Tula Academic Drama Theater

The history of the theater begins in 1777 when, on the occasion of the introduction of Tula to the rank of the provincial center, the first performance “It Should Be” was shown. In 1787, the theater was visited by Empress Catherine II .

In 1938, almost all the protagonists of the play “Anna Karenina” were accused by members of the “spy organization” and arrested, four were shot, among them was Anna Tomashevskaya, the leading actor. During the Great Patriotic War, the theater did not stop its work (except for the period of the state of siege of the city). Almost every day they gave two performances, traveled with concerts to military units and to the front line.

In 1970, a new theater building was built, in which it is still located. Architects - A. Krasilnikov, A. Popov, V. Schulrichter. The sculptural composition “Muses” on the facade is made of metal by A. Vasnetsov together with I. Vasnetsova and D. Shakhovsky ^[1] . In 1995, the theater was awarded the title of Academic. From 1995 to 2007 on the basis of the theater there was a branch of the Yaroslavl Theater Institute , twenty graduates of which are now employed in the repertoire.

In 2000, the theater became a laureate of the theater competition "Window to Russia". September 9, 2008, in front of the main entrance to the theater, after overhaul, a square was opened with an abundance of fountains ^[2] .

Folk Artists

• Zavolokin, Boris Fedorovich

Honored Artists

• Ananyin, Victor Vasilievich
• Vershinin, Gennady Petrovich
• Druzhinina, Natalya Petrovna
• Zhukov, Valery Mikhailovich
• Krasikova, Olga Anatolyevna
• Nebolsin, Igor Ivanovich
• Popenko, Elena Pavlovna
• Savchenko, Natalya Petrovna
• Sidorenko, Andrey Viktorovich
• Spirikhina, Lyubov Fedorovna
• Fedotova, Irina Vasilievna

Artists

• Anisimova, Marina Nikolaevna
• Arkhipov, Anton Semenovich
• Bavtrikova, Irina Vyacheslavovna
• Baraktari, Alexandru
• Baurina, Olga Olegovna
• Berestneva, Elena Alexandrovna
• Besedin, Yaroslav Sergeevich
• Bogoroditsky, Yuri Yuryevich
• Borisova, Marina Sergeevna
• Butenin, Nikolai Vladimirovich
• Vasina, Irina Nikolaevna
• Vorobiev, Yan Evgenievich
• Grigoryan, Vahagn Hamletovich
• Zabarova, Natalia Yuryevna
• Kienya, Larisa Vladimirovna
• Kiryakov, Anatoly Mitrofanovich
• Kurbangaleev, Timur Maratovich
• Medvedeva, Inna Andreevna
• Popova, Maria Alexandrovna
• Pyzhov, Sergey Igorevich
• Sergeev, Sergey Anatolyevich
• Solovyova, Maria Vladimirovna
• Startsev, Maxim Andreevich
• Tarada, Inna Borisovna
• Fedotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich
• Kharenko, Andrei Mikhailovich
• Chepushkanov, Dmitry Vladimirovich
• Shatokhina, Polina Leonidovna

Directors

• Brustin, Lev Yakovlevich (1967-1973)
• Borisov, Sergey Mikhailovich (1981 - present)

Artistic directors

• Popov, Alexander I. (1989—2011)
• Krasnov, Dmitry Alekseevich (2012 - present)

Chief Directors

• Lebedev, Vladimir Nikolaevich (1949-1953)
• Rakhlin, Rafail Pavlovich (1969-1981)
• Krasnov, Dmitry Alekseevich (2012—2013)

Top Artists

• Shildkret, Vladimir G. (1943-1956)
• Brustin, Lev Yakovlevich (1956-1986)
• Entin, Boris G. (1991-2008)
• Dubrovin, Alexander Leonidovich (2011 - present)

• Agadzhanova, Maria Ferdinandovna (1936-1948)
• Asfandiyarova, Rima Gazizovna (1969-2007)
• Afanasyev, Oleg Alekseevich (1981-1984)
• Bazin, Vitaly Vasilievich (1970—2010)
• Basin, Eugene Nioklaevich (1930-1987)
• Bashkin, Vladimir Andreevich (1968-2006)
• Bezrukova, Irina Vladimirovna (1988-1989)
• Belousov, Nikolai Stepanovich (1967-1983)
• Gavrilova-Ernst, Marina Alexandrovna (1961-1965)
• Gamuryak, Lyudmila Alekseevna (1985—2016)
• Govallo, Vyacheslav Viktorovich (1973-1985)
• Demidova, Tatyana Alexandrovna (1954-1996)
• Donskaya, Nina Vasilievna (1935-1937)
• Duvanin, Ivan Mikhailovich (1942-1958)
• Esaulenko, Oleg Nikolaevich (1966—2016)
• Zemtsov, Nikolai Fedorovich (1968-1971 and 1983-1999)
• Kazakov, Nikolai Alekseevich (1962-2005)
• Korobkin, Vladislav Fedorovich (1973-1980 and 1984-1995)
• Mansky, David Moiseevich (1953-1957)
• Matveev, Mikhail Nikolaevich (1976-2005)
• Nyman, Veniamin Markovich (1995-2012)
• Pchelkina, Evgenia Ivanovna (1963-1997)
• Sadovsky, Lev Andreevich (1945-1954)
• Solovyova, Alexandra Ivanovna (1956-1996)
• Sotnichevskaya, Sofya Vladimirovna (1944-1978 and 1991-2008)
• Kharchenko, Nikolai Iosifovich (1933-1936)
• Chonishvili, Nozheri Davidovich (1962-1966)
• Shaposhnikov, Leonid Mikhailovich (1997-2003)
• Shevyreva, Valentina Sergeevna (1932-1973)
• Shishkin, Kazimir Alekseevich (1955-1970)
• Shorygin, Konstantin Vasilievich (1935-1969)
• Shumeyko, Peter Dmitrievich (1976-1984)

• The Jack of Spades Boris Akunin
• “ Like Gods ” Yuri Polyakov
• " Carnival in Verona " Gregory Gorin
• “ Babany and everything, everything, everything ... ” Katya Rubina
• “ Alien Child ” Vasily Shkvarkin
• " The Last " Maxim Gorky
• "The Free Shop " by I. S. Turgenev
• " Retro " Alexander Galin
• “ Aquitaine Lioness (Lion in Winter) ” James Goldman translation and stage editing by N. I. Kuzminsky
• “ Business Class Chamber ” Alexander Korovkin
• The Resurrection by L. N. Tolstoy
• “ My happiness ... ” (Paper gramophone) Alexander Chervinsky
• “ Under the Golden Eagle ” Yaroslav Galan
• " Mixed feelings " Richard Baer
• “ Fan Lady Windermere ” Oscar Wilde
• Charlie's Aunt Brandon Thomas
• Boeing Boeing Mark Camoletti
• “ Not all cats are Pancake week ” A. N. Ostrovsky
• " Elegant Wedding " Robin Houdon (translation by Valentin Khitrovo-Shmyrov )
• “Tiflis weddings” based on the play “ Hanuma ” by A. A. Tsagareli
• “The honeymoon of Belugin ” A. N. Ostrovsky , N. Ya. Soloviev
• “ Miracles for an hour and a half ” based on Russian folk tales
• “The Scarlet Flower” S. T. Aksakov (play by Dmitry Krasnov)
• "Anchutka" Budimir Metalnikov

• Official site TATD them. M. Gorky