Donetsk theaters. Theaters of Donetsk Donetsk Regional Academic Russian Theater for Young Spectators

At the Donetsk Palace of Youth "Yunost" the People's Art Theater-Studio "4th Floor" has been operating for 22 years. The head of the theater is Efimova Valentina Mikhailovna. The theater is unique in that it is the only one of its kind in addition to the acting troupe, it also has a ballet troupe.

Now more than a hundred people are engaged in the theater with no age limit. On account of the theater production of the play by A.P. Chekhov, Bartenev, many performances for children.

The theater also has a small Small Stage, which allows each person to realize their talents, even as a musician, even as a poet, even as a dancer. This project is called "Free Stage" and the creative people of Donetsk have already fallen in love with it.

The theater is constantly in creative search, it updates its repertoire and always waits for like-minded people to join its troupe.

People's Theater "Bam-Buk"

Since 1998, the folk theater "Bam-buk" has been formed in the city of Kramatorsk. Nikolai Metla, the head of the theater, began his activity not with staging performances, but with the basics of theatrical skills. Years have passed, and now the theater already has its own style both in work and in staging performances. In a year, "Bam-buk" puts on 5-6 performances and about 15 miniatures on various topics or excerpts from performances.

Theater "Bam-buk" is one of the most beloved theaters in Ukraine. His performances always attract the attention of the audience and have a great public outcry. The theater team consists of several groups of different ages.

The theater is a multiple winner of various festivals. He has staged works by such classics as Shakespeare, Montgomery, N. Ostrovsky, M. Zoshchenko and others.

Square Theater

Like most popular squares in Donetsk, Teatralny Square is located in the city center. It is located on the territory of the Solovyanenko Opera and Ballet Theatre.

In the agonizing expectation of the upcoming premieres, theater visitors stroll in the shade of tall trees in a well-groomed and cozy square.

At the beginning of the century, a memorial stone was laid in the square, which was timed to coincide with the opening of the Golden Scythian festival. A little later, in May 2002, a monument dedicated to the next festival of theatrical art was erected at this place.

The sculptural composition consisting of three bronze figures of a warrior, a pectoral and a helmet attracts great attention of visitors. They are exact copies of items of Scythian art. The creators of the composition were Ukrainian sculptors Baldin and Kiselev.

Square Theater is ideal for a pleasant pastime reading classical literature, since the library is not far away. Krupskaya. There is also a monument to the famous actor of the Soviet Union Solovyanenko, after whom the theater is named. The sculpture is made of bronze and covered with gold leaf.

Donetsk Regional Academic Russian Theater for Young Spectators

Donetsk Regional Academic Russian Theater for Young Spectators was founded in Makeevka, Donetsk region in 1971. The actors of the young theater were graduates of the Kyiv Theater Institute and actors of the Donetsk Music and Drama Theater named after Artem. In the very first years of its activity, the theater actively introduced its audience to the productions of classical works by Shakespeare, N. Ostrovsky, N. Gogol, M. Gorky. In the future, he successfully began to stage modern plays.

The theater constantly takes part in city, regional and international festivals. In 2009, at the festival in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of N.V. Gogol, the theater took an active part, where he received 7 diplomas in various categories.

In 2011, the theater was awarded the title - "Academic".

Donetsk Regional Academic Puppet Theater

The history of the Donetsk Regional Academic Puppet Theater begins in 1933. The theater is one of the oldest theaters in Ukraine. In the first year of the theater's formation, its team was very small - only 8 people. The actors themselves sculpted dolls, sewed and made clothes and decorations.

For many years the theater did not have its own building. And finally, in 1980, the building of the Pobeda cinema was transferred to the theater. The repertoire of the theater today includes more than 30 performances on various topics. But they all teach children good and beautiful things - love for nature and animals, education of courage, nobility, spiritual beauty.

The theater constantly works with its audience, makes contacts with schools, and pays special attention to children from boarding schools, orphans and disabled children. The theater is a winner of prestigious competitions and festivals.

Donetsk People's Children's Theater "Blue Bird"

Donetsk People's Children's Theater "Blue Bird" was founded in 1969. It was organized at the Donetsk City Palace of Children's and Youth Creativity. Alevtina Ivanovna Boldyreva has been the director of the theater since its foundation.

Classes in the theater studio are attended by about 100 children of all ages, starting from 3 years old. All studio participants and teachers live as one family, friendly and creative.

The theater makes productions of both classical and contemporary authors. "Twelve Months" by Marshak, "The Golden Key" by A. Tolstoy, and immediately next to it are plays by G. Polonsky, Janson. Sometimes, along with young actors, their parents also perform on stage - this is also an element of raising children in the theater.

The theater received the highest marks in its performances in competitions, and, most importantly, the boundless love of its audience, which is dear to the theater the most.

Donetsk People's Children's Music and Drama Theater "Oh!"

1985 became the year of birth of the Donetsk People's Children's Music and Drama Theater "O". Initially, it was called "Okolitsa". In 1996, the theater received the title of "People's Art". Theater actors are children and youth from 5 to 20 years old. The learning process includes many theatrical disciplines. Education is completely free.

All mass events in the city of Donetsk are not complete without the theater "O", which always brings something new. unusual, unusual in the atmosphere of the whole event.

Every month the theater shows independent works of its students, inviting their parents and everyone to the performances. The theater has the Grand Prix of all-Ukrainian and international competitions.

Donetsk chamber theater-studio "Zhuki"

The year of birth of the theater "Zhuki" in Donetsk was 1989. The theater has become in its own way an alternative to the Donetsk Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre. The troupe of the new theater included young actors. The director of the theater "Zhuki" is Yevgeny Chistokletov.

In 2004, the theater team took part in the famous Bulgakov Arts Festival. Also actively participated in the Golden Khortytsya festival in Zaporozhye.

Theater is considered experimental. The young actors and the director are doing everything to make the theater original. The theater staged both classical works by Gogol, Pushkin, Bulgakov, Exupery, as well as plays by young and innovative authors. Absurdity and intellectual drama - in these main directions the young theater is now working.

Donetsk Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater

Donetsk Music and Drama Theater is located on Artem Street and is one of the main attractions of Donetsk.

From 1994 to 2012, the artistic director of the theater was M.M. Brovun, who is a People's Artist and laureate of the National Prize of the country named after T.G. Shevchenko. Since 1992, the Donetsk Theater has been the main organizer of the regional festival called "Theatrical Donbass", and since 1997 - the festival "Golden Key". For success in the development of theatrical art of Ukraine in September 2001, the regional musical theater was awarded the honorary status of an academic theater for the first time in the history of Ukraine.

On November 26, 2009, by the Decree of the Ukrainian President, he was given the status of national. Over the decades of its creative activity, the Donetsk Theater has been able to visit both the largest cities of Donbass (Mariupol, Artemovsk, Voroshilovgrad, Slavyansk, etc.), as well as Minsk, Gomel, Baku, Vitebsk, Leningrad, Rostov-on-Don and many others.

Donetsk National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater

Donetsk National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater was named after A.B. Solovyanenko and began his theatrical activity in 1941.

The construction of the building for the theater began in 1936. Krol S.D. was appointed responsible for the construction, and the chief architect L.I. Kotovsky was engaged in the design of the building.

The theater building was erected in the classical style. Approaches to the theater are thought out from three sides. The auditorium, as well as the foyer, are decorated with stucco drawings. Currently, the auditorium is designed for 976 seats. Busts of some theatrical figures and poets and decorative vases are installed in the niches of the foyer and in the auditorium.

The mechanized stage covers an area of ​​560 m². Its circle can withstand loads up to 75 tons.

The repertoire of the Opera and Ballet Theater is diverse - more than 50 titles. On the stage you can see and listen to operas and operettas, see ballets, children's musical fairy tales. The theater's repertoire mainly consists of classical works from Ukraine, Russia and Western Europe.

Sights of Donetsk

Donetsk Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater- drama theater in the city of Donetsk. The theater is the organizer of the regional theater festival "Theatrical Donbass" (since 1992) and the Open Festival of performances and concert programs for children and youth "Golden Key" (since 1997).

From 1994 to 2012, the artistic director was Mark Matveyevich Brovun, People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the National Prize of Ukraine. T. G. Shevchenko. Since 2012, the general director-artistic director of the theater is Natalia Markovna Volkova, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine.

Story

The creative biography of the theater began on November 7, 1927, when a Ukrainian workers' theater was created in the Chervonozavodsky district of Kharkov (then the capital of Ukraine), which was supposed to carry out a cultural and educational mission in the east of Ukraine. The basis of the troupe was the actors of the Kharkov State Folk Theater and the famous theater "Berezil". The first director was a pupil of V. Nemirovich-Danchenko, the famous director A. Zagarov, and a year later, a student of L. Kurbas, an outstanding director, in the future - People's Artist of Ukraine V. Vasilko, was appointed artistic director.

In 1930, within the framework of the All-Union Olympiad of Arts, the team toured Moscow, where Ukraine was represented by only two theaters, including Chervonozavodsk.

In 1933, at the suggestion of the People's Commissariat for Education of Ukraine, the creative team, already mature at that time, was transferred to Donetsk (then still Stalino), where it opened its first season on November 7, 1933 with the premiere of I. Mikitenko's drama Bastille of the Mother of God.

The theater became the leading group of Donbass and one of the best theaters in Ukraine, which was greatly facilitated by the originality and diversity of the repertoire, the general high culture and originality of the creative team. The basis of the troupe of that period was: L. Gakkebush, G. Chaika, M. Ilchenko, R. Chalishenko, S. Levchenko, Yu. Rozumovskaya, G. Petrovskaya, V. Dobrovolsky, E. Chupilko, I. Savuskan, V. Gripak, O. Vorontsov, K. Evtimovich, E. Vinnikov, D. Lazurenko, V. Dovbischenko, as well as students of V. Vasilko, future directors M. Smirnov, I. Sikalo, P. Kovtunenko, V. Gakkebush. The best performances of that period were recognized: "Marco in Hell", "Song of the Candle" by I. Kocherga, "Leon Couturier" by B. Lavrenev, "Gaidamaki" by L. Kurbas by T. Shevchenko, "Dictatorship" by I. Mikitenko, " Macbeth” by W. Shakespeare, “Vassa Zheleznova” by M. Gorky, “Platon Krechet” by A. Korniychuk. It is in the Donbass that musical performances appear in the theater's repertoire - from the folk opera "Natalka-Poltavka" to the tragedy "Boris Godunov".

During the first 10 years of creative activity, the theater visited not only the big cities of Donbass (Voroshilovgrad, Mariupol, Gorlovka, Artemovsk, Makeevka, Slavyansk), but also Baku, Minsk, Vitebsk, Gomel, Mogilev, Leningrad, Gorky, Rostov-on-Don, Kiev .

The theater is located at the highest point of the transverse axis of Lenin Square, which is a continuation of Ilyich Avenue. It was planned to build a new building of the House of Soviets on this site, but changes were made to the plan for the formation of the city's public center.

In the architectural project of the theater, made in 1958, a pediment figure was planned, but during the construction of the theater it was abandoned due to the resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR of 1955 "On the elimination of excesses in the design and construction". During the reconstruction of the theater, it was decided to install a sculpture on the pediment. Since the design documents did not contain information about which figure was planned for installation, a new image was chosen. A statue of Melpomene was installed at the Donetsk Drama Theater. They became the muse of the tragedy Melpomene from ancient Greek mythology. She is depicted with a palm branch in her hands. Donetsk got its own Melpomene Height - 3.5 meters (the height was calculated based on the proportions of the entire architectural ensemble of the theater), weight - about a ton. The author is the sculptor Yuriy Ivanovich Baldin. The sculpture was cast in bronze and installed on March 14, 2005.

In 2005, the reconstruction of the theater building and the arrangement of the adjacent territory were completed, which was carried out without interruption of the creative activity of the team, as a result of which a theater complex with five stages appeared in the Donbass. The reconstruction project of the theater was carried out by the PPP "Donbassrekonstruktsiya", the chief architect of the project Vladimir Stepanovich Buchek, the chief engineer of the project Yury Vladimirovich Krasnokutsky. In May 2017, a commemorative granite slab depicting the facade of the theater was installed on the porch of the main entrance to the building. The memorial was given to the theater team as a gift on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the theater.

Troupe

The theater has an orchestra led by the chief conductor, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine Y. Kulakov and a group of vocalists led by the chief choirmaster, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine T. Pashchuk, a professional ballet group led by the chief choreographer, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine V. Masliya .

In one of the performances of the theater, Sergey Krutikov, a musician, leader of the Mikhey and Jumanji group, was busy.

Several people's and honored artists of Ukraine work in the theater group

• Elena Khokhlatkina, People's Artist of Ukraine
• Mikhail Bondarenko, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Andrey Borislavsky, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Vasily Gladnev, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Lyubov Dobronozhenko, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Victor Zhdanov, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Volodymyr Kvasnitsa, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Sergey Lupiltsev, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Andrey Romaniy, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Tatyana Romanyuk, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Ruslan Slabunov, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Galina Skrynnik, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Dmitry Fedorov, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Vyacheslav Khokhlov, Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Volodymyr Shvets, Honored Artist of Ukraine

Creation

The theater has become the center of Ukrainian theatrical art in the Donetsk region, attracting the audience to the sources of Ukrainian culture. The main place in the repertoire of the theater is occupied by the Ukrainian play. On the Donetsk stage there were: "Natalka Poltavka", "Moskal the Magician", "Aeneid" by I. Kotlyarevsky, "Wooing on Goncharovka", "Shelmenko the Batman", "Blue Turkish Shawl", "Boy Woman" and "Witch" G. Kvitki-Osnovyanenko, “Maty-naimychka”, “My Thoughts ...” according to T. Shevchenko, “Vanity”, “One Hundred Thousands” by I. Karpenko-Kary, “According to the audit”, “We turned out to be fools”, “According to the pike command” by M. Kropivnitsky, “Potion” by O. Kobylyanskaya, “For two hares”, “Gypsy Aza”, “May Night” by M. Staritsky, “Whoever laughs will not miss” I. Tendetnikova, “Narrowed-unskinned” Elena Pchilka, "Orgy", "Cassandra" by Lesia Ukrainka, "Law" by V. Vinnichenko, "Candle's Wedding", "Bitter Almond Fairy" by I. Kocherga, "People's Malachy", "Aunt Motya has arrived ..." based on the play "Mina Mazaylo ” N. Kulish, “Roksolana” by P. Zagrebelny, “Date in Time” by V. Stus, “Beware of the Evil Lion!”, “Love in the Baroque Style” by J. Stelmakh and others.

Turning to world dramaturgy, the theater takes into its repertoire works of different styles and directions: "Twelfth Night", "The Taming of the Shrew" by W. Shakespeare, "Caligula" by A. Camus, "The Government Inspector", "Christmas Night", "Sorochinskaya Fair" by N. Gogol, "Cunning and Love" by F. Schiller, "Marquise de Sade" by Y. Mesimi, "Dance Teacher" by Lope de Vega, "Skapin's Tricks" by J.-B. Molière, The Marriage of Figaro by V.-A. Mozart to the libretto by L. da Ponte, “Memorial Prayer” by G. Gorin based on Sholom Aleichem, “Dear Friend” by Guy de Maupassant, “Double Life, or Mademoiselle the Prankster” based on the operetta by F. Herve, “The Ladies' Master” by J. Feydeau , "Colombes" by J. Anui, "Zoyka's Apartment", "Crazy Jourdain" by M. Bulgakov, "Only Girls in Jazz" by A. Arkadin-Shkolnik based on the famous film by B. Wilder and others.

A significant event in the creative life of the team was the opening of the Small Stage, created during the reconstruction of the theater. This platform for creative searches and bold experiments has won the favor of many viewers. Performances have already seen life here: “Three Jokes” (“The Bear. Proposal. Anniversary.”) by A. Chekhov, “Anecdotes” by A. Vampilov, “Nine Nights ... Nine Lives” by M. Vishnek, “Refrigerators” by M. Fratti, “ Lyubof' by M. Shizgala, "My Thoughts..." by T. Shevchenko, "Caucasian Roulette" by V. Merezhko, "Double Bass" by P. Suskind, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" E. Albee, "Vivisection" by Alexei Kolomiytsev, "Glass Menagerie" by T. Williams, "Bachelors and Bachelorettes" by H. Levin, "Autumn Sonata" by I. Bergman, "... and turned into white cranes" by A. Selin and others.

The theater pays great attention to the education of young spectators, fairy tales were staged for them: “Vasilisa the Beautiful”, “Puss in Boots” by S. Prokofieva, G. Sabgir, “The Scarlet Flower” by L. Brausevich, I. Karnaukhova, “Katigoroshek” by A. Shiyan, "The Nutcracker" by A. Hoffmann, "Marya Beauty - Golden Spit" by A. Verbets, "Beware of the Evil Lion!", "Aladdin" by J. Stelmakh, "Shake, hello!" S. Kozlova, “All Mice Love Cheese” by D. Urban, “The Invisible Princess” by V. Zimin, “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by A. Tolstoy, “The Wizards of Oz” by L.-F. Baum, "The Birthday of the Cat Leopold" by A. Haight, A. Levenbuk, "Braveheart" by V. Ponizov, "Dyed Fox" by I. Franko, "Pippi Longstocking" by A. Lintgren, "Frost" by folk tale and many others .

The theater operates on five stages: the Main (large), Small, Experimental stages, the Theater Lounge and the Red Hall. The repertoire includes more than 45 performances.

Today, the Donetsk National Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater is one of the most respected theater groups not only in the southeastern region, but throughout Ukraine. The creative victory of the theater team was the receipt in 2003 of the performance "Aeneid" by I. Kotlyarevsky of the National Prize of Ukraine named after. T. G. Shevchenko. The stage director of the play V. Shulakov and the artistic director-general director of the theater M. Brovun became the laureates.

Within the walls of the theater, the idea of ​​holding regional theater festivals - "Theatrical Donbass" and "Golden Key" was born. The performances of the theater became laureates of two all-Ukrainian festivals: “Melpomene of Tavria” and “The Government Inspector is Coming to Us”. For a significant contribution to the development of the culture of the region, the theater team was awarded a diploma and a souvenir of the international festival "Golden Skif-97", and in 2000 - a Certificate of Honor from the Charitable Foundation for the Development and Popularization of Donbass "Golden Skif".

The Donetsk Drama Theater was established in 1961, next to Lenin Square, in the city center near popular hotels in Donetsk. It is built in the form of an ancient Greek temple, with the exception of its stage. It was originally planned to install a pediment figure, but then the idea was abandoned. During the period of reconstruction in 2005, the sculpture was nevertheless installed, but due to the lack of accurate information in the project, it was decided to portray the muse of tragedy from the mythology of Ancient Greece, Melpomene.

The Academic Music and Drama Theater is located at the highest point of the transverse area of ​​Lenin Square, it was planned to build a new building of the House of Soviets here, but some changes were made to the plan of the city center, and the theater building remained untouched.

The activities of the acting troupe of the Drama Theater are known both within the country and abroad; victories at numerous theater festivals testify to this. In the summer of 2001, for numerous achievements in the development of theatrical art of the country, the drama theater received the status of Academic. Today, the institution is actively touring in many parts of the country, the repertoire includes not only the classics of Ukrainian drama, but also works by contemporary world authors.

Well, performances of a different kind can be seen at the Donbass Arena stadium, which was built in 2009 using the latest technology.

The creative biography of the theater began in 1927, when a Ukrainian workers' theater was created in the Chervonozavodsky district of Kharkov (then the capital of Ukraine), which was supposed to carry out a cultural and educational mission in the east of Ukraine. The basis of the troupe was the actors of the Kharkov State Folk Theater and the famous theater "Berezil".
In 1933, at the suggestion of the People's Commissariat for Education of Ukraine, the creative team, already mature at that time, was transferred to Donetsk (then still Stalino), where it opened its first season on November 7, 1933 with the premiere of I. Mikitenko's drama “Bastille of the Mother of God”.
The basis of the troupe of that period was: L. Gakkebush, G. Chaika, M. Ilchenko, R. Chalishenko, S. Levchenko, Yu. Rozumovskaya, G. Petrovskaya, V. Dobrovolsky, E. Chupilko, I. Savuskan, V. Gripak, O. Vorontsov, K. Evtimovich, E. Vinnikov, D. Lazurenko, V. Dovbischenko, as well as Vasilko's students, future directors M. Smirnov, P. Kovtunenko, V. Gakkebush.
The beginning of the Great Patriotic War interrupted the creative work. The Stalinist theater was not completely evacuated: most of the members of the team went to the front. A small group of actors merged with the remnants of the Artemovsky theater troupe and was evacuated to Kzil-Orda (Kazakh SSR). The first performance of the newly created Theater of Musical Comedy and Drama named after Artem was shown on October 11, 1941. Another, somewhat larger group, on the way to Central Asia, united with the Gorlovsky Theater and, under the name of the Stalin Drama Theater, worked in the city of Jalal-Abad, the Kirghiz SSR.
After the liberation of Donbass, in January and March 1944, both troupes returned to Stalino. Formed the final composition of the troupe of the Stalin State Ukrainian Musical Drama Theater. Artem.
At this time, the core of the troupe was made up of experienced stage masters: S. Kokhany, I. Korzh, P. Polevaya, K. Datsenko, K. Ryabtsev, T. Kuzhel, directors L. Yuzhansky and V. Gakkebush, talented acting youth - V. Zagaevsky , M. Adamskaya, M. Protasenko, H. Negrimovsky, Yu. Galinsky, L. Usatenko, A. Malich.
For a long time without having its own building, the theater worked on the premises of the Donetsk Musical Theater (since 1947 - the Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre). In 1961, the team received their own house and finally registered on the street. Artem, 74a.