Interior Theater (St. Petersburg) has existed for about 30 years. His repertoire includes productions for both adults and children. In addition to performances, the theater hosts various meetings and evenings.
Theater History
The Interior Theater (St. Petersburg) opened its doors in 1988. Its creator, permanent leader and director is Nikolai Belyak. The theater positions itself as a special, unique and original. He repeatedly organized performances in various architectural spaces of St. Petersburg.
The troupe takes an active part in the cultural and social life of St. Petersburg. Artists take part in various city events, organize projects. It was the interior theater that held more than a hundred different social and cultural events.
The team is famous for the collection of carnival costumes. The foundation for its creation was laid in 1991.
The troupe has repeatedly participated in competitions and festivals. Performances often won awards.
In 2005 and 2012, acting classes were recruited at the theater. The best graduates stayed here to work.
The interior theater is located at: Nevsky Prospekt, house number 104.
Today, his main activity is the display of performances created from classical and contemporary works.
Repertoire
The interior theater offers its viewers a small but interesting repertoire.
Here you can see the following settings:
- "Hamlet".
- "Petersburg Masks".
- "Red Riding Hood".
- "Warsaw melody".
- "We play Chekhov."
- "Puss in Boots".
- "Filumena Marturano."
- "Isle".
And others.
Theater evenings
The interior theater, in addition to showing performances and participating in city events, conducts scientific, literary and musical evenings on various topics. Outstanding people take part in them. These are prominent figures of culture, science and large businessmen. As part of such evenings, conferences, seminars, and presentations of literary works are held. It also organizes meetings with artists, athletes, scientists, astronauts and so on.
The Interior Theater hosted author's evenings of contemporary poets. Among them: E. Ignatova, V. Krivulin, A. Skidan, M. Gendelev, J. Sizova, A. Chernov, Alisher, D. Prigov and many others.
Themes of musical theater evenings:
- “Songs of the House of Muruzi”.
- Evening of St. Petersburg romance.
- "Roots and crowns."
- "Garden of Truths."
- Songs and romances to verses of Georgian poets.
- “Brutal songs”.
- "Where does such tenderness come from ..."
- "Stairway to Heaven".
- Theater and music program based on the poetry of I. Brodsky.
- “White evening”.
And others.
Costume collection
The interior theater has a unique collection of carnival costumes, which has no analogues in the whole world. The outfits depict monuments, monuments and city buildings.
The collection has the following costumes:
- "Angel".
- "Bronze Horseman".
- "Flutist".
- "Admiralty."
- "Catherine II".
- "Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress."
- "Griffins."
- "Lamplighter".
- The Knight.
- Kunstkamera.
And many others. There are more than a hundred such costumes in the theater. Each season the collection is replenished.
Reviews
The interior theater receives mostly positive reviews from its viewers. The public writes about him that this is a kind of collective that has a special, unique character. The directing of the performances is very interesting. The troupe is great. Actors play their roles wonderful, fully laid out. The theater hall is small, but very cozy and with wonderful acoustics. Spectators love the interior theater. He has a lot of fans. The audience considers the troupe very promising.
The building of the theater is not in very good condition, and repair would not have prevented it.
Among the pluses, the public also notes the fact that tickets for performances are inexpensive and accessible to everyone.
Many viewers write that the theater as a whole is not bad, but not everyone understands its original character and not everyone likes it. Such productions will be closer to those who are a fan of art house, avant-garde and all other things. The director of the theater has a rich imagination.
The audience calls the collection of theater costumes stunning.
Some viewers think the theater is good, but no better than many others; others, though unusual, but no worse than the rest.
Among children's productions, the public notes the tale "Puss in Boots". The performance is very interesting, and even adults watch it with pleasure.