The Drama Youth Theater of Chelyabinsk is located in a place with a rather symbolic name - at the stop "Ploshchad Revolyutsii", at 116, Kirov Street. The former Youth Theater is located in the building of the People’s House, which was transferred to the theater in 1982.
Although the townspeople still call the theater - Youth Theater, it was officially renamed the Drama Youth Theater back in 2011.
From the history of the theater
In fact, this theater is youth, Chelyabinsk saw its first performance in 1966. That is, the theater itself is also very young, as is its name.
The first leader of the tetra was B. Skomorovsky, a brilliant Soviet theater director who studied craft under A. Lobanov. It was he who determined the fairway within which the theater ship is still moving - that is, targeting a specific audience, choosing a repertoire, participating in various festivals and shows.
Many events took place, where after the announcement of the winner in any of the nominations with the words “Youth Theater, Chelyabinsk”, the darkness of the audience hall exploded with applause.
Among the regalia awards from Potsdam, Dembosz, almost all Russian cities where theater festivals take place. But they consider the most valuable in the troupe to be six diplomas received in one day in the distant 1980, two prizes of the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR and a prize of the Union of Theater Workers. Exactly nine times that far day on the stage of the legendary theater in Taganrog, in the framework of a competition for performances to commemorate the 120th birthday of A.P. Chekhov, it sounded: "Youth Theater, Chelyabinsk." The swan song of Chelyabinsk residents was the play "Life Stories".
In the distant 1966, the doors of the theater opened wide in anticipation of the audience with two productions - Golden Key and They and Us. The first is the usual traditional drama performance. The second is an interactive, as they say now, performance-discussion. Chelyabinsk citizens adhere to this combination of opposites in the repertoire, once determined by the first chief director to this day.
What do they give?
The repertoire of the Chelyabinsk youth theater over the past years has grown so much that the archive of performances is no less than the list of current performances. Today, Chelyabinsk residents are positioning themselves as a "Modern Theater for the whole family." Of course, the list of productions presented to the attention of the audience fully corresponds to the chosen motto.
Among the performances that take place on the stage of the Youth, the unchanging love of the audience is:
- “The diary of a 12 year old. "Piranha";
- "Dog's heart";
- "Marriage";
- "Storm";
- Yakuza Dogs;
- "Dollhouse";
- “Life-long dance”;
- “At the ball of luck” and others.
Of course, despite the very large material already available, on a long list of time-tested and loved by the audience performances, Chelyabinsk residents can not do without premieres.
The loudest premiere of the last season was the "Captain's Daughter." Chelyabinsk Youth Theater in recent years has not spoiled prime ministers, so the performance was very expected by the public.
Captain's daughter
Everything was read by Pushkin, and it would seem that it is impossible to extract anything new or at least interesting for the scene from it. They put “The Captain's Daughter” in almost every theater in our country more than once, they did it in different ways - from the usual classical drama with costumes and scenery to farce, which is on the verge of a foul. Such prevalence makes Pushkin's narrative not the best material for a theatrical production.
However, Chelyabinsk residents managed to overcome all of the above inconveniences and open to their viewers a completely different, new “Captain's Daughter”. The action takes place in the first person. “Russian Revolt” - in this production, only the background, the performance is concentrated around the crisis of the personality of a person who cannot understand why he did not have a life, because he always acted correctly. Peter Grinev is presented to the viewer from a completely different angle, quite unexpected and revealing this character in a completely new way.
Special attention deserves the work of scenographers, decorators and technicians. The light in this performance is not only a touch or part of the design, designed to highlight any moment. Here the spotlights are full-fledged scenery. Some moments are executed frighteningly truthfully, such as hanging scenes.
Who worked on the premiere?
We worked on the long-awaited premiere in Chelyabinsk, which, according to critics, will collect more than a dozen awards at various festivals:
- Timur Nasirov, director, director;
- Konstantin Soloviev, artist, set designer;
- Gulnur Hibatullina, costume designer, artist;
- Alexander Skrypnik, technician, lighting designer;
- Evgenia Terekhina, sound design, composer.
In the image of Peter Grinev, Andrei Gavrilyuk enters the stage. Besides him, the production employs more than forty actors, there are only ten “yard people” on the stage, and six “nannies”.
This production lasts three hours, the performance is divided into two acts.
Are there any restrictions? Price Criteria
In its pricing policy and age restrictions, the theater “Youth” is fully consistent with its name. Chelyabinsk can enjoy playing artists for very modest money. For example, the cost of tickets for the “Captain's Daughter”, and this is one of the most expensive performances now presented to the attention of the audience, is 300-500 rubles.
The average price of a ticket to this theater is 150-500 rubles, which allows Chelyabinsk residents to collect full halls almost always, even at the beginning of the week.