Drama Theater of Tolstoy (Lipetsk): history, description, repertoire and reviews

Lipetsk Drama Theater. L. N. Tolstoy exists from the first third of the 20th century. Today, his repertoire includes performances not only for adults, but also for children.

The history of the theater opening

Dram. The Tolstoy Theater (Lipetsk) was opened in 1921. The organizer of it was Evgeny Nikolaevich Lavrov. He was a graduate of GITIS - a branch of philology. It was E. Lavrov who gathered the first troupe in the city. The opening of the theater took place on June 5. On this day, the play "Savva" was shown on L. Andreev's play. Initially, the drama. The Tolstoy Theater (Lipetsk) occupied the premises of the former spa hall, which was open for performances in the 18th century. The repertoire of the first troupe included productions: "The Inspector General", "The Bride", "The Dark Spot", etc. In 1923, the drama. The theater of Tolstoy (Lipetsk) stopped working. It became seasonal, performances were held in the summer, their visiting troupes showed. The Lipetsk Drama resumed its work in 1931 by order of the city authorities. The first performance of the revived theater was played on February 22, 1932. This was V.Vishnevsky's play The First Horse. Residents immediately loved their theater. The new troupe consisted of talented and loving people. In addition to stationary performances, the theater also gave away performances.

In 1938 the premiere of the play "At the bottom" was held for the anniversary of M. Gorky. After this play began to appear in the repertoire of the staging of Soviet playwrights.

In 1940, the theater held the All-Union Review Competition, which selected young talents, with their participation was staged the play "Profitable place". Work on the play was a long one, but it bore fruit. The theater was noted for the great work that it did in the education of young cadres.

During the war many actors left for the front, not all of them returned. But the artists remaining in the theater continued to work, they gave concerts and played performances for fighters in the front line and for the wounded in hospitals. During the war years, the Lipetsk Drama staged more than a hundred performances and organized more than eight hundred concerts. At that time, the repertoire included plays that corresponded to the time.

In the 50-60 years of the 20th century the tour geography of the theater expanded.

In the 1980s, several festivals were organized, which "live" to this day. At the same time the theater received the title of "state academic", it was named after L.N. Tolstoy.

Performances for adults

In his repertoire, mostly classical works include the theater of the drama of Tolstoy (Lipetsk). The poster offers the public the following productions:

• "Uncle Ivan".
• "My life".
• "Academy of laughter."
• Hotel of Two Worlds.
• "Tartuffe".
• "Barabant-Alimonda."
• "A dream in a dream."
• "Bankrut".
• "Monsieur Amilcar".
• "A family portrait with an outsider".
• "Quadrate of a circle".
• "The Lost Husband."
• "Duel".
• The Titanic Orchestra.
• "Old-fashioned comedy."
• "A smart wedding."
• "The Angel of Mary."
• "My poor Marat."
• "And your" Villain "will live forever."
• "Real passions".
• «God's dandelions».
• "Colonel-bird".
• "The room of the bride."
• "Dream of a funny man."
• "Marriage".
• "The Death of Ivan Ilyich."
• "The Angel of H".
• "She is".
• "Difficult parents."
• "Private soldiers".

Repertoire for children

The Drama Theater named after Tolstoy (Lipetsk) offers young spectators the following performances:

• "Frosty."
• "The Tale of Tsar Saltan".
• "Princess Frog".
• "The Royal Cow".
• "The Treasures of Captain Flint."
• «Thumbelina».
• "Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
• "Puss in Boots".
• "About Ivanushka the fool."
• "Mermaid".
• "Molodilnye apples".
• "The Snow Flower".
• "Swan geese".
• The Silver Hoof.
• "The chunks on the backstreets."

Troupe

The theater of the drama of Tolstoy (Lipetsk) brought together on its stage wonderful actors.

Troupe:

• Vladimir Kravchenko.
• Maria the Nightingale.
• Andrey Goncharov.
• Zoya Gyrfalcon.
• Margarita Ushakova.
• Vyacheslav Mikheev.
• Sergey Belsky.
• Arthur Guriev.
• Vyacheslav Boldyrev.
• Andrei Litvinov.
• Maria Kolycheva.
• Alexander Beloyarov.
• Anastasia Abaeva.
• Lilia Achkasova.
• Maxim Zavrin.
• Alexey Praslov.
• Margarita Romanova.
• Nikolay Chebykin.
• Dmitry Nemontov.
• Emin Mamedov.
• Lyudmila Konovalova.
• Mikhail Yanko.
• Sergey Denisov.
• Vladimir Sapronov.
• Zalina Maliyeva.
• Love of Esakova.
• Zinaida Cherednichenko.
• Vladimir Yuryev.
• Ekaterina Belskaya.
• Evgeny Azmanov.
• Olga Pakhomova.
• Elena Gavrilitsa.
• Alexander Skachkov.
• Vladimir Borisov.
• Evgeny Vlasov.
• Evgeniya Polekhina.
• Vladimir Avramenko.
• Khurram Kasymov.
• Dmitry Gusev.
• Alexander Gromozdin.
• Svetlana Kuznetsova.
• Lilia Bokova.
• Ekaterina Bayborodova.
• Maxim Dmitrochenkov.

Festivals

Dram. The Tolstoy Theater (Lipetsk) is the organizer of several international festivals. This is "Melikhovskaya spring" and "Lipetsk theater meetings". He has been conducting their drama theater since the early 80s of the 20th century.

"Melikhovskaya spring" is held annually in the suburbs. Lipetsk theater brings there their performances, staged on the plays of Anton Chekhov. The name of the festival comes from the village of Melikhovo, where it is held. Performances are held in the museum-reserve of Anton Chekhov. In 1999, the festival received the status of International.

"Lipetsk theater meetings" are also held every year. Taking part in this festival are writers, artists, theater experts, filmmakers, philologists, critics, art critics, museum directors A.Chekhov, professor GITIS and the Moscow Art Theater School. The festival takes place on the stage of the Lipetsk Drama Theater. In its framework there are performances, as well as conferences. Every year the festival is held on a certain theme. During this time, such personalities as Mark Rozovsky, Vasily Lanovoy, Robert Luis Jackson, Vladimir Kataev, Oleg Yefremov, Evgeny Steblov, Donald Rafield, Emma Polotskaya, Mikhail Ulyanov, Stanislav Lyubshin, Rolf Dieter Kluge, Innokenty Smoktunovsky and others visited the festival. .

Reviews

The audience is very fond of the Lipetsk Drama Theater and leaves most of its positive reviews about it. They like that the repertoire is diverse and designed for almost every taste. It includes classics and modern plays. Those who have children are very pleased with the fact that there are a lot of performances for the young spectators in the repertoire. The audience appreciates the actors of the theater as remarkable, talented, able to play any role that ideally reveals their images. Those who have seen the performances of the Lipetsk theater recommend all residents and guests of the city to visit them.