For young viewers, the theater was and will forever be a fairy-tale world of magical heroes. The Puppet Theater (Novosibirsk) just lives on, and this is quite a lot. And the goal of the creative team was to convey life as it seems to the actors: tragic and fun, beautiful and unique. On the one hand, the simple one is like the glove doll of Parsley, and on the other, the complex one is like the living human hand that controls it.
Profession giving fairy tales
The year 1934 for the young inhabitants of Novosibirsk was marked by the opening of the regional Puppet Theater. The premiere performance was “Parsley visiting schoolchildren”, which was released on May 1. It was staged by Regina Landis own play, which, together with Mikhail Kisets, organized a puppeteers studio at the Youth Theater. Later, performances on Russian classical works began to be staged.
Valiantly survived the war years Puppet Theater. Novosibirsk, like many other cities, has become a haven for evacuated enterprises and organizations. And the Puppet Theater provided its stage to the actors of the Central Puppet Theater Obraztsova. It was the puppeteers of this unique collective who had a huge impact on the further formation of the Novosibirsk Children's Theater.
The team has never refused a tour. With theater performances and concerts, he pleases all the children not only in the Siberian regions, but also in Thailand, Japan, and the USA. Puppeteers of Novosibirsk traveled to foreign countries repeatedly. Here were presented the performances of M. Suponin “Play with us!” and N. Gernet, "Forest Adventures" in Japanese and English. Over the past few years, the theater took part in a number of international symposia, festivals and seminars for puppet collectives of the world.
Repertoire of the Regional Novosibirsk Puppet Theater
The program "Tales of the World" had a great influence on the politics of the theater. Today, the theater has more than twenty-eight productions in its arsenal. The modern diverse repertoire is not limited only to puppet classics. It contains notes of national drama and shades of works by contemporary authors. The works of world literature set a special tone in creativity. Wonderful productions based on fascinating fairy tales are set by the Puppet Theater. Novosibirsk becomes a secular capital for the children of Siberia.
The team of the regional Novosibirsk Puppet Theater with its unique repertoire is included in the International Organization of Puppeteers UNIMA. Through the efforts of employees, various events are held that contribute to the harmonious development of the younger generation, introduce them to literature, musical culture, painting and traditions of the countries of the world.
Magic Poster: Puppet Theater
Novosibirsk is waiting for the continuation of fairy tales, and the actors understand all the responsibility to small spectators.
Bright posters of the Regional Puppet Theater are full of magical names for fairy tales and musical productions created for small (from three years old) Novosibirsk citizens. Familiar names for fairy tales in two acts:
- "The Little Humpbacked Horse";
- "The wolf and the seven Young goats";
- "Masha and the Bear";
- "Tale after Tale" (on the pages of Russian folk tales);
- "By magic";
- "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs";
- "Puss in Boots";
- "The Tale of Three Piglets";
- "Grandfather and Crane";
- a fairy tale in the form of the game “Play with us!”;
- "Once again about Little Red Riding Hood";
- “Bremen Town Musicians” (musical tale);
- "Hare, Fox and Rooster."
Tales in one action: Golden Chicken and Forest Adventures. The duration of all children's performances ranges from 50 minutes to an hour and a half. The Children's Puppet Theater continues to operate in the summer season. Novosibirsk enjoys such a gift. There is something to keep the baby busy in the heat.
Waiting for a miracle ...
The troupe always remains the main asset of the theater. Currently, it is composed of professional actors, graduates of Moscow, Yaroslavl, St. Petersburg universities and the Novosibirsk Theater Institute. Many artists have devoted their entire lives to the craft of playing dolls.
Since 1999, when the modern building of the Puppet Theater on 22 Lenin Street was presented to Novosibirsk, productions appeared that were significantly different from the performances of past years. Now, evolutionary technologies are used in the work: advanced stage mechanics, unique theatrical lighting and sound equipment, computer graphics, and video projection.
Rejoices and Left Bank
In 2011, another Puppet Theater opened at Stanislavsky. Novosibirsk (and most of all the inhabitants of the left-bank part of it) has long been waiting for such a joyful event. Indeed, for such a large city of Siberia, one Puppet Theater is not enough. Tickets for children's productions were not available.
Now the children's theater on Stanislavsky is an independent organization with big plans for the future. The collective is obliged to its rapid formation by the regional puppeteers and its artistic director, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Olga Gushchina.
Poster of the Puppet Theater on Stanislavsky
The theater’s repertoire includes performances based on classical motifs of children's fairy tales and plays by contemporary authors:
- "Hare, fox and rooster";
- "Dragon Winner";
- "Gingerbread Man";
- "Teremok".
Musical tales:
- "Pig Chok";
- "Adventures in a forest clearing."
Game performance "Puppet concert" and a fairy tale in the form of the game "Play with us!"
They are designed for children of different ages, various stage venues (chamber, large) and, of course, for unique doll systems (cane, tablet, mimicking, puppet dolls). From one hundred to two hundred rubles are tickets to the puppet theater. Novosibirsk is not distinguished by the high cost of entry to children's mass shows.
Looking at yourself from the side, Puppet Theater allows you to see your mirror image with some generalization. Novosibirsk gives its residents such a very important and necessary opportunity. Puppet Theater for children entertains and amuses them, while teaching and educating, teaches to empathize. And reviews from enthusiastic viewers confirm this. It is often said that the Novosibirsk Puppet Theater is a sort of casket with miracles. He instills in children a love of fairy tales and magic, gives room for imagination, because the doll has something alive. The good energy of puppet deeds of masters is invested in it!