Volgograd State New Experimental Theater

December 20, 1915 the House of Science and Art was opened, built at the expense of the tsaritsyn merchant Repnikov . The auditorium accommodated 1,100 people, not counting the small hall. A granite staircase led to the main entrance, and white sculptures of lions stood below. On the sides of the facade were bas-relief images on the theme of science and art. There was also access to Grief Square , also decorated with sculptures of lions. The house had a library-reading room, music classes, a museum of local history: all this was supposed to contribute to out-of-school education. An amateur theater group was also located there.

Soon it was discovered that the House of Science and Art did not generate income. To raise fees, the management began to invite magicians for performances, to show pictures of commercial cinema.

In 1916, the wounded from the hospital burned out in the “Capital Rooms” were placed in the House.

In the early years of the revolution , the building housed the Tsaritsyno Council of Workers, Peasants, Soldiers and Cossack Deputies, and during the Civil War , it housed a military hospital.

In October 1922, the winter theater season opened in a renovated building. The theater began to be called musical and dramatic, since in addition to the drama, it included the opera and ballet troupes.

Since 1933, the drama troupe became permanent, and the theater was designed as a separate creative collective. From that moment it began to be called the Gorky Regional Drama Theater, in memory of his arrival in the city ^[1] .

During the war, the theater was evacuated to Syzran. The re-evacuation order was issued on May 26, 1943 ^[2] .

During the Battle of Stalingrad, the Square of the Fallen Fighters became the site of fierce fighting, and the theater building was badly damaged.

On August 2, 1952, the reconstruction of the drama theater was completed. The central facade of the building has changed significantly: in front of the main entrance there was a colonnade crowned with sculptures. However, the historical facade of the building has been preserved; it can be seen by going inside the colonnade ^{[3] [4]} .

At different times, Ivan Lapikov , Tatyana Doronina , Anatoly Ravikovich , Vladimir Sedov , Innokenty Smoktunovsky , Ekaterina Myazina and others played. Director Firs Shishigin worked. In 1989, the Volgograd Drama Theater named after Gorky was closed and the troupe of the theater was disbanded, and the building was later given to the New Experimental Theater ^[5] .

Currently, the troupe is performing in the theater building under the direction of Otar Dzhangisherashvili, whose repertoire includes more than thirty performances ^[5] .

Artistic Director - People's Artist of the Russian Federation Otar Dzhangisherashvili .

People's Artist of Russia:

• Alla Zabelina ;

Honored Artists of Russia:

Artists:

Worked in the theater:

Anton Kachurin , z.a. Russia Valery Guryev , Mikhail Polosukhin , Vadim Sitnikov , Georgy Topolaga , Olga Vakalo, Evgeny Mikhailovich Melmont .

Also, over the years of work at the Volgograd New Experimental Theater Russia Alexander Nikolaevich Taza played more than 60 roles.

• G. N. Andrianova. The artistic appearance of Tsaritsyn — Stalingrad. - "Universal", 1991. - S. 55-102. - 191 p.
• V.I. Atopov, V.E. Maslyaev, A.F. Lipyavkin. "Volgograd." - "Stroyizdat", 1985. - S. 57.

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• New experimental theater - volfoto.ru