Severodonetsk city drama theater

Theater building

In 1953 the Chemists Club was commissioned and a fountain was built. The club building was built according to a standard design by Olga Sergeevna Neslukhovskaya under the guidance of Ivan Vladislavovich Zholtovsky. The building project was developed in Moscow (for similar projects, the Burevestnik and Slava cinemas were built in Moscow).

Four pairs of connected columns carry a triangular pediment with an arch carved into it, accentuated through the relief. It was also used by the club as a cinema. Built by the trust "Lishimpromstroy".

In the late 50s, the building of the Chemists' Club was transferred to the Severodonetsk plant "Fiberglass" (SZS) .

In the early 1990s, in view of the crisis at the enterprise SPO Fiberglass, the company's management decides on the transfer of the SZS building to the ownership of the city of Severodonetsk.

In 1993, the creative team of the city theater turned to the leadership of the city to provide permanent premises for the theater.

In 1994, the theater received its permanent residence in the building of the former ESS club.

City Drama Theater

From 1993 - 1997, the theater was headed by a graduate of the Kharkov Institute of Arts, Alexander Shmal. The creative team composed the acting course of the Kharkov Institute of Arts. These years in the theater were performances staged by Alexander Schmal.

From 1997 - 2008, the theater was headed by Oleg Alexandrov, who graduated from the directing department of the Kiev Institute of Theatrical Art. I. Karpenko-Kary and the acting department of the Kharkov Institute of Arts.

In 2001 there was a fire in the theater building. Repair of the building was not carried out. The troupe for their shows rents the site of the city.

In September 2008, the management of the theater changed - Oleg Alexandrov became the chief director of the Lugansk regional Russian drama theater, and Irina Sukhanova (formerly the artist of the theater) was appointed director and artistic director of the Severodonetsk theater.

• 1993 - “A candle drips on Nirvana ... Part 1” (author and director A. Schmal)
• 1994 - “Drifters of Dallas” ( Michael Frain ; director - A. Schmal)
• 1995 - “Hamlet is Hamlet, there is Hamlet, there is Hamlet ...” (based on V. Shakespeare, director A. Schmal)
• 1995 - “Barefoot in the park” ( Neil Simon ; director - A. Schmal)
• 1997 - “A candle drips on Nirvana. Part 2: Narcissus ”(rock opera, play by A. Schmal, music by P. Bodrov, director A. Schmal)
• 1998 - " Meek " Pavel Morozov, based on the story of F. Dostoevsky ; director - O. Alexandrov)
• 1998 - “U-Rock” ( eng. The Lesson ) ( Eugene Ionesco ; director - O. Alexandrov)
• 1999 - “Mamaklava” ( Pavel Morozov ; director O. Alexandrov)
• 2000 - “Journey to the open heart” ( Andrey Platonov ; director - O. Alexandrov)
• 2003 - “Gogol-Eggnog" (based on Nikolai Gogol ; director - O. Alexandrov)
• 2005 - Persian Lilac ( Nikolai Kolyada ; director - O. Alexandrov)
• 2006 - Evita (Kopi); director - O. Alexandrov)
• 2006 - “ Marry a Turkey Man ” (author and director Pavel Morozov based on a play by Gunilla Boettius)
• 2007 - “These free butterflies” ^[1] ( Leonard Gersh ; director - O. Alexandrov)
• 2007 - “Andante!” ( Lyudmila Petrushevskaya director Pavel Morozov )
• 2008 - “I will buy your husband” ( Mikhail Zadornov ; director - O. Alexandrov)
• 2009 - “The Servant of Two Masters ” ( Carlo Goldoni ; director - I. Sukhanova)
• 2009 - “The Game” ( English Play ) ( Samuel Beckett ; director - I. Sukhanova)
• 2010 - “Miserable in Russian” ( Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov ; director - I. Sukhanova)
• 2010 - “Fatal mice (s)” (Aldo Nicolai; director A. Loboyko)
• 2011 - "The teacher of literature " ( Anton Chekhov ; director - K. Dushin)
• 2011 - “ Picnic ” ^[2] ( Fernando Arrabal ; director - A. Romanov)
• 2011 - “With wide open eyes” (Based on the existentialists of the 20th century; director - Rosa Sargsyan)
• 2012— “Nine Pi Em” (Based on the classic dramaturgy of the absurd; director - Igor Gladky)
• 2012— “Sorry, for a moment I am ...” (Based on Western European chamber dramaturgy; director - Igor Gladky)

• Award of the Head of Lugansk Regional Administration - Alexander Schmal " Hamlet is Hamlet, there is Hamlet, there is Hamlet ... " - 1995
• At the 3rd festival “Theater Donbass” ( 1996 ) Alexander Schmal “ Hamlet is Hamlet, there is Hamlet, there is Hamlet ... ” won the first prize for best director.
• Festival “Mistetske Berezіlya”, Kiev, Theater on Podol 1996 - “ Hamlet is Hamlet, there is Hamlet, there is Hamlet ... ” 1996
• 2nd place in the nomination for the “Experiment” Award of the National Union of Theater Workers of Ukraine - Alexander Schmal “ Hamlet is Hamlet, there is Hamlet, there is Hamlet ... ” 1996
• At the 4th festival “Theatrical Donbass” in 1998, the performance “U-Rock”, staged by Oleg Alexandrov, won the 2nd prize for best direction, two 2 prizes for the best male roles.
• In 1998, at the invitation of STD of Ukraine and the Theater of Friendship of Peoples, the play “U-rock” was shown in the capital of Ukraine, where it was highly appreciated by theater critics and theater professionals.
• In 1999, the Severodonetsk city drama theater took part in the All-Ukrainian festival “Ternopil theater evening” in Ternopil, where it won the 1st prize for best direction, the 1st prize for best male role and the 1st prize for Best female role and was also awarded with a special prize of the city Head of Ternopil.
• In 2000, at the 5th festival “Theatrical Donbass” with the play “Journey to the open heart” based on the novel by Andrey Platonov “ Chevengur ”, Severodonetsk City Drama Theater received seven diplomas and six awards: 2nd prize for direction, 1st prize for the set design and the 1st prize for musical arrangement were awarded to Oleg Alexandrov, the 2nd prize for plastic decision, two 3rd awards in the nominations “Best female role” and “Best male role” and the Diploma for the best costumes.
• In September 2000, at the festival of young Ukrainian directing "Ternopil theater evening" with the play "Journey to the open heart" based on the novel by Andrey Platonov "Chevengur" Severodonetsk city drama theater won the second prize for best direction.
• In December 2000, at the invitation of the Minister of Culture Bogdan Stupka, the Severodonetsk City Drama Theater was invited to Kiev to show the Kiev theater public performances of Autumn Flowers by Alexandra Pogrebinsky’s play (for the grant of the President of Ukraine) and The Journey to the Open Heart based on the novel by Andrey Platonov Chevengur.
• In March 2003, the Severodonetsk Drama Theater took part in the first Teatron All-Ukrainian Youth Fest, which was held in Kharkov. The fest was a performance staged by Oleg Alexandrov "U - Rock" based on a play by E. Ionesco. The performance became a laureate in the nomination “Fest Performance”, a laureate diploma in the nomination “Director of the Fest” was awarded to Oleg Alexandrov for staging the performance “U-Rock”, also awarded diplomas in the nominations: “spectator delight” (S. Evdokimov), “the best actor work ”(N. Karchkova). The theater was awarded the Alternative Jury Diploma.
• On September 30, 2003, the Severodonetsk City Drama Theater took part in the eleventh international theater festival-laboratory “MISTETSKE BEREZILLYA. LIDERI ”, in the framework of which the play“ Gogol Mogol ”was shown based on the works of Nikolai Gogol.
• In March 2004, the theater took part in the second All-Ukrainian youth fest “Theatron” with the play “Journey to the open heart” based on the novel by A. Platonov “Chevengur”, where he was awarded with diplomas in the nominations: “Palette of the Fest” (O. Alexandrov) and “ the best musical decision ”(O. Aleksandrov).
• In April 2004, the Severodonetsk Theater was invited to the Second All-Ukrainian Theater Festival “Visiting Gogol” (Poltava) with the play “Gogol-Mogol”. Awarded the diploma of the festival laureate and memorable prizes.
• In September 2004, the theater took part for the first time in the Children's Theater Festival - the V International Festival “Veresneve Nebi dity Ukrainy” (Makeevka, Donetsk region) with the performance “Timka” based on the play by B. Jünger “The Son of Black Mountain”. He was awarded the diploma "For the krashte muzichno-plasticity virіshennya kazkovogo character" (N. Karchkova).
• In May 2005, the theater critic for the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation abroad sent a theater critic, Levikova Elena Igorevna, to Severodonetsk city drama theater. The purpose of this trip was to get acquainted with the work of the theater, to watch the performances: “U-Rock”, “Journey to the open heart”, “Gogol-Mogol”, “MAMAKLAVA” based on the play by Pavel Morozov . The performances made a favorable impression, which is confirmed by EI Levikova's report presented at the Center meeting, as well as a speech at a conference on the problems of Russian-speaking theaters in the CIS countries. The theater was promised: possible financial support for the formulation of new projects, the arrival of a specialist in stage speech, the participation of actors in creative laboratories and conferences.
• In March 2006, the theater took part in the 2nd festival-laboratory "ART-Alternative" (March 16-18, 2006, Donetsk) with the play "Marry a Turkey Man" directed by Pavel Morozov .
• In April 2006, the theater took part in the VIIIth regional festival “Theater Donbass” with the play “Gogol-Mogol” (2nd edition), where the theater team received a diploma for participation in the festival, actor S. Evdokimov - a diploma for the role Poprischina. The theater team was also awarded a diploma by the editorial staff of the inter-regional mass newspaper Donbass for its high artistic level and performance skills, and its active participation in the inter-regional festival “Theater Donbass 2006”.
• In March 2007, the theater took part in the 3rd festival-laboratory "ART-alternative" (March 23-25, 2007, Makeyevka, Donetsk region) with the performance "ZOOSTORY", where it was awarded the laureate diploma.
• In September-October 2007, theater artists took part in an actor's workshop, organized by the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation, operating under the Program of State and Public Support for Russian Theaters in the CIS and Baltic States under the patronage of the President of Russia. Master classes conducted by leading teachers from Moscow theater schools have helped to improve acting skills, raise the level of performance skills, thoroughly master all the elements of internal and external technology, which will be an incentive for self-improvement and creative growth.
• In November 2007, the collective of the Severodonetsk City Drama Theater participated in the VIII All-Ukrainian festival “The Ternopil Theater Theatrical” (city of Ternopil) with the play “Gogol-Mogol”. The theater was awarded three diplomas: a diploma for participation in the festival, a diploma for a musical decision, a diploma for a plastic decision.
• For the first time in its history, the Severodonetsk City Drama Theater at the end of 2007 went on tour. By a mutual decision of the directors of the Severodonetsk Theater and the Donetsk Regional Young Spectators' Theater in November 2007, exchange tours between the theaters took place. In December, as part of the Severodonetsk Theater Seasons project organized by the Lugansk Regional Department of Culture, the Severodonetsk Theater provided an opportunity for Lugansk viewers to get acquainted with their best performances that were shown on the stage of the Lugansk Regional Russian Drama Theater.
• In September 2008, the theater with the performance “Married-late, die-too soon”. Severodonetsk theater took part in the 9th regional festival “Theatrical Donbass” (Donetsk), where it received the Diploma “For the mistress”.
• In April 2009 , as part of the 5th festival-laboratory "ART-Alternative", held in Donetsk, the premiere performance of the play "The Game" by Samuel Beckett took place. In the same place at the festival, theater artists got into two workshops by Fabrizio Paladin: “Imagination” and “Theater of Masks”, which, of course, served as a stimulus for further work. The play “The Game” aroused interest among the Severodonetsk public, part of which has always hosted the theater of the absurd (in particular, “U-rock” by E. Ionesko and other performances of the past years), was distinguished by special attention to the productions of this kind.
• In April 2010, in the framework of the cultural and creative exchange between the twin cities of Severodonetsk and Serpukhov (Moscow region), in order to develop cooperation, the play “Handle in Russian” based on the play by N. A was presented to the court of Russian viewers and colleagues. Nekrasov “Autumn boredom”, where he received good reviews.
• In April 2011, the premiere of the play “C-crazy-gone”, based on the story “Teacher of Literature” by A. P. Chekhov, with which the troupe took part in the 10th inter-regional festival “Theater Donbass 2011” (Kirill Dushin received a special diploma “For Director debut ", Alexey Ryazantsev received the III award and the Diploma for the best cameo role Rizhitsky).

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