Ivanovo puppet theater: address, repertoire

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

The puppet theater in Ivanovo has existed for more than 80 years. His repertoire includes performances for both children and adults. The theater is the organizer of the international festival of puppeteers.

History

Children's Puppet Theater (Ivanovo), the photo of the building of which is presented in this article, opened in 1935. It was founded by Ekaterina Pirogova. She was a student of Sergei Obraztsov himself.

Initially, the puppet theater was a branch of the Youth Theater. Since 1940, he has gained independence.

During the Second World War, Yevgeny Demmeni worked in the Ivanovo Puppet Theater.

Since 1951, B. K. Pashkov was the main director. Under him, much attention was paid to stage speech and work on the image.

Since 1980, for 15 years, the theater was directed by E. G. Demirova. Thanks to her, the repertoire has expanded. It included musicals, epics, folk operas. These are the performances “The Mysterious Hippo”, “The Wandering Tsar”, “Twelve Months”, “Teremok”, “Fly-Tsokotuha”, “Hunter to Fairy Tales”, “Hero of the Russian Land”, “Moydodyr”, “Feast of Disobedience”.

Since 1996, the theater was directed by E. E. Ivanova. Thanks to her, the performances “Playing inknights”, “Patty-cakes”, “Children's album of Tchaikovsky”, “Tales of the Brothers Grimm” and “Mystery Tale”.

A children's studio was created at the theater, the students of which took part in productions along with the actors.

The pride of Ivanovo puppeteers is the international festival "Anthill". It was created in 1995. Troupes from Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Belarus, Lithuania and other countries took part in the festival in different years. And also from different cities of Russia: Yaroslavl, Moscow, Murmansk, St. Petersburg, Kursk, Orenburg, Cheboksary, Ufa and many others. The festival takes place in Ivanovo once every two years.

Since 2008, the Ivanovo College of Culture has a department of "puppet theater actor". In 2012, five of its graduates joined the troupe. At the same time, a new course was recruited.

The Puppet Theater actively participates in international festivals. He traveled to India, Belarus, Poland, Serbia, Austria, Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia, Lithuania.

The theater has its own emblem. It depicts an actor and his puppet riding on a wheel. It is also a symbol of wandering, since the troupe did not have its own building for a long time, as well as a creative movement forward.

Address of the theater: city of Ivanovo, pl. Pushkin, 2.

Repertoire

Ivanovo Puppet Theater offers its audience the following performances:

• "Miss Blizzard".
• "How Ivan the Fool became Tsarevich."
• "The Key to the Kingdom".
• “He, She and War.”
• Magic Ring.
• "Let go of the reins and fly."
• Disaster Chest.
• "Beloved beauty".
• "A true true friend".
• "Children's album".
• "Caliph".
• "Almost Little Red Riding Hood."
• "Little Witch".
• "Little Raccoon and the One Who Sits in the Pond".
• "Water of Life".
• "About tigers and elephants".
• "Kashtanka" and other productions.

Troup

Ivanovo puppet theater has a small troupe. There are only 16 actors here. Five of them have the title of Honored Artists of Russia.

Croup:

• Tatiana Terentyeva.
• Sergey Sharygin.
• Alexandra Varent.
• Boris Novikov.
• Vera Pavlova.
• Angelica Oneil.
• Tamara Klevtsovskaya.
• Gennady Krestov.
• Natalya Gromova and others.

Anthill

Ivanovo Puppet Theater is the organizer of the international festival "Anthill". This year it was held from 15 to 19 April. Professional puppet theaters take part in it.

As part of this festival, the following performances for children and adults were shown:

• "Tales of the Brothers Grimm".
• "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark".
• "Fedorino grief".
• Silver Hoof.
• "Varvara Ivanovna".
• "Princess-frog.”
• "King Maiden".
• "Circus on strings".
• "Karagez - witches and Indian fakir".
• Oscar and the Pink Lady.
• "Why-because".
• "Finist - Clear Falcon".
• "The Fox and the Bear".
• Queen of Spades.
• "Little Raccoon and the One Who Sits in the Pond"
• "Two Don".

Troupes arrived in Ivanovo from Katowice (Poland), Arkhangelsk, Ozyorsk, Moscow, Orenburg, Vologda, St. Petersburg, Ankara (Turkey), Sakhalin, Yekaterinburg, Grodno, Rybinsk, Ryazan, Vladimir, Kostroma.

Among the participants was the legendary Central Puppet Theater named after S. V. Obraztsov.

Theatre director

The Ivanovo Regional Puppet Theater has been living under the strict guidance of director Sergei Rigert since 2008. He was born in 1969. His mother, Ekaterina Petrovna Pirogova, is the founder of the puppet theater, of which he is the director.

In 1988, Sergei graduated from the motor transport technical school in Ivanovo. After that, he served for four years in the Russian troops, then located in Germany. From 1992 to 2008, he was the founder and head of several organizations, including the free reference service Infocenter and the business magazine Director. In 2008 he was appointed director of the puppet theater. In 2012, he received a directing and production education at the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts under the postgraduate retraining program.

Sergey Rigert is marked by thanks from the headIvanovo, as well as from the Department of Culture, from the City Duma, from the Center for Youth Policy and from the Governor of the Region for conscientious work and great contribution to the development of theatrical art.

"Children's album" by Tchaikovsky"

Ivanovo Puppet Theater offered its audience an experimental musical performance. It is intended for viewers from 6 years old.

It is called "Children's Album" by Tchaikovsky. The numbers of the performance are based on the works of Pyotr Ilyich. This is an attempt to decipher the music of the great composer.

The production uses tablet puppets, shadow theater elements, live drawing and many other interesting solutions.

The director of the play is Elena Ivanova. The performance lasts 45 minutes. It premiered in 2012 and is still a success on the theater stage.

The main character of the performance is the music that the actors and directors tried to make visible. Many scenes are very touching and even make you cry. The production is made for children, but it is also for adults.

Before you watch the performance, you should prepare for it - listen to the work from the "Children's Album" with your child.

Reviews

Puppet theater gets positive feedback from its viewers. His performances are loved by both children and adults. Before the performance, the characters of fairy tales hold games and contests with boys and girls, thanks to which the expectation of the start of the performance turns into fun.

According toaudience, the theater has a wonderful troupe. Actors give themselves to their favorite work with all their hearts. They know how to charge all viewers with positive energy.

The performances of the theater are very interesting not only for kids, but also for their parents.

In the hall there are new folding seats, making them suitable for children of all ages. Both big and small can perfectly see everything that happens on the stage.

Parents who have taken their children to performances more than once recommend everyone to visit the Ivanovo Puppet Theatre. Reviews about the building itself are as follows: cozy, beautiful, comfortable.