Kazan Youth Theater turns 85 years

The birthday of the Kazan Theater of the Young Spectator is the date of the release of the first play "Rovesniki  (The Peers)" - November 30, 1932.

The theater occupies a historic building, constructed in the late 19th century.

The Theater of Youth is one of the first theaters in Russia, which received the highest theater prize "Golden Mask" in the nomination "The Best Performance of the Year" (1996, the play "The Storm" based on the play by W. Shakespeare, director  B. Tseitlin).

The creative inclusive laboratory "Creating a Theater", a theater for the youngest "Affordable Baby Theater", a discussion club and a theatrical studio for teens "Teatralka" are working in the Theater for Young Spectators.

The theater accepts more than 80 thousand spectators, shows 350 performances for children and adults per year.

The troupe of the theater numbers 40 artists, among them - Honored artists of Tatarstan and Russia, as well as People's artists of the republic.

The main director of the theater is Tufan Imamutdinov.

The theater has received recognition at national and international theatrical festivals and competitions, has more than a dozen significant awards in the field of theatrical art.

The State Award - the play "Pogrom" based on the novel   by B. Vasilieva "And there was an evening, and there was a morning," directed by Boris Tseitlin, 1992.

The Golden Mask Award is the play The Storm by W. Shakespeare, in the nomination Best Performance of the Year, directed by Boris Tseitlin, 1996.

Nomination for the "Golden Mask" for the best performance of the year - the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" by T. Stoppard, directed by Georgi Tskhvirava, 2003.

Diploma "For the best man’s role" and the prize "Audience sympathy" at the VII International Theater Festival "Rainbow" in

St. Petersburg - performance "Dikiy (Wild)", director V. Sinakevich, 2006

Diplomas for "Best Director" and "For the Best Actress" at the IV All-Russian Festival of Theater Arts for Children

"Harlequin" - performance "Wild", 2007

Grand Prix, diplomas "For the best man's role" and "For the Best Actress Role" at the festival dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the  birth of

A.P. Chekhov, Syktyvkar - performance "Wedding with  General", director Vladimir Chigishev, 2009

The "Tantana-2017" award in the "Best Ensemble" nomination for the joint project of the Young Spectators Theater and the Foundation for Support of Contemporary Art "The Living City" - the play "The Only Beach", directed by Roman Feodory, 2016.

The nominee for the Golden Mask Award in 4 nominations is the play From the Depth ... ("The Artist Vincent Van Gogh"), directed by Tufan Imamutdinov, 2017.

Republican Prize in the field of theatrical art. named after Marcel Salimzhanov in 2017

The Kazan Youth Theater is a participant in the federal party project "Theaters for Children". Within the framework of the project, the repertoire of the theater will be replenished with two new performances "Penguins" based on the play by U. Huba "At the Ark at Eight" and "The Nose" by N.V. Gogol. Premiers are scheduled for early December 2017.

A significant date the team will celebrate amongst the circle of spectators, friends and colleagues. Congratulate the theater on November 30 at 18.30 will bring together representatives of cultural communities of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia and the near abroad, the leadership of the republic.

Accreditation is open for journalists.

Prior  the beginning of the event, at 18:00 on November 30, a press-approach will be organized with the participation of the director of the Kazan TYS Aigul Gornysheva, the main theater director Tufan Imamutdinov and the theater director Ilgiz Zainiev.

We kindly ask you to confirm your participation before  18.00 pm  November 29:

tuz-piar@mail.ru.

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