Drama Theatre, Irkutsk: hall scheme. Irkutsk Drama Theatre. Okhlopkova

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The Okhlopkov Drama Theater (Irkutsk) has existed for more than a century. His repertoire is rich and varied. The theater holds festivals, creative seminars, literary evenings, charity balls. Also, everyone has the opportunity to visit the museum, where you can see programs, costumes, scenery and posters of past years.

History of the theater

The idea of creating a theater arose at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Irkutsk society longed for this event. Governor-General B. Lezzano patronized the opening of a theater in the city. He carried out his constant patronage. The Drama Theater (Irkutsk) received professional status in 1850. Then the troupe of itinerant actors remained in the city to work on a permanent basis. A year later, a building was built for the theater, the trustee of this event was Governor-General Nikolai Muravyov-Amursky. The first performance of the troupe was the play “The Russian Man Remembers Well”, written by N. Polev, a native of Irkutsk. A. N. Pokhvisnev became the director of the theater. He was an officerGuards and a playwright, his plays were staged on Moscow and St. Petersburg stages. The theater hosted great masters such as P. N. Orleneva, M. I. Petipa, V. F. Komissarzhevskaya and others. They often came here on tour. In 1967, the theater was named after N. P. Okhlopkov. This outstanding director of the Soviet Union began his career on this Irkutsk stage. In 1999, the theater received the title of "Academic" for a great contribution to the development of art and for great achievements. The Drama Theater (Irkutsk) has two platforms: a chamber stage and the main one. Every evening both halls are filled with spectators, there is not a single empty seat. Recently, a design room has been created and equipped in the theater. It employs specialists who produce advertising booklets, posters, programs. The theater conducts educational activities. There are also advanced training courses for representatives of creative professions. In 2006, the theater received the F. Volkov Prize for its great contribution to the development of art. To date, the director of this temple of arts in Irkutsk is A. A. Streltsov - Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation. The artistic director of the theater is G. V. Shaposhnikov.

Theater building

The Drama Theater (Irkutsk) has changed several rooms over the years of its existence. The first buildings were wooden. In 1897, a stone building was built. The design of the building of the Irkutsk theater was developed by V. A. Shreret, the chief theater architect at the imperial court. Governor Alexander contributed in every possible way to the construction. Goremykin. The building was built according to the traditional scheme for theaters - a tiered one. The interior decoration of the room was amazing, the acoustics were perfect. Today the building has the status of a monument of historical and cultural heritage of federal significance. The theater was reconstructed in 1999.

Performances

Drama Theater (Irkutsk) offers its audience a varied repertoire. Here are time-tested and popular authors, such as S. Lobozerov, V. Gurkin, Razumovskaya, N. Ptushkina, N. Kolyada and so on. As well as new names that the theater opens up thanks to the fact that it holds a festival of modern dramaturgy.

Currently in the repertoire:

• "The bride's room".
• "Alexander Nevsky in the Middle World".
• Cat House.
• "Player".
• "For the rest of my life."
• "Hamlet".
• "A little tenderness."
• Forever Alive.
• "Boeing-Boeing, or French Dinner".
• Orpheus and Eurydice.
• “There was a war tomorrow.”
• Romeo and Juliet.
• "Marriage".
• "At the command of the pike, at my will."
• "Sunset".
• Wolves and Sheep.
• "Rivals".
• Halaam-Bundu.
• "I am Joan of Orleans."
• "Eugene Onegin".
• Olesya.
• “From the heroes of old.”
• "Three on a swing".
• "Tartuffe".
• "Elizaveta Bam".
• "Dog".

And other interesting productions.

Troup

Drama theater(Irkutsk) today is represented by 61 actors. Among them are 3 People's Artists of Russia.

• Wenger Vitaly Konstantinovich.
• Koroleva Natalia Vasilievna.
• Oleynik Tamara Viktorovna.

And also 15 Honored Artists of Russia.

• Sidorchenko V. P.
• Buldakov A. A.
• Dubakov N. V.
• Soloninkin I. P.
• Voronov Ya. M.
• Ilyin A. V.
• Slabunova L. T.
• Gushchin G. S.
• Mazurenko E. S.
• Orekhov V. S.
• Dvinskaya T. V.
• Mylnikova K. I.
• Dogadin S. V.
• Panasyuk T. I.
• Chirva I. I.

The troupe performs not only in Irkutsk, the artists go on tour in Omsk, Tomsk, Voronezh, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Sochi, travel to other countries - Poland, Kyrgyzstan, USA, Japan, Germany, Bulgaria and so on.

Re-Education Project

Drama theater (Irkutsk), in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, is conducting an experiment. Difficult teenagers are arranged to work for a while. They work for a month in the garden of the theater, make scenery together with artists, even go on stage and take part in performances next to professional actors. Many teenagers first get acquainted with the theater due to the fact that there is such a project. Guys and girls are all different, someone immediately got involved in the work, someone at first was lazy or afraid, refused, but gradually everyone is drawn into the process with pleasure. Teenagers say they enjoy interacting with artistsand in the theater they are much more interesting than at school. Such an experience will help difficult guys and girls develop their intellect, creativity, and for someone it will play a decisive role in fate. The idea of this project belongs to the director of the Irkutsk theater. Law enforcement agencies supported her without hesitation. The problem of difficult teenagers in Irkutsk is very acute, there are more than 7 thousand of them in the city and all of them should be employed for the summer period. Not every head of some enterprise, company, and so on will decide to hire, albeit temporarily, such a child, even if they have an urgent need for workers. And difficult teenagers who want to improve feel that society does not trust them, so the Irkutsk Drama Theater is doing a good deed for them. The author of the project idea hopes that the experiment will live on, and boys and girls will be able to feel like full members of society.

Purchasing tickets and theater address

Drama Theater (Irkutsk) is located on Karl Marx Street, at number 14. The layout of the hall is shown in the photo above. Anyone can order a ticket for a performance online on the theater's official website.