National Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky

The history of the creation of the theater begins in the early 1930s, when in Bobruisk in 1932 the State Russian Dramatic Theater of the BSSR opened on the basis of a troupe of itinerant actors under the leadership of Vladimir Kumelsky. In 1935-1941 the theater worked in Mogilev . In 1939, the troupe was replenished with graduates of the Leningrad Theater School.

At the end of 1940, it was decided to transfer the theater to Minsk . But this prevented the war. In 1943, the theater was restored as a front with a base in Moscow. From April 1945 in Grodno , from July 1947 - in Minsk. In 1955, the theater was named after Maxim Gorky .

Today the theater occupies the building of the choral synagogue , built in 1906 ^[1] . The building was built in the Moorish style . Funds for the construction of the synagogue were allocated by the large Jewish community of the city.

After the revolution, the synagogue building was nationalized. In 1923, the building housed the National Jewish Theater of the BSSR, where lectures, congresses, and films were shown. Later it housed the House of Culture of the Secretariat of the CEC named after M. Frunze.

In November 1926 the building was handed over to the use of the established organization Belgoskino. Soon a cinema “Culture” was opened here - one of the largest at that time in Belarus. The auditorium "Culture" (originally choral hall) was famous for good acoustics. Famous singers and artists ( Vladimir Mayakovsky , Leonid Utesov , Sergey Lemeshev and others) preferred to perform during the tour there.

After World War II, the cinema building was rebuilt for the Russian Theater.

The central place in his playbill was the Russian classics: “Tradesmen”, “Children of the Sun”, “Vassa Zheleznova” by M. Gorky, “Optimistic Tragedy” by V. Vishnevsky “The Power of Darkness” by L. Tolstoy, “Revizor” by N. Gogol , “Raised virgin lands ”by M. Sholokhov,“ Masquerade ”by M. Lermontov ,“ Three Sisters ”and“ Uncle Vanya ”by A. Chekhov ,“ Lyubov Yarovaya ”by K. Trenyov. In 1994, for high achievements in the field of scenic art, the State Russian Drama Theater named after M. Gorky was awarded the honorary title "Academic". And in 1999 - the title of "National".

• A. Donatti (Adolf Yakovlevich Baranov) (1936–1938)
• Dmitry Orlov (1939–1941, 1944–1948)
• S. Vladychansky (1948-1952)
• V. Fedorov (1952-1958)
• B. Dokutovich (1958–1960)
• M. Spivak (1960–1964)
• A. Dobrotin (1966-1971)
• Fedor Shane (1969-1971)
• Boris Lutsenko (1974–1981)
• Boris Glagolin (1981-1983)
• Valery Maslyuk (1983–1990)
• Boris Lutsenko (1991–2008)
• Sergey Kovalchik (since 2008)

Big stage:

Small stage:

• S. Zlotnikov "Spouse left his wife" dir. B. Lutsenko, thin. A. Kostyuchenko
• E. Minchukova "Oedipus" dir. B. Lutsenko, thin. A. Sorokina

For kids:

• G. Davydko "Stars of the Seventh Sky" dir. G. Davydko thin. V. Marshak
• Based on Russian fairy tales "The Frog Princess" dir. P. Harlanchuk, thin. A. Merenkov

• Theaters of Belarus
• Minsk theaters

1. ↑ Synagogue choral - Photo

Gorky National Academic Drama Theater (Neopr.) . The appeal date is November 1, 2009. Archived February 26, 2012.