Gorky Theater (Dnepropetrovsk): history, repertoire, troupe

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

The Gorky Theater (Dnepropetrovsk) opened its doors in the first third of the twentieth century. Today, his repertoire includes performances for adults and children.

History of the theater

In 1927, the drama named after M. Gorky was opened. The theater (Dnepropetrovsk) was formed from the troupe of the Maly Drama Theater of Moscow, which at that time was on tour in the city. The idea of creating a temple of arts in the city belonged to the executive committee of the city council.

Headed the young theater of Russian drama Vladimir Yermolov-Borozdin. This is an extraordinary personality. V. Ermolov-Borozdin created the concept that the theater lives on now: "Speak about the contemporary with contemporaries in the modern language."

In the first years of the existence of the drama in Dnepropetrovsk, almost all the plays of Maxim Gorky were staged. This was the reason why the theater was named after him in 1934.

The Drama Theater has been proud of its excellent staff for all the years of its existence. Talented directors served and serve here. Performances are designed by excellent artists. And also wonderful make-up artists, costume designers,sound engineers, lighting and others.

The actors who are accepted to work in the Gorky Theater (Dnepropetrovsk) stand out with a high level of skill. The poster offers viewers interesting performances and concert programs. Thanks to this, the troupe has earned the recognition and love of the public. The theater productions are included in the golden fund of the country. The names of the figures of the drama named after Maxim Gorky are inscribed in the Modern Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

The theater is actively involved in charitable activities.

For many years the troupe lived with a dream of conferring the honorary title of academic on their temple of art named after M. Gorky. Theater (Dnepropetrovsk) has recently received it. My cherished wish came true.

Performances for adults

The repertoire of the Gorky Theater (Dnepropetrovsk) includes the following performances for an adult audience:

• "Pajamas for six".
• "Piano in the Grass".
• "Lady for a Day".
• "A man for the holiday".
• "TV interference".
• "Land of the blind".
• "Lady Windermere's Fan".
• "Recent".
• "Athenian Evenings".
• "Liar required".
• "The Secret of Eternal Youth".
• "Peace be unto thy house".
• "Enough simplicity for every wise man".
• "Too married taxi driver".
• "Dinner of Fools".
• "Sell your husband".
• "The person who pays".
• "Slim".
• "Wedding March".
• "A heart is not a stone".
• "Ardent Lover".
• "Business class room".
• "Your Majesty is a woman".
• "Bench".
• "Savage".
• "Siren and Victoria".
• "Odd Mrs. Savage" and other performances.

Repertoire for children

The Gorky Theater (Dnepropetrovsk) also pays attention to the children's audience. Its poster offers interesting tales to young viewers:

• "The Mysterious Little Red Riding Hood".
• "Koschei the Immortal and Shamakhan's Queen".
• "Ivan the bear".
• "The New Adventures of Puss in Boots".
• "Stealing bulbs".
• "Ivanushka and Zmey-Gorynych" and other productions.

Troup

A large troupe gathered on its stage drama named after M. Gorky. Theater (Dnepropetrovsk) united experienced stage masters and talented young artists.

Croup:

• Liya Pudalova.
• Lyudmila Vershinina.
• Victoria Chepurnaya.
• Evgeny Zvyagin.
• Arsen Bosenko.
• Lyudmila Voronina.
• Natalia Novostroynaya
• Yakov Tkachenko
• Nelli Masalskaya
• Anatoly Dudka.
• Vladimir Zhevora.
• Valentina Soboleva.
• Ninel Amutnykh
• Valeriya Lagoda.
• Anatoly Mormyshka.
• Arthur Neat.
• Victoria Rudavskaya.
• Aleksey Kleymenov.
• Taisiya Kiyashko.
• Valery Zubchik.
• Nikolay Filenko.
• Valentina Prudchenko.
• Tatiana Zakharova.
• Evgeny Mazur.
• Ilona Solyanik.
• Anastasia Plakhtiy.
• Lyudmila Zhuravel.
• Tatiana Zhadan.
• Sergey Fedorenko.
• Alexandra Verstyuk and many others.

The Goners

This is a new performance of the drama named after M. Gorky. The theater (Dnepropetrovsk) tells in this production the story of war veterans who live in a boarding house. The performance combines light sadness, love for a person and mild humor. The story is full of funny dialogues, it has a lot of funny misunderstandings and a completely unexpected ending. The main roles in the production are played by Vladimir Zhevora, Sergei Fedorenko and Evgeny Zvyagin. They managed to create interesting, memorable and vivid images of their characters. They make the audience laugh heartily and empathize with all their hearts.

The performance was based on the play by J. Siblairas. The director was the actor Valery Zubchik.