The Tabakerka Theater was created by Oleg Tabakov, People's Artist of Russia. His repertoire includes both classic and contemporary plays. Today this theater is one of the best not only in Moscow, but also in Russia.
History
The Snuffbox Theater, whose building photo is presented in this article, began its existence in 1978. Its creators are actor and director O.P. Tabakov and artist D. Borovsky. It was they who found the basement for the theater in a residential building on Chaplygin Street. Pupils and teachers of the workshop of Oleg Pavlovich in GITIS with their own hands cleaned from debris and painted the future refuge. The hall was very small, it included only 10 rows. Initially, it was a theater studio, led by Oleg Tabakov. Then she changed her name. It grew into the theater "Snuffbox".
The troupe was determined back in 1974. It was then that Oleg Pavlovich chose teenagers to study in his studio. Children were trained according to the program of the theater university, they were taught several subjects: stage movement, acting, sketches, speech, etc.
O. Tabakov invited the most talented students to his first year at GITIS. It was these graduates who made up the first tuffer group. Among them were: Elena Mayorova, Andrey Smolyakov, Sergey Gazarov, Larisa Kuznetsova, Igor Nefyodov and others.
The first play "Snuffboxes" was staged on the play "And in the spring I will return to you ...". The young team immediately became popular. The audience loved him. But the Soviet government remained indifferent to him. The theater was denied all requests. As a result of this, the artists wandered around other people's stage venues. As a result, Oleg Pavlovich was forced to attach his actors to various theaters of the capital. After which he scored a second year of students at GITIS. The second troupe was formed from them.
The Snuffbox Theater returned to its basement. Rehearsals began with the new cast. In 1987, Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov achieved the status of a state for his theater. For many years, the Snuffbox troupe has been replenished mainly by Oleg Pavlovich’s graduates. So, at one time here came such personalities as Vladimir Mashkov, Sergey Bezrukov, Evgeny Mironov, Yana Sexte, Olga Krasko and others. The first three broke into the cultural life of the country brightly, swiftly and forever.
Repertoire
Theater "Snuffbox" repertoire offers its viewers the following:
- "Storm. Variations";
- "Devil";
- "Every day is not Sunday";
- "School of wives";
- Nameless Star;
- "Actor";
- "Sister Hope";
- "Emma";
- Biloxi Blues;
- "Wife";
- "Two angels, four people";
- "Madonna with a flower";
- "Marriage 2.0";
- "Fear and poverty in the Third Empire";
- "The marriage of Belugin";
- "Cricket on the stove";
- "Wolves and sheep";
- "Marriage";
- "The Story of a Happy Moscow";
- "The year I was not born";
- "Gull";
- "Epiphanian gateways";
- "Adventure";
- "Waiting for the barbarians";
- "Doll for the bride";
- "Viy";
- "Fathers and Sons";
- "His life for his own friends";
- "Three sisters";
- "Jeppe s mountains."
Troupe
The troupe has wonderful artists. Actors of the Tabakerka Theater are familiar to a wide audience by their many roles in films and TV shows. List of artists and trainees of the troupe:
- E. Germanova;
- M. Zudin;
- O. Krasko;
- A. Chipovskaya;
- I. Aidlen;
- O. Blok Mirimskaya;
- A. Smolyakov;
- E. Kashporov;
- R. Khairullina;
- A. Laptev;
- E. Miller;
- N. Elenev;
- J. Sexte;
- M. Khomyakov;
- O. Lenskaya;
- A. Usoltsev;
- V. Brichenko;
- I. Shibanov;
- S. Belyaev;
- M. Sachkov;
- A. Limin;
- D. Paramonov;
- A. Fomin;
- M. Schulz;
- N. Kachalova;
- P. Tabakov.
And a lot of bright names.
Guest Artists
Theater "Snuffbox" actively collaborates with many famous artists.
The following guest actors participate in the productions:
- Sergey Bezrukov;
- Kristina Babushkina;
- Vanguard Leontiev;
- Maxim Matveev;
- Alexander Semchev;
- Valery Khlevinsky;
- Alexander Golubev ;
- Vladimir Krasnov;
- Daria Moroz;
- Raisa Ryazanova;
- Rostislav Baklanov;
- Juliana Grebe;
- Danila Steklov;
- Olga Barnet;
- Ivan Melnikov;
- Natalya Tenyakova;
- Irina Pegova;
- Alexey Knyazev;
- Boris Plotnikov.
And many others.
Theater director
The Tabakerka Theater was founded by its permanent artistic director, the rector of the Anton Chekhov Moscow Art Theater School, the People’s Artist of Russia, and the famous actor O. P. Tabakov.
Oleg Pavlovich was born in 1935, on August 17 in the city of Saratov. His parents were doctors. Oleg Pavlovich in high school was engaged in a theater circle at the Palace of Pioneers. This is precisely what influenced his choice of profession. In 1935, O. Tabakov became a student at the Moscow Art Theater School. He was one of the best on the course. The artist played the very first role in the movie as a student. The first theater in which Oleg Pavlovich served as an actor was Sovremennik. At that time, Oleg Efremov was its leader. After the latter was transferred to the Moscow Art Theater, O. Tabakov headed the "Contemporary".
In 1973, Oleg Pavlovich decided to become a teacher and educate young people. As a result, O. Tabakov organized his own studio.
In 2001, he received the position of artistic director at the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov.
Today, Oleg Pavlovich directs two theaters, acts in films, plays in plays, teaches and engages in social activities.