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Amateur People Theatres


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PUBLIC THEATRES. There are more than 300 theatre companies and studios in the Leningrad Oblast. Public theatres form the basis of the amateur theatres movement – the Leningrad Oblast numbers 53 public theatres (35 drama theatres and 18 puppet theatres). Most of them are children’s and teenagers’ theatre companies. The most active creative directors of the children’s theatre companies are: А.А. Baidakov and О.Y. Baidakova (Lodeynoye Pole Town), О. Novikova (Voyskovitsi Settlement, Gatchina District), E.S. Ovsyannikova (Shlisselburg Town), А.V. Prusakova (Luga Town), Т. Starshaya (Tikhvin Town), I. Мalanchuk (Priozersk Town). The Leningrad Oblast leading theatre companies work in Sosnoviy Bor Town – theatre-studio at the Centre of social and cultural activities “Stroitel” (“Builder”) and a theatre “KriM”; in Gatchina Town – theatre “Za Uglom” (“Round the Corner”); in Priladozhsky Urban Settlement, Kirovsk District – public theatre “Shirma” (“Blind”); in Lodeynoye Pole Town – Lodeynoye Pole public comedy theatre; in Vsevolozhsk Town – Vsevolozhsk Town SCC theatre; in Luga Town – theatre-studio named after N.N. Nikulina; in Sosnovo Settlement, Priozersk District – theatre “Turandot” at Sosnovo Settlement House of creative activities. At present public theatres deal with serious modern drama, works written by vanguard authors and return to their classical repertoire as well. Public theatres’ activities continually reveal bright actors’ and directors’ individualities such as: B.P. Utkin (Lodeynoye Pole Town), Т.А. Shmakova (Gatchina TownB, М.Б. Мikheeva (Priladozhsky Urban Settlement, Kirovsk District ), М.V. Tsyganova (Luga Town), N.Y. Shchelokova (Volkhov Town), L.I. Bobyleva (Slantsi Town), V.V. Ivanov and Y.V. Ilyukhina (Sosnoviy Bor Town), I.А. Тroitskaya (Vsevolozhsk Town), V.V. Bolyasov (Boksitogorsk Town). One of the highly promising and developing areas – puppet theatres. Among directors of puppet theatres one can find – Y.Т. Belyatskaya (Slantsi Town), L.P. Trofimova and also О.G.Popova (Leskolovo Village , Vsevolozhsk District), V.Y.Kuznetsova (Vyborg Town), D.G. Lukina (Lomonosov Town), О.N. Nadeenko (Razdolye Village, Priozersk District), Y.V. Simanova (Vinnitsi Village, Podporozhye District). Promotion of theatre entertainment is being developed due to traditional Leningrad Oblast festivals – “Teatralnaya Vesna” (“Theatre Spring”) in Luga Town, “Teatralnaya Osen” (“Theatre Autumn”), “Igraiy, Teatr, Igraiy!” (“Perform, Theatre, Perform!”) in Volosovo Town, “Kukolniy Dom” (“Puppets’ House”) in Slantsy Town, international festival of theatres and theatre-studios “Avangard I Traditsiy” (“Vanguard and Traditions”) in Gatchina Town, inter-regional festival of the theatres from provincial Russia “Dramaticheskiy Etud” (“Drama Sketch”) in Lodeynoye Pole Town.
Popular and classic theatres of the Leningrad Oblast:

BOKSITOGORSK DISTRICT
Theatre “Rovesniky” (“Peers”), Boksitogorsk Town
VOLOSOVO DISTRICT
Puppet theatre “Fantazery” (“Dreamers”), Volosovo Town
VOLKHOV DISTRICT
Theatre-studio “Svecha”(“Candle”), Volkhov Town
Theatre “Nasledie” (“Heritage”), Novaya Ladoga Town
VSEVOLOZHSK DISTRICT
Vsevolozhsk Town SCC theatre
Vsevolozhsk drama theatre, Vsevolozhsk Town
Theatre-studio “Kukolniy Dom” “Puppets’ Home”, Leskolovo Village
VYBORG DISTRICT
Children’ musical theatre, Vyborg Town
Theatre MDC (Youth Leisure Centre), Vyborg Town
Theatre at the Town Centre of social and cultural activities, Vyborg Town
Puppet theatre “Teremok” (“Little House”), Vyborg Town
GATCHINA DISTRICT
Theatre “Za Uglom” (“Round the Corner”), Gatchina Town
Theatre”Vstrechy” (“Meetings”), Gatchina Town
Theatre “Litsa” (“Faces”), Noviy Svet Settlement
Theatre “Balagantchik” (“Little Show”), Siversky Urban Settlement
“Malenkiy Teatr Bolshikh Kukol” (“Little Theatre of Big Puppets”), Gatchina Town
Puppet theatre “Kovcheg” (“Puppet Show Box”), Voyskovitsi Settlement
Costume theatre “Katiusha”, Gatchina Town
Circus “Grotesk” (“Grotesque”), Gatchina Town
Musical theatre “Slavyanochka” (“Young Slavic Woman”), Kommunar Town
KINGISEPP DISTRICT
Folk theatre “Yamgorod”, Kingisepp Town
Young audience theatre, Kingisepp Town
KIRISHI DISTRICT
Theatre at the Centre of social and cultural activities “Kirnef”, Kirishi Town
KIROVSK DISTRICT
Theatre “Kaleiydoskop” (“Kaleidoscope”), Kirovsk Town
Puppet theatre “Akvarely” (“Watercolours”), Kirovsk Town
Theatre “Shirma” (“Blind”), Priladozhsky Urban Settlement
Theatre-studio “Aktio”, Shlisselburg Town
Russian-Finnish puppet theatre “Babushkiny Vnuky” (“Grandmother’s Grandchildren”), Otradnoye Settlement


LODEYNOYE POLE DISTRICT
Lodeynoye Pole comedy theatre
Theatre “Antre” (“Cave”)
LOMONOSOV DISTRICT
Theatre-studio “Treugolnik” (“Triangle”), Lomonosov Town
Puppet theatre “Solnechny Luchik” (“Little Sun Ray”), Lomonosov Town
LUGA DISTRICT
Theatre-studio named after N.N. Nikulina, Luga Town
Theatre “Tchudaky” (“Ding-Dongs”), Luga Town
Theatre-studio “Kinotsentr” (“Cinema Centre”), Luga Town
Theatre “Kurazh” (“Courage”), Luga Town
Puppet theatre at the Town Centre of social and cultural activities, Luga Town
PODPOROZHYE DISTRICT
Young audience theatre, Podporozhye Town
Puppet theatre, Podporozhye Town
Veps national puppet theatre, Vinnitsi Village
Puppet theatre “Ulybka” (“Smile”), Nikolskoye Village
PRIOZERSK DISTRICT
Priozersk theatre, Priozersk Town
Theatre at the Town Centre of social and cultural activities “Karnaval” (“Carnival”), Priozersk Town
Children’s theatre-studio “Ekspromt” (“Impromptu”), Priozersk Town
Theatre “Turandot”, Sosnovo Settlement
Puppet theatre “Alenky Tsvetochek” (“Little Scarlet Flower”), Razdolye Village
SLANTSI DISTRICT
Theatre-studio “Bums”
Theatre at the Centre of social and cultural activities of “Slantsi” factory, Slantsi Town
Puppet theatre “Karusel” (“Merry-Go-Round”), Slantsi Town
Puppet theatre at the Centre of social and cultural activities of “Slantsi” factory, Slantsi Town
SOSNOVIY BOR TOWN
Theatre-studio “KriM”
Theatre at the Centre of social and cultural activities “Stroitel” (“Builder”)
Puppet theatre “Volshebny Fonar” (“Magic Lantern”)
TIKHVIN DISTRICT
Folk theatre “Tsvety, Nash Kraiy!” (“Long Live, Our Land!”), Tikhvin Town
Children’s theatre “Chippolino”, Tikhvin Town
TOSNO DISTRICT
Musical puppet theatre “Vesely Balaganchik” (“Merry Little Show”), Ul'yanovka Urban Settlement
Folk theatre, Krasniy Bor Urban Settlement

Authors
Illarionova, Irina Nikolayevna

Persons
Baydakov, Aleksey Aleksandrovich
Baydakova, Olga Yuryevna
Belyatskaya, Yevgenia Timofeyevna
Bobyleva, Lyudmila Ivanovna
Bolyasov, Vyacheslav Victorovich
Ilyukhina, Yulia Vladimirovna
Ivanov, Victor Vyacheslavovich
Kuznetsova, Vera Yuryevna
Lukina, Diana Gennadyevna
Malanchuk, Irina Anatolyevna
Mikheyeva, Maria Borisovna
Nadeyenko, Olga Nikolayevna
Nikulina, Natalya Nikolayevna
Novikova, Oksana Aleftinovna
Ovsyannikova, Elvira Stanislavovna
Popova, Olga Georgiyevna
Prusakova, Alla Vasilyevna
Shchelokova, Natalya Yuryevna
Shmakova, Tamara Alekseyevna
Simanova, Yelena Vasilyevna
Starshaya, Tamara Aleksandrovna
Trofimova, Lyudmila Petrovna
Troitskaya, Irina Anatolyevna
Tsyganova (Akimova), Marina Vladimirovna
Utkin, Boris Pavlovich

Geography
Leningrad Oblast, the/Boksitogorsk District/Boksitogorsk Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Gatchina District/Gatchina Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Kirishi District/Kirishi Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Kirovsk District/Kirovsk Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Tosno District/Krasny Bor Urban Village
Leningrad Oblast, the/Vsevolozhsk District/Leskolovo Village
Leningrad Oblast, the/Lodeynoye Pole District/Lodeynoye Pole Town
Saint-Petersburg City/Lomonosov Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Luga District/Luga Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Kirovsk District/Priladozhsky Urban Settlement
Leningrad Oblast, the/Priozersk District/Priozersk Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Priozersk District/Razdolye Village
Leningrad Oblast, the/Shlisselburg Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Slantsi District/Slantsi Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Priozersk District/Sosnovo Settlement
Leningrad Oblast, the/Sosnovy Bor Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Sosnovy Bor Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Tikhvin District/Tikhvin Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Tosno District/Ul'yanovka Urban Settlement
Leningrad Oblast, the/Podporozhye District/Vinnitsi Village
Leningrad Oblast, the/Volkhov District/Volkhov Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Volosovo District/Volosovo Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Gatchina District/Voyskovitsi Settlement
Leningrad Oblast, the/Vsevolozhsk District/Vsevolozhsk Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Vyborg District/Vyborg Town

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Subject Index
Lodeinoye Pole People Comedy Theatre
"Aktio", a theatre studio
"Arc", a puppet theatre
""Around the Corner", the Amateur People Theatre
"Avant-Garde and Traditions", a theatre festival
"Balaganchik" ("The showbooth"), a theatre
"Be blossoming, our land!", the Folklor Theatre named after G.V. Sneg
"Builder" , Palace of Culture ( the town of Sosnovy Bor)
"Bums", Theatre-Stidio
"Candle", a theatre -studio
"Carousel", a puppet theatre
"Cheerful Showbooth", a musical puppet theatre
Children music theatre, the
"Chipollino", a children theatre
"Cinema Centre", a theatre - studio
"Courage", a theatre
DK JSC "Zavod "Slantsy" Puppet Theatre (The Puppet Theatre of the House of Culture of the Joint - Stock Company "Zavod "Slantsy")
DK JSC "Zavod "Slantsy" Puppet Theatre (The Puppet Theatre of the House of Culture of the Joint - Stock Company "Zavod "Slantsy")
DK "Builder" Theatre (The Theatre of the House of Culture "Builder")
DK "Carnival" Theatre, the
DK "Kirnef" Theatre (Theatre of "Kirnef" House of Culture), the
"Drama Sketch", a theatre festival
"Dreamers", a puppet theatre
"Eccentric", a theatre
"Entrée", a theatre
"Faces", the Amateur People Theatre
"Gandsons of Grandmother", Russian-Finnish Puppet Theatre
"Grotesque", a circus
"Heritage", a theatre
"Impromptu", a children theatre-studio
"Kaleidoscope", a theatre
"Katyusha", the Theatre of Costume
Krasnoborsk Folk Theatre, the
KRIM ("Critical Mass"), Theatre - Studio
KRIM ("Critical Mass"), Theatre - Studio
"Little Tower", a puppet theatre
"Magic Lamp", a puppet theatre
"Meetings", a theatre
N.N. Nikulina Theatre - Studio
"Perform, theatre, perform", theatre festival
Podporozhsky Youth Theatre
"Puppet House", a festival
"Puppet House", a theatre -studio
Puppet Theatre of Podporozhsk Town
"Rovesnik" ("He is the same age as me"), a theatre
"Savyanochka", a musical theatre
"Scarlet Fower", a puppet theatre
"Screen", a people theatre
"Screen", a people theatre
"Small Theatre of Big Puppets ", a theatre
"Smile", a puppet theatre
Sosnovsky House of Creativity
"Sun Beam", a puppet theatre
The Puppet Theatre of Luga Town House of Culture
"The Theatre spring", an oblast festival
"Theatre Autumn", a festival
"Triangle", a theatre-studio
"Turandot", the Theatre
"Turandot", the Theatre
Veps National Puppet Theatre
Vsevolozhsk Drama Theatre, the
Vsevolozhsky SKK Theatre
"Watercolours", a puppet theatre
"Yamgorod", a folk theatre
Youth Theatre (Gatchina Town)


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