Omsk Academic Drama Theater: history, repertoire, troupe

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Omsk Academic Drama Theatre, the history of which is presented in this article, is one of the oldest in Siberia. He became the laureate of the main theater award "Golden Mask" six times. His repertoire includes many plays by contemporary authors.

About the theater

The Omsk Academic Drama Theater was founded in 1874. A photo of the building in which it has been located since 1905 and which is an architectural monument is presented below.

Funds for its construction were allocated by the City Council. It was erected according to the project of the architect I. Khvorinov. In 1983, the theater was given the status of "academic". The Omsk drama is actively touring both in Russia and in other countries. The theater is a constant participant of festivals and competitions. His troupe is recognized as one of the most interesting in Russia. Actors are passionate about their work, work with full emotional dedication, are able to exist in any role and embody a variety of directorial decisions. Mir Byvalin heads the Omsk Academic Drama Theatre. Its address: Lenin street, house8a.

Repertoire

Omsk Academic Drama Theater offers its audience the following performances:

• "Scraps in back streets".
• "Late love".
• "Armless Spokane".
• Cyrano de Bergerac.
• Grenholm method.
• "Dear Pamela"
• "Death is not a bike to be stolen from you."
• "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District".
• “Coriolanus. Start.”
• Women's Time.
• "On suitcases".
• Khanuma.
• "Mamma Roma".
• "August. Osage County.”
• The Devil's Dozen.
• "Players".
• Running.
• "There is enough simplicity for every wise man."
• Green Zone.
• "Great Sunday for a picnic."
• "Liar".
• "Without an angel".

Troup

Omsk Academic Drama Theater brought together wonderful actors on its stage. Troupe:

• O. Berkov.
• Yu. Posheluzhnaya.
• L. Svirkova.
• E. Kremel.
• E. Ulanov.
• E. Aroseva.
• V. Puzyrnikov.
• A. Egoshina.
• N. Surkov.
• A. Goncharuk.
• R. Shaporin.
• V. Pavlenko.
• N. Vasiliadi.
• A. Khodyun.
• M. Vasiliadi.
• T. Prokopyeva.
• O. Teploukhov.
• I. Kostin.
• T. Filonenko.
• M. Baboshina.
• V. Prokop.
• K. Lapshina.
• S. Sizyh.
• M. Okunev.
• E. Smirnov.
• V. Devyatkov.
• E. Romanenko.
• S. Dvoryankin.
• L. Trandina.
• E. Potapova.
• S. Kanaev.
• O. Soldatova.
• V. Avramenko.
• S. Olenberg.
• O. Soldatova.
• V. Semyonov.
• O. Belikova.
• N. Mikhalevsky.
• V. Alekseev.
• M. Kroytor.
• I. Gerasimova.

Chief Theater Director

Georgy Zurabovich Tskhvirava. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Culture, and then GITIS. He came to work as a director in the Omsk Academic Drama Theater in 1985. In 1991 he left for Sverdlovsk. There, for 5 years, he held the position of chief director in the theater for young spectators. Then he changed jobs again. From 2000 to 2005 he was the chief director in the youth theater of the city of Kazan. Then he returned to the Omsk Drama Theater again. Since 2009, he has been the chief director here. The first performance that he staged after taking this post was Three Girls in Blue. Productions by Georgy Zurabovich constantly take part in prestigious festivals and competitions not only in Russia, but also internationally. In 2003, G. Tskhvirava was nominated for the Golden Mask.

Laboratory

The Omsk State Academic Drama Theater organized a modern drama laboratory at its base. Here creative experiments and searches are carried out. The spectator in the performances is interested not only in eternal values, he wants to see on stage the problems of the modern world. Atthe choice of a play must be guided by what the modern public wants. At the same time, the process of creating performances should be creativity, and not stamping out something that will surely bring profit, but will not allow the theater to develop.

The laboratory allows you to test your abilities, set yourself difficult tasks and solve them. Directors, playwrights and actors gather here. Together they try to find the best way to bring the idea to life on stage. When a playwright writes a play, he acts it out in his mind. The director, after reading it, develops the idea of incarnation. The actors give the characters flesh and voice. But not everything that the playwright wrote can be shown on stage the way he intended. The director may have a point of view on the realization of the play opposite to that of the author. The director takes part of the plot into the performance and gets rid of the text, which he considers unacceptable for the stage. When creating characters, actors can endow characters with character traits that are not in the play.

The performance is the result of the efforts of everyone, which means that it is necessary to work on it in a coordinated manner. You can see the advantages and disadvantages of the production only on the stage. For these reasons, theaters rarely decide on new plays, preferring the classics. The laboratory functions as an experimental stage. Here playwrights, actors and directors bring together all the components of the future performance. Create sketches. Then analyze and correct errors. Thanks to the work of the laboratory, 5 plays by modern unknown authors were staged.

Awards and prizes

Omsk Academic TheaterDrama won many awards. In 2002, the actress N. Vasiliadi was awarded the main theatrical award of the country "Golden Mask" for her role in the play based on the novel by V. Nabokov. In 2005, the performance "Siberian Transit" at the festival in Krasnoyarsk received an award for the best director's work. The year 2006 again brought the Golden Mask to the theater. She was awarded to him for the variety of creative pursuits. The years 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 also brought the theater victories in festivals of regional, all-Russian and international significance. The team was awarded by the Governor of the region and the President of Russia for their great contribution to the development of theatrical art.