The Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Puppet Theater has existed since the first half of the 20th century. Now in his repertoire there are performances for the smallest, for preschool children, for younger schoolchildren, adolescents, youth and adult spectators.
The formation of the theater
The Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Puppet Theater, whose building photo is presented in this article, opened in 1929. Its name has changed several times. It was originally called the Parsley Theater. His first performances were held at the Sverdlov Culture House. The creators of the theater are Georgy Apollinarievich and Tatyana Ivanovna Yavorovsky. In the 40s, the troupe shared a room with youth theater. The theater received its own building in 1954. It was located on the same street where the modern building is located, where the puppeteers are working now. Until 1944, actors worked only with glove puppets. It was this year that reed ones appeared in their arsenal.
The first performance for an adult audience was staged at the theater in 1956. It was called "Devil's Mill." The play was staged based on the play by I. Stock. For more than forty years he held out in the repertoire, so great was his success with the audience. Put "Devil's Mill" director Yuri Eliseev. Following this performance, he created a whole series of productions for adults. But, of course, he did not disregard the children. For them, he posed many tales.
Since 1990, the troupe has been actively participating in festivals, and not only at the All-Russian, but also at the international level. Theater performances have repeatedly received various prizes, awards and diplomas. The repertoire of his more than thirty plays. Each season, the audience presents several new productions of the Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Puppet Theater. Nizhny Novgorod is proud of the puppet troupe. It consists of twenty-three talented individuals. Among them are several award winners. And also nine actors have the title of Honored Artist of Russia and one actress - the title of People.
The theater is famous for its bright, beautiful dolls. Some of them were awarded with diplomas and were highly appreciated at the World Exhibitions. Today, some dolls were acquired by the Moscow Theater Museum named after Bakhrushin.
In 1997, the theater received the title of academic.
For many years and until now, the troupe has been actively cooperating with various modern playwrights, artists and composers. Many of them live in Nizhny Novgorod. Thanks to this collaboration, the theater periodically has exclusive performances.
Since 2005, the post of director has been occupied by Alexander Sergeyevich Garyanov. This is a creative extraordinary personality, full of ideas. Previously, he successfully led the theaters of the cities of Sarov and Magnitogorsk.
Nizhny Novgorod puppeteers carefully preserve the best traditions of the past. The main principle of their work is to make the doll a living creature, so that the audience believes in it and sincerely empathizes.
Repertoire
The Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Puppet Theater offers the following performances to small and adult audiences:
- "Teremok".
- "Hanuma."
- "Masha and the Bear".
- "Frost."
- "Golden Key".
- "Snow White".
- "The Tale of the City of Lebedinets."
- "The Scarlet Flower".
- The Golden Antelope.
- "Sambo."
- "Losharik."
- "The Snow Queen" and many others.
Troupe
Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Puppet Theater is a galaxy of wonderful actors, such as:
- Alexander Nosov.
- Vladimir Timofeev.
- Tatyana Demurova.
- Maxim Alyoshin.
- Olga Smirnova.
- Sophia Cheremnykh.
- Marat Sabirov.
- Sophia Shelmenkina.
- Sergey Nuzhin and many other artists.
Where is
In the very center of the city, in its historical part, is the Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Puppet Theater. His address is Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street, house number 39. The theater is located near the Gorkovskaya metro station. Also nearby are Dynamo Stadium, Vvedensky Church, I. Ravkind Manor.
Reviews
The Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Puppet Theater is very fond of viewers of all ages. Their reviews are extremely enthusiastic. Viewers really like the performances themselves, they admire the talents of the actors, the beauty of the scenery and dolls. Pleases the audience and polite staff. Puppet theater, according to viewers, allows children to visit a fairy tale, and adults - to remember their childhood. Many go to performances in this theater from other cities of the Nizhny Novgorod region. The theater has only two minuses. The first is that while in his repertoire there are very few productions for an adult audience, and the audience would really like to see many more. And the second is the lack of the ability to buy tickets over the Internet or book by phone, since it is not always convenient to go to the ticket office.