Its main component is the Lipetsk Theater Meetings festival. It has been held annually for 30 years. Writers, philologists, artists, theater critics, directors, art historians, and critics come to the festival from all over the world. Performances are shown as part of the project. And also conferences, discussions, etc. are held. Each festival corresponds to a theme.

Among the guests of the festival are well-known scientists in our country and around the world, scientists, academicians, cultural and art workers, teachers of creative colleges and universities.