Moscow Youth Theater of Vyacheslav Spesivtsev

The theater was founded in 1987. Its creator and artistic director is Vyacheslav Spesivtsev , who during his life created three theaters: the Gaidar Studio in Tekstilshchiki, the Youth Theater Studio on Krasnaya Presnya and the Moscow Experimental Theater. He is called the teacher Natalya Schukina , Gennady Khazanov and Yuri Kuklachev , Vladimir Mirzoev and Andrei Lyubimov ^[1] . And the Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez , who once attended a rehearsal of Spesivtsev’s play “Autumn of the Patriarch”, allowed the director to put all his novels on the stage: “I allow Vyacheslav Spesivtsev to do anything with my works, but only to him, in his theater” ^{[ 1]} .

Spesivtsev also collaborated with other modern classic writers: Valentin Rasputin , Vasily Shukshin , Boris Vasiliev , Chingiz Aitmatov , Jorge Amadou , Venedikt Erofeev .

The experimentalism of the theater is expressed in the fact that representatives of different age categories are involved in the performances: not only professional actors, but also students of theatrical universities of Russia and children. The theater has studios in which children and teenagers from 8-18 years old are taught acting, stage movement, vocals, stage speech, fencing, choreography, acrobatics.

The repertoire of performances includes works on acute social topics: on the problems of child crime, drug addiction, prostitution, and homelessness. According to Vyacheslav Spesivtsev, the theater should reflect today's life.

The theater’s repertoire also includes performances based on classical (Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare, Pit by A. I. Kuprin, Evil Spirit by M. Yu. Lermontov, War and Peace by L. Tolstoy) and contemporary (“A Seagull named Jonathan Livingston” by Richard Bach, “Love in Italian” by Eduardo De Filippo, “Time to Love” and “My Favorite Game” by V. Spesivtsev)).

To date, several theatrical projects have been created at the Moscow Youth Theater, aimed primarily at children and young people: "Tales of the World", "Bible for Children", "Classics in the Classroom". Each project is unique in its idea, focus and carries an educational function.

• Artistic Director: Vyacheslav Spesivtsev .
• The main artist of the theater: Yuri Zaitsev (Lublin), who is also an actor, teacher, director, stage designer of all the theater’s performances (period - Gaidar Studio Theater and the Krasnaya Presnya Theater), now works on television: writes plays, short stories, fairy tales, fables, parables, poems, takes part in art exhibitions, literary competitions.

The former director is Leonid Poznyansky, who is also an actor. Lyudmila Viktorova - actress, led one of the children's studios at the theater, now runs a creative association at Mosfilm. Alexander Zotov - one of the leading actors of the theater, for some time was the director of the theater, now works in the theater " Near the House of Stanislavsky " (previously the Moscow Youth Theater Studio on Krasnaya Presnya). Vera Nikulina - assistant director, chief administrator, actress, led one of the children's studios at the theater, currently works in the theater named after Mayakovsky assistant director.

• Yandimirov, Maxim Mironovich (1986—2011), Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
• Pechenin, Alexander Vladimirovich (1991-1997)
• Konstantinova, Vera Viktorovna (1992-1996)
• Dyrzu, Marianna Dmitrievna (1996-2001)
• Kryukova, Evgenia Vladislavovna , Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
• Yushchenko, Dmitry Valentinovich (1979-1981, in the studio "On Krasnaya Presnya")
• Sosedov, Peter Ivanovich , nominee of the XXIII Eurasian Teleforum (2005) ^[2]
• Denisov, Sergey Albertovich (1983-1985, in the studio "On Krasnaya Presnya")

• "Dowry" by A. N. Ostrovsky
• "Evenings on a Farm Near ..." by N. V. Gogol
• The Cherry Orchard by A. P. Chekhov
• "Time to love" V. S. Spesivtseva
• “Woe from Wit” by A. S. Griboedov
• "My dear good ..." by Sergey Yesenin
• “Eugene and Onegin” by A. S. Pushkin
• "Evil Spirit" M. Yu. Lermontov
• "Captains of sand" by Georges Amadou
• "My favorite game" V. S. Spesivtseva
• "At the bottom" by Maxim Gorky
• "Farewell to the mother" V. G. Rasputin
• "The Examiner" N.V. Gogol
• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
• "Deadly funny journey" by Dmitry Minchenok
• “Matches of good and love” by H. K. Andersen
• "The Seagull named Jonathan Livingston" by Richard Bach
• "Pit" by A. I. Kuprin
• "Undergrowth" by D. Fonvizin
• “Crime and Punishment” by F. Dostoevsky
• "Write the amount in words" O. Henry

Bible for children

• "World creation"
• "Promised land"
• "King David"
• "King Solomon"
• "Christmas"
• "Holiday of Life (Easter)"
• "The book of life"
• "Apocalypse"

Tales of the World

• "The tale is a lie, but in it ..." (Russian folk tale)
• "Prince Sherdil" (Indian folk tale)
• “Beautiful Farimat” (Sudanese folk tale)
• “Matches of good and love” (Danish fairy tale by H.K. Andersen)
• “Evenings on a Farm Near ...” (Ukrainian fairy tale by N. V. Gogol)
• "Gingerbread Man, Teremok, Turnip" (Russian folk tales)
• “12 months” (Slovak folk tale)
• "Princess Frog" (Russian folk tale)

Classics in the class

• “My dear ...” S. A. Yesenin
• “Eugene and Onegin” A. S. Pushkin
• The Cherry Orchard A. P. Chekhov
• The Examiner N.V. Gogol
• “Woe from Wit” A. S. Griboedov
• "Dowry" A. N. Ostrovsky
• "Farewell to Matera" V. G. Rasputin
• “War and Peace” L. N. Tolstoy
• Thunderstorm A. N. Ostrovsky
• “Squaring the circle” V. P. Kataev
• “Oblomov” I. A. Goncharov
• "Hero of our time" M. Yu. Lermontov
• “How steel was tempered" A. N. Ostrovsky
• The Dodger Skapin Jean-Baptiste Moliere

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• Interesting facts from the history of the theater