Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater named after People's Artist of the USSR V.M. Leontieva: address, repertoire

Where to go with a child in Ulyanovsk? This question interests many parents living in this city and coming here with their children. In fact, there are many such places. But still the most beloved of children has always been and remains a puppet theater. It's a magical world where toys come to life. In Ulyanovsk there is a wonderful puppet theater named after V. Leontieva, which will be discussed in this article.

About the theater

Ulyanovsk Regional Puppet Theater named after the People's Artist of the USSR V.M. Leontief opened its doors in 1944. Its founders were operetta artists who came from Moscow - Marina and Nikolai Misyura.

Since 2007, the theater is named after V. Leontieva (People's Artist of the USSR), who was born in the Ulyanovsk region. Valentina Mikhailovna was a TV presenter of various programs, including a children's program - "Good night, kids." And the puppets for this program - dog Filya, bunny Stepashka, crow Karkusha and piglet Piggy - were made in the studio of the Ulyanovsk theater.

The puppeteers' repertoire consists of more than thirty productions. They have different themes, genres, and are matched for different ages. There are fairy tales for three-year-olds, performances for primary school students, as well as for adolescents and adults.

In general, the repertoire consists of classical works, from plays by contemporary authors and Russian folk tales. The basis of it is the work of AS Pushkin, K. Chukovsky, PP Bazhov, ST Aksakov, S. Ya. Marshak. In addition to the performances, the actors spend New Year's holidays, as well as interactive games with and without dolls.

Today the Ulyanovsk Theater takes an active part in various festivals both of the All-Russian and international level. He also implements a variety of projects. For example, one of the brightest was the creative laboratory called "Young directors to children". It was held in 2012. It was a very successful, loud, meaningful project. In 2013, another laboratory was organized jointly with the Goethe Institute. It was not only creative, but also businesslike. It was called "Theater-Class". It was a Russian-Garman project.

Among other things, the theater is actively cooperating with talented foreign directors. They often put performances here. First of all, this is a colossal experience for the theater, for actors. In such cooperation artists and directors have the opportunity to learn something new.

Director of the Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater is Alexander Kolotun. The post of artistic director is Vladimir Biryukov.

Repertoire

Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater offers the audience a diverse repertoire, which is designed for different age categories. It is based on fairy tales for children, but there are also works for adults.

Here you can see the following productions:

• "Teremok".
• "Frocken Julie."
• "How the Colonel of the mind-mind was typed."
• "Turkin in the next world."
• "A beautiful princess and a happy carla."
• "The Magic Well."
• "Umka."
• "The Queen of Spades."
• "Enchanted Boar".
• "Three snowflakes: blue, gold, silver."
• "The Adventures of Pinocchio".
• "Mister Bello and the magic elixir."
• "Cuckoo Clock" (puppet show for preschool children).
• "Vakula, devil and cherevichki."
• "The Scarlet Flower".

And others.

Troupe

The Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater assembled wonderful artists on its stage.

Troupe:

• Vyacheslav Vishenin.
• Pavel Lukyanov.
• Ilya Falyushin.
• Alexander Filippov.
• Maxim Bizyaev.
• Alexey Vasiliev.
• Julia Gorevanova.
• Elena Kondrashina.
• Natalya Lyakhova.
• Lyudmila Doronina.
• Anna Kutuzova.
• Andrey Kozlov.
• Olga Leontyeva.

And others.

Family club

The Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater in 2013 organized the Family Club. It is visited by children between the ages of three and ten and their parents. Classes are held every week on Sundays. Children are divided into two groups - the younger and the older. Club meetings take place in the form of joint creativity of children and their parents. Employees of the theater open their secrets in class. Children and parents take part in quizzes and games, learn to make puppets and show small home plays. Each child, visiting the Family Club, gets the opportunity to stay in the role of make-up artist, director, puppeteer, artist.

In this season, the boys and girls of the younger group of the theater offers developmental activities and work with makeup. For older children, master classes are held with the participation of artists, artists and directors of the theater.

Each class in the Family Club costs 60 rubles per person.

"The Snow Queen"

The play "The Snow Queen" was staged at the Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater in 2002. This is a New Year's fairy tale, and it goes on holidays.

This is a very instructive story, which is known and loved throughout the world. The plot is based on the story of G. Kh. Andersen.

The main characters of the play are the brave girl Gerda, who, for the sake of her brother's salvation, is ready for any tests; Kai, whose heart is bewitched and turned into ice, and he himself became wicked and soulless; And the Snow Queen - beautiful, cold, dreaming, that the eternal winter has come.

Surely all children and adults know what this fairy tale is about. The girl Gerda and her brother Kai live in a small town with her grandmother. One day, the Snow Queen enchants the boy and takes him to her castle. Gerda goes in search of her brother.

The play "The Snow Queen" is full of all sorts of adventures that the bold girl has to endure. Gerda will walk almost half the world to find the Ice Castle of the Snow Queen and take Kaya from her.

The performance is very interesting, exciting and fascinating.

And, of course, what New Year without Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, Christmas tree and gifts?

Address

Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater is located in the city center. His address is Goncharova Street, house number 10. Next to it are the A. Plastov Museum, the Gymnasium and the Matrosov Park. And also nearby there are such streets, as Descent of Stepan Razin, Minaev, Kuznetsov, Alexander Matrosov and Leo Tolstoy.

If you are interested in the question "Where do you go with a child in Ulyanovsk?", Then the answer to it is obvious - to the puppet theater named after V. Leontieva.