The Drama Theater (Tula) has been around for centuries. It is popular with city residents. His repertoire is diverse, in addition to performances for adults, there are also performances for children. Great actors performed on the stage of the theater.
Theater History
In 1777, from a provincial town that belonged to the Moscow province, Tula turned into an independent provincial capital. On this occasion, celebrations were held where the very first theatrical performance was given. Almost immediately, the theater gained popularity thanks to an interesting repertoire, brilliant acting and affordable ticket prices.
In 1787, the Empress Catherine the Great visited the Tula Theater. She liked the performance, and she sent the two best actors to St. Petersburg to improve her skills.
The great M.S. worked on the Tula stage. Schepkin. MN Ermolov, L.P. Nikulin-Kositskaya, P.S. Mochalov, K. S. Stanislavsky's troupe and others visited here with tours.
The Tula Drama Theater was one of the first to stage performances based on Leo Tolstoy’s plays, and the author himself even took part in rehearsals.
The troupe received its own building only in 1912. Now it belongs to the regional philharmonic society. Only in 1970, a unique building was built specifically for the Tula Theater, in which it lives today. The first performance, which the troupe gave in the new room, was the play by A. Stein, "At Time in Captivity."
From 1989 to 2011, the theater was headed by A.I. Popov (until his death), a student of the great G.A. Tovstonogov.
In 1995, the theater received the title of Academic.
Tula troupe is actively touring.
Now the artistic director of the theater is G.V. Strelkov.
Performances
The repertoire of the Drama Theater (Tula) offers its viewers the following:
- "Freeloader".
- "Glass menagerie."
- "Treason."
- "Mixed feelings".
- "Archeology of sex."
- "Wine comedy."
- "Every day is not Sunday".
- ““ Why don't people fly ... ””
- "The last."
- "For two hares."
- "Sunday".
- "Belugin's honeymoon."
- "Saint Blessed Xenia of Petersburg in Life."
- “Fan of Lady W.”
- "Tiflis weddings."
- "How to manage a man."
- "Eugene Grishkovets."
- "Boeing is Boeing."
- "Carnival in Verona."
- "Jack of spades".
- "The Scarlet Flower".
- "Charlie's Aunt."
- "Alien child."
- "My happiness."
- "Business Class Chamber."
- Anchutka.
Troupe
The Drama Theater (Tula) brought together 45 talented actors on its stage. Among them, one actor has the title of People's Artist of Russia. This is Boris Zavolokin. Eleven actors were awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia. These are Olga Krasikova, Gennady Vershinin, Elena Popenko, Victor Ananyin, Igor Nebolsin, Lyubov Spirikhina, Valery Zhukov, Natalya Savchenko, Andrey Sidorenko, Irina Fedotova, Natalya Druzhinina. One actor has the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus. This is Victor Chepelev.
Tour geography
The Drama Theater (Tula) is actively touring. The troupe was in many cities of Russia: in Ryazan, in Orel, in Arkhangelsk, in Noginsk, in Kaluga, in Moscow, in Smolensk, in Yaroslavl, in Vladimir, in Nizhny Novgorod, in Bobruisk, in Volgograd, in Vologda, in Kursk, in Belgorod, in Kirov, in Tambov, in Ufa, in Bryansk, in Kostroma, in Voronezh, in Lipetsk, in Izhevsk, in Saratov, in Kaliningrad, in St. Petersburg, in Simferopol, in Cherepovets, in Stavropol, in Rostov- on-Don, in Nikolaev and other places.
Branch
The Drama Theater (Tula) has its own branch in Novomoskovsk. There is a troupe in this city since 1934. Initially, it was an amateur theater studio. Komsomol builders studied for 6-7 hours a day. We went to rehearsals at the Moscow Art Theater, in the theater of V. Meyerhold and so on. Teachers were such personalities as A. Tairov, V. Pashennaya and I. Moskvin. They came to conduct classes with the students. In 1937, professionals who came from other cities joined the amateur troupe. The first performances of actors and lovers were “Woe from Wit” and “Profitable Place”. In 1938, the theater received professional status. In 1941, the troupe was evacuated, many artists went to the front and not all returned. During the war, the theater collapsed. The troupe was reassembled from the transferred (by order of the Department of Arts) from the Smolensk region artists. The creative path of the theater was not easy. For 50 years he did not have his own building. Since 1999, the theater bears the name of V. M. Kachalin. Vladimir Mikhailovich is a bright, talented person, for his creative life he embodied more than 300 different images on the stage. The characters that he created were remembered. Creating the image, he penetrated into the very depths of the essence of his hero.
The pride for the theater is cooperation with famous people - with Nikolai Slichenko, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Iya Savvina, Tamara Syomina and others.
The repertoire is diverse, it includes modernity and classics. On the stage - well-known characters and new characters unfamiliar to the public.
Actors take part in city festivals (Victory Day, May 1, Children's Day, Russia Day and so on), perform at various venues and stadiums. During the holidays, the troupe holds an action "Theater - for children."