Puppet Theater (Volgograd): history, repertoire, troupe

Puppet Theater (Volgograd) exists since the first half of the 20th century. The repertoire of it is designed for young spectators, although adults with great pleasure watch performances of the puppet theater.

History

The Puppet Theater (Volgograd) was opened in 1937. Although he existed before, but he was amateur. And in 37 year the department of arts of the city issued a decree recognizing his professional theater. The troupe was small, it included only nine actors. The theater did not have its own premises, theatrical performances were shown on the stage of the Theater of Young Spectators or they went with them to kindergartens, schools and to the countryside. During the war, many actors went to the front, including the director. After the end of the Second World War, the theater was born anew. At that time the troupe experimented and tried to stage performances for an adult audience. In the repertoire appeared productions "The Night Before Christmas", "Devil's Mill", "The Case of Divorce", "Toy". The Children's Puppet Theater (Volgograd) received its own building in 1956. It is located at: Prospect VI. Lenin, the house number 15. Many performances of the theater are distinguished by the fact that they use two plans at once - live and puppet. The very first such synthetic production was the tale "Buratino". This performance was shown for the first time in the 50s of the 20th century. The protagonist of this tale soon became the emblem of the theater. The troupe began to actively tour the whole of the USSR and other countries. With the Volgograd puppeteers, the famous S.V. Samples. Since 2003 and to this day the director of the puppet theater is Alexander Nikolaenko. Thanks to her, the troupe began to tour more, went to various festivals, creative contacts were established. The repertoire was added. Since 2005, the theater began to hold its own festival called "Silver Sturgeon". In the troupe there are wonderful actors who love their work and whose work is marked by state awards and honorary titles.

The theater pays much attention to charity. Every year on June 1 he holds an action called "Faith, Hope, Love." Within its framework, there are free performances for children from disadvantaged, large and poor families, disabled people, as well as from shelters and orphanages. In addition, interesting meetings are held in the club "Hot Pies". Adults and children read the roles of different tales. The walls are decorated with children's drawings. Actors take an active part in charitable actions. Children who come to the theater receive gifts and interesting books as gifts. The most active are given invitations to performances.

Over the past 10 years, the theater has received a large number of awards at various festivals.

Performances

Puppet theater in Volgograd repertoire offers its audience the following:

• Little Red Riding Hood.
• Sleeping Beauty.
• Little Kroshechka-Khavroshechka.
• Mashenka, the Bear and Baba Yaga.
• Fables of Grandfather Krylov.
• Fly Tsokotukha.
• The jumping princess.
• Swan geese.
• Beech.
• Little Fairy.
• Dreams under the umbrella Ole Lukoye.
• The Scarlet Flower.
• Rhinoceros and the Giraffe.
• Orange Hedgehog.
• Thumbelina.
• Grandmother's tales.
• Little Raccoon.
• Cheerful cubs.
• Incredible adventures seem.
• Cat and Fox.
• The wolf and the seven Young goats.
• The Stalingrad Madonna.
• I count to five, or Hero for Squirrel.
• Teremok.
• Gifts Zimushki-Winter.
• Cat Vaska and his friends.
• Cinderella.
• Gray Sheika.
• Off - line off - show.
• The Wizard Oh.
• The most beautiful Christmas tree.
• Hasan, the seeker of happiness.
• Three piglets.
• Dr. Aibolit.
• Goat Dereza.
• A small blizzard.
• Golden Key.
• Cat house.
• Gosling.
• Kitten named Woof.
• Nightingale.

Premieres of the season

Puppet Theater (Volgograd) in the 2015-2016 season has prepared for its viewers several premiere performances. This is a fairy tale by AS. Pushkin "On the fisherman and the fish." The performance is shown not only by dolls, there is a living plan - an organ-grinder, who is a narrator. The director of the fairy tale is Pavel Ovsyannikov. In the New Year's and holidays, young spectators will be shown the performance "Three Magic Snowflakes". This is M.Souponin's fairy tale about dreams. Also, the audience expect such premieres as "Teryoshechka", "Ryoka Chicken", "How to become a fireman and save everyone".

Troupe

Puppet Theater (Volgograd) gathered under its roof wonderful actors:

• Tatyana Itkis.
• Maria Pechenova.
• Tatyana Katulina.
• Natalia Usova.
• Olga Molodtsova.
• Lydia Tekuchev.
• Alexander Temnikov.
• Vera Lozinskaya.
• Naila Orlova.
• Svetlana Yudenko.
• Alexander Ilyin.
• Irina Yasinskaya.
• Anna Kozydubova.
• Alexander Vershinin.
• Vladimir Tashlykov.
• Dmitry Tkachenko.
• Natalia Belotserkovskaya.
• Valentina Eremenko.
• Alexander Lazarenko.

Purchase of tickets

In addition to the ticket office, tickets to the puppet theater (Volgograd) can be purchased on its official website at any convenient time. Their cost varies from 150 to 250 rubles, depending on the proximity to the scene. Booked through Internet tickets must be redeemed at the ticket office in advance, not later than 30 minutes before the presentation. Choose a convenient location will help the layout of the auditorium.