The Masterskaya Theater (St. Petersburg): about the theatre, repertoire, season premieres, troupe, artistic director

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"Workshop" - St. Petersburg theater, opened just a few years ago. He is one of the youngest in the cultural capital. His repertoire includes performances of various genres and intended for audiences of all ages.

About the theater

The Masterskaya Theater (St. Petersburg) was founded in 2010. Its founder is the director Kozlov G. M. The basis of the troupe were graduates of Georgy Mikhailovich. From the very first performances, the theater captivated the audience and gained popularity. The main principle of productions is a sincere interest in the soul, personality and life of a person.

In 2012, the Masterskaya theater (St. Petersburg) received the status of the state theater. Its address is Narodnaya Street, house number 1. It is located on the Neva embankment. Nearby is the metro station "Lomonosovskaya".

The Masterskaya Theater (St. Petersburg) today is an interesting, meaningful repertoire and a large number of creative plans for the future.

Repertoire

Performances based not only on classical works, but also on plays written by contemporary authors and on children's fairy tales are included in the repertoire of the theater "Workshop" (St. Petersburg). The playbill offers the following performances:

• "Idiot. Return".
• "Tom Sawyer".
• "Fando and Lis".
• "These free butterflies".
• "Two evenings in a fun house".
• "The dawns here are quiet".
• "Baby and Carlson".
• "Once Upon a Time in Elsinore".
• "Cat House".
• "I didn't see the war…".
• "Days of the Turbins".
• "The Brothers Karamazov".
• "At the ark at eight".
• "Young Guard".

And many more.

Season premieres

The Masterskaya Theater (St. Petersburg) often pleases the audience with its new performances. The poster of this season promises three premieres at once.

"Notes of a Young Doctor" is a performance based on the stories of Mikhail Bulgakov. This is a story about a young man who has just graduated. He receives an appointment as chief and at the same time the only doctor in a hospital in a small provincial town. Every day he has to overcome his doubts and fears, accept the challenges of fate.

"Rhinos" -it is a musical performance with a lot of dance and jazz. He tells a story about people of different religions, ages, classes, who, one after another, suddenly began to turn into rhinos. These animals are scary. If they gather in a herd, then it is better not to stand in their way. They will trample anyone and not even notice. It is impossible to agree with them. They are purposeful and achieve everything with brute force. They can do anything, no one can tell them. Total freedom and no rules.

"Lettermaster" - a play based on the novel by Mikhail Shishkin. This is a story about lovers who can never be together and never even meet. They are people from different eras. He is a soldier of the Russian army fighting in the Russo-Chinese war. And she is a girl of the 21st century. They communicate with each other through letters, convey their love to each other through time and space…

Troup

The Masterskaya Theater (St. Petersburg) gathered talented artists of different ages on its stage. Here youth coexists with experience.

Theater company:

• Sergey Agafonov.
• Robert Studenovsky.
• Olga Afanasyeva.
• Georgy Voronin.
• Olga Karateeva.
• Ivan Grigoriev.
• Nikolai Kuglyant.
• Andrey Aladyin.
• Ricardo Marine.
• Dmitry Zhitkov.
• Alena Artyomova.
• Maria Russkikh.
• Aleksey Vedernikov.
• Yesenia Raevskaya.
• Polina Sidikhina.

And many more.

Artistic Director

In 2010 director G. M. Kozlov founded this theater. "Workshop" (St. Petersburg) since then and to this day lives under his leadership.

Grigory Mikhailovich was born in 1955 in the city of Leningrad. First he graduated from the shipbuilding institute. Worked as an engineer for several years. And in 1983 he entered the Leningrad Institute of Music and Cinematography at the department of puppet theater artists. He presented his first directorial work to the public in 1990. It was a solo performance dedicated to the poet Sasha Cherny for the actor A. Devotchenko.

G. Kozlov became famous all over Russia in 1994. His production of the immortal classic "Crime and Punishment" became a real sensation. There was a performance on the stage of the Theater for Young Spectators named after A. A. Bryantseva.

Georgy Mikhailovich's productions are rated by critics as works of a high professional level. Spectators of his performances are attracted by humanity, kindness, attention to the individual. Humanism is the director's creative and life credo. He is an adherent of the Russian psychological school and works painstakingly and subtly with actors.

During his creative life, G. Kozlov worked with many theaters in St. Petersburg. From 2002 to 2007 the director was the artistic director of the Youth Theater named after A. A. Bryantsev. He collaborates with Russian and foreign troupes.

Grigory Mikhailovich is a laureate of various prestigious awards, has received awards more than once. He has the titleHonored Worker of Culture of Russia. Since 1994, the director has been teaching. Grigory Kozlov is a professor at the Academy of Theater Arts in St. Petersburg. Many of its graduates have become famous actors and directors.

Purchasing tickets

Tickets for performances at the Masterskaya Theater (St. Petersburg) can be booked by calling the box office. They must be purchased 30 minutes before the start of the performance. Tickets can also be purchased online from the theatre's website. Payment is made using a bank card. Purchased tickets will be sent by email. When entering the auditorium of the theater, you will need to present them in printed form, or directly on the screen of your smartphone or tablet.