Brief History


In June 1946, the decision of the Executive Committee of the Primorsky Regional Council of People's Deputies of the 642 number was made available to Primorskiy Regional Division of the Arts on the organization of the Primorsky Theatre for Young Audiences. The first artistic director of the Seaside Youth Theatre was JL Kotlyarevsky, and one of the first directors of AE Rebeka.

The first performance of the Primorsky Youth Theatre "How the Steel Was Tempered" (by Ostrovsky), which took place on December 31, 1946, became the calling card of the theater. His most recent production was made director, Honoured Artist L. Anisimov to 50 birthday with the theater.

In 1954, the theater settled in the center of Vladivostok, (in the building, built in 1876, is a historical monument), street address. Svetlanskaya 15-a, where it remains today.

For many years worked in the theater: artistic director - honored art IM Liozin (1959-1975), LI Anisimov (1992-1999); directors - Yu Kotov, N. Korobov; artists - S. Arefin, S. Aksenov.

The artistic director of Theatre in 1999 is Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Galkin Dukavovich.

At the Theatre staged plays filmmakers: from Poland - Kruczkowski ("Goodbye Judas" I. Iredynskogo) from Japan - R. Shimizu ("Journey to the dream" R. Shimizu, "In the mountains of my heart" William Saroyan), U.S. - D. Edgecombe ("Midsummer Night's Dream" by W. Shakespeare), and M. Williams ("Waiting for Godot" Samuel Beckett). And as artists-directors W. Valerius, M. Yakomoto, E. Shimizu.

Geography Touring Theatre

- Moscow (1982, 1989, 1991, 1993), the city of the Urals, Siberia, Far East, Kamchatka and Sakhalin Oblast, Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories, Kyrgyzstan.
- The foreign tour: Japan (1991, 2001, 2003), USA (1995, 1998, 2004), France (1997), China (2000).

Theatre has participated in various theater festivals in Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk. And in 2004 the theater was able to visit at two festivals: Chekhov in with. Melikhovo and at the festival "Russian classics-frontal-2004", where a special prize and diploma-certificate was marked by the play "There's a theater" on the play by Chekhov's "Seagull".

In 1991, the theater has initiated the 1 st International Theatre Festival of APR countries, which, apart from the theaters of the United States, Japan, South Korea, attended theaters in Moscow, Ekaterinburg.

Repertoire

Repertoire is of interest to viewers of all ages and tastes. Along with the performances of the classics of world drama (Ibsen, Jean-Baptiste Moliere, T. Williams, M. Gorky, Chekhov, and others), the theater has performances by contemporary authors ("Carnival in Verona, the carnival ..." by G. Gorin's play "plague on both your houses", "These free butterfly" L. Hersh, "In this lovely Old House" and "Cruel Intentions" Arbuzov, etc.).

From the beginning, the theater was created as a theater for children and youth, so much in the repertoire have occupied this production, which are very popular among children's audience: "What Men Live By" Tolstoy's "Mumu" Ivan Turgenev, "Good fellows a lesson "to the tale by Alexander Pushkin" The Tale of the Priest and His Workman Balda "," Pollyanna E. Porter, "Soldier Kondrat - a retired drummer, A. Miroshnikova etc.

The creative potential of the theater actively present, placing an annual 3-4 new plays. The theater's repertoire in recent years, many musical performances ("Being a woman - this is great!", "Carnival in Verona, a carnival ..." "Let the guitar playing, for children -" The castle with a secret, "" Mystery at the crossroads ", etc .).

Theater is proud of its performances - very old: play "The Mansion" was played over 1000 times without moving, the scene 25 years 14 years delighted audiences tale "Finist - Bright Falcon, more than 10 years, with the same success, is the performance of M . Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths.

Over 60 years in the theater put more than 300 performances, highly acclaimed State of professionalism and skill of professional actors theater business: 2 honored art, a folk artist, 15 distinguished artists, 5 Honoured cultural workers. Theatre has a well-staffed troupe, class specialists and provides an excellent platform to promote theatrical arts of all genres.