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Them. G. A. Tovstonogov will celebrate her centenary in 2019. Its current repertoire includes classical plays and works by contemporary authors. The theater is one of the most famous and popular in Russia.

About the theater

BDT Tovstonogov has existed since 1919. It was originally called the Special Drama Troupe. The first performances were shown in the hall of the Conservatory. After some time, the theater found its own building. The embankment of the Fontanka River became the location of the legendary BDT. The artistic direction of the new temple of art was entrusted to the famous poet A. A. Blok. The ideological inspirer was Maxim Gorky. The repertoire of that time included works by F. Schiller, W. Shakespeare, and V. Hugo. The BDT considered its main task to be the opposition of nobility, dignity and honor to the cruelty and chaos that reigned in the world.

The twenties of the 20th century became difficult for the new theater. First, M. Gorky left for another country, then A. Blok died. The artist A. Benois left the BDT. The main director A. Lavrentyev left the theater. New directors came to the troupe. But no one stayed long. This continued until 1956. The basis of the repertoire at that difficult time was the works of Soviet playwrights.

In 1956, the theater began a new life. This happened thanks to the arrival of G. A. Tovstonogov to the position of chief director and artistic director. He served in the BDT for thirty years. Georgy Alexandrovich created performances that became real events. His productions were distinguished by originality, freshness, novelty and his own view of the works. This man turned the theater, which was among the outsiders, into one of the leaders of the country. Georgy Alexandrovich invited such outstanding actors as T. Doronina, I. Smoktunovsky, V. Strzhelchik, S. Yursky, K. Lavrov, etc. to the troupe. This was the best team in the USSR. In 1964, the theater was awarded the honorary title "Academic". In 1970, another stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theater, the Small Stage, opened.

In May 1989, Georgy Alexandrovich was returning home from a rehearsal for a new play in his car. He had a heart attack. The great director died right behind the wheel. The death of a genius was a great loss for the theater. The troupe could not recover from the shock. Soon the artists chose a new artistic director. He became K. Yu. Lavrov. The actor tried to continue the traditions laid down by Georgy Alexandrovich. In 1992, the theater was named after G. A. Tovstonogov. Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov served as artistic director until 2007. Then he was replaced by T. Chkheidze. Since 2013, the artistic director of the BDT has been A. A. Moguchiy.

Repertoire

BDT Tovstonogov offers its viewers dramas, comedies, classical works and plays by contemporary authors.

In 2017, the following performances can be seen on its stage:

  • "Storm".
  • "Summer of One Year"
  • "Alice".
  • "The soldier and the devil."
  • "The language of birds."
  • "Governor".
  • "Human".
  • "The visible side of life."
  • "The House of Bernarda Alba."
  • "Tolstoy's War and Peace."
  • "Mary Stuart" and others.

Troupe

The Tovstonogov Drama Theater has long been famous for its artists. The actors here are talented and professional. Many of them have titles and awards. The team consists of promising young people and famous celebrities who have extensive experience and are known to a wide audience for their numerous works in cinema.

Theater troupe:

  • Maxim Bravtsov.
  • Victor Knyazhev.
  • Leonid Nevedomsky.
  • Svetlana Kryuchkova.
  • Elena Shvareva.
  • Oleg Basilashvili.
  • Nina Usatova.
  • Sergey Stukalov.
  • Alisa Freindlich.
  • Georgy Shtil.
  • Irute Vengalite and many other artists.

Directors

The BDT employs several stage directors.

Directing group:

  • Lyudmila Shuvalova.
  • Andrey Maksimov.
  • Alexander Nikanorov.
  • Polina Nevedomskaya.
  • Alexander Artyomov.

L. Shuvalova and A. Maksimov have worked at the BDT longer than others.

Andrey Nikolaevich was born in 1955. At the age of 30 he graduated from LGITMiK. He began his career in the city of Kemerovo. Then there were Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, Vilnius. Since 1993, A. Maksimov has served in the Tovstonogov Drama Theater. Over the years of creative activity, he staged more than thirty performances.

L.P. Shuvalova graduated from the theater school in Nizhny Novgorod. She came to work at the BDT in 1951. Lyudmila Pavlovna began her creative career as an actress. After 20 years of artistic activity, she became an assistant director. And in 1980 - director. L.P. Shuvalova was awarded the Order of II and I degrees “For Services to the Fatherland” for her great contribution to theatrical art.

G. A. Tovstonogov

G. A. Tovstonogov was born in 1915. Since childhood, Georgy Alexandrovich loved the theater very much. But after graduating from school, at the insistence of his father, he entered the railway institute. After studying there for a short time, the young man realized that he had a different calling and left this university. In 1931, G. A. Tovstonogov began working in the Russian Youth Theater in Tbilisi as an actor. Two years later he entered the directing department at GITIS. In 1946 he moved to Moscow, and in 1949 - to St. Petersburg.

Since 1956, Georgy Alexandrovich has been the director of the BDT. Tovstonogov headed this theater at a time when it was on the verge of closure. The team was terrible. The artistic directors were constantly changing. Attendance is low and financial debt is high. Thanks to Georgy Alexandrovich, the BDT got back on its feet in no time. G. Tovstonogov headed the theater for thirty years - until his death. In addition, this brilliant director taught, was a professor, wrote two books, and worked on television and radio.

Buying tickets

BDT Tovstonogov, like many other theaters, offers two ways to purchase tickets. The first is at the box office, the second is via the Internet. On the official website of the theater in the "Poster" section, you need to select the performance you are interested in and a convenient date. Then you need to decide on the row and location; the diagram of the auditorium, which is presented in this section of the article, will help you with this.

Payment for the order is made using a bank card or electronic wallet. Purchased tickets are sent to the buyer's email. You will need to print them yourself and present them in paper form at the entrance to the hall. If you want to purchase tickets at one of the box offices, then remember their operating hours: from 10:00 to 21:00 - Main Stage, and from 10:00 to 19:00 - Small Stage. Break - from 15:00 to 16:00. Students of creative universities can purchase tickets at a discount one hour before the start of the performance and upon presentation of a document confirming their right to the discount.

The Bolshoi Drama Theater was organized on the initiative of the writer Maxim Gorky, actress and commissioner of theaters and performances Maria Andreeva and poet Alexander Blok in 1918. The special aesthetics and style of the BDT were formed under the influence of the architect Vladimir Shchuko and artists from the World of Art association Alexander Benois, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Boris Kustodiev - the first set designers of the theater. The repertoire policy was determined by the first artistic director, Alexander Blok: “The Bolshoi Drama Theater is, by design, a theater of high drama: high tragedy and high comedy.” The ideas of the founders of the BDT were embodied in the works of Andrei Lavrentyev, Boris Babochkin, Grigory Kozintsev, Georgy Tovstonogov - outstanding directors who worked in the theater over the years. The BDT became the most famous stage of the USSR under the leadership of Georgy Tovstonogov, who was the theater's chief director from 1956 to 1989.
In 2013, director Andrei Moguchiy, one of the leaders of the modern theatrical avant-garde, became the artistic director of the BDT. A new history began for the theater, filled not only with performances, but also with socially significant projects. Maintaining its credo for a century, the Bolshoi Drama Theater conducts an open dialogue on topics that concern modern society and raise the problems of the people of their time. Every season, BDT's performances become laureates of the country's main theater awards, including the national theater award "Golden Mask".
At the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after G.A. Tovstonogov three scenes. The main (750 seats) and Small stages (120 seats) are located in a historical building on the Fontanka embankment, 65. The second stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theater (300 seats) is located on the Old Theater Square, 13, in the building of the Kamennoostrovsky Theater. Every season at these three venues there are at least 5 premieres and more than 350 performances, social and educational projects are implemented, exhibitions, round tables, concerts and lectures by leading figures of contemporary art are held.

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History of the Bolshoi Drama Theater

The Bolshoi Drama Theater opened on February 15, 1919 with F. Schiller's tragedy "Don Carlos", beginning its performances in the Opera Studio of the Conservatory.

In 1964 it was awarded the title of Academic, in 1970 the Small Stage was opened, since 1992 it has been named after G.A. Tovstonogov.

In the fall of 1918, Commissioner for Theater Affairs M.F. Andreeva signed a decree on the creation of a Special Drama Troupe in Petrograd - this was the original name of the theater, famous today all over the world under the abbreviation BDT. Its formation was entrusted to the famous actor N.F. Monakhov, and the origins were two theater groups: the Tragedy Theater organized in 1918 under the direction of

Yu.M. Yuryev and the Art Drama Theater, which was headed by A.N. Lavrentiev.

A.A. was appointed to the post of Chairman of the Directory of the Bolshoi Drama Theater. Blok, who essentially became the first artistic director of the BDT. The main ideological inspirer of the new theater was M. Gorky. He wrote at the time: “The audience needs to be shown the man he himself - and all of us - have long dreamed of, a heroic man, chivalrously selfless, passionately in love with his idea... a man of honest deeds, of great feat...” Nominated Maxim Gorky’s slogan “Heroic theater for the heroic people!” was embodied in the repertoire of the BDT.

The heroes of W. Shakespeare, F. Schiller, V. Hugo appeared on the stage of the BDT. They affirmed the ideas of nobility, contrasting honor and dignity with the chaos and cruelty of the surrounding world. In the first years of the BDT's life, artists played a significant role in determining its artistic appearance. Each of them: and those who left the World of Art association A.N. Benoit and M.V. Dobuzhinsky, and monumental architect V.A. The Shchukos did it in their own way. But it was they who formed the solemn, truly magnificent style of the early BDT.

The advent of a new era coincided with difficult and sometimes tragic changes within the theater itself. In 1921, M.F. left Russia for several years. Andreev and M. Gorky, in the same year A.A. passed away. Blok, returned to the Academic Drama Theater Yu.M. Yuriev, A.N. left. Benois, left the BDT and became the main director A.N. Lavrentiev. New directors came to the theater: N.V. Petrov, K.P. Khokhlov, P.K. Weisbrem, K.K. Tverskoy; they brought new artists with them - Yu.P. Annenkova, M.Z. Levina, N.P. Akimova, V.M. Khodasevich, V.V. Dmitrieva. Having accepted from A.A. Blok symbolic relay race, in 1923 the literary part was headed by A.I. Piotrovsky.

In the new search for theater, the directing activity of the student V.E. played a major role. Meyerhold K.K. Tverskoy (1929-1934). In the mid-twenties, the BDT's repertoire was determined primarily by plays by modern playwrights such as B.A. Lavrenev, A. Fayko, Yu.K. Olesha, N.N. Nikitin, N.A. Zarkhi, V.M. Kirshon, N.F. Pogodin. The troupe is also being renewed,

A.I. come to BDT Larikov, V.P. Polizeimako, N.P. Korn, L.A. Krovitsky; E.M. Granovskaya, O.G. Casico, V.T. Kibardina, E.V. Alexandrovskaya, A.B. Nikritina.

Since the founding of the theater, directors have worked at the BDT: 1919-1921 and 1923-1929 - A.N. Lavrentiev; 1921-1922 - N.V. Petrov; 1929-1934 - K.K. Tverskoy; 1934-1936 - V.F. Fedorov; 1936-1937 - A.D. Wild; 1938-1940 - B.A. Babochkin; 1940-1946 -
L.S. Mine; 1946-1949 - N.S. Rashevskaya; 1950-1952 - I.S. Efremov; 1922-1923 and 1954-1955 - K.L. Khokhlov.

Thirty paces long. Twenty deep. Up - to the height of the curtain. The stage space is not that big. This space could accommodate a modern apartment - it would not be so unnaturally spacious. You can place a garden here. Perhaps a corner of the garden, no more. Here you can create a world. A world of high human passions opposing baseness, a world of deeds and a world of doubts, a world of discoveries and a high system of feelings that lead the audience.

From the book “Mirror of the Stage”

At the beginning of 1956, the Bolshoi Drama Theater was preparing to celebrate its thirty-seventh birthday.

On the very eve of the holiday, the troupe was introduced to the new, eleventh, chief director.

Thus began an era in the BDT, whose name is Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov.

G.A. Tovstonogov created a theater that for decades invariably remained the leader of the domestic theatrical process. The performances he created: “The Fox and the Grapes” by G. Figueiredo, “The Idiot” by F.M. Dostoevsky, “Five Evenings” by A. Volodin, “Barbarians” by M. Gorky, “Woe from Wit” by A.S. Griboyedov, “Physticians” by M. Gorky, “The Inspector General” by N.V. Gogol, “Three Sisters” by A.P. Chekhov, “Last Summer in Chulimsk” by A. Vampilov, “Energetic People” by V. Shukshin, “Three Bags of Weedy Wheat” by V. Tendryakov, “The History of a Horse” by L.N. Tolstoy, “Simplicity is enough for every wise man” by A. Ostrovsky, “At the Depth” by M. Gorky... became events

in the theatrical life not only of Leningrad, but of the whole country, striking with the novelty of its interpretation and the originality of the director’s vision.

Bit by bit, personality to personality, G.A. Tovstonogov assembled an ensemble of unique acting individuals who made up the best drama troupe in the country. The roles played on the stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theater brought fame to I.M. Smoktunovsky, O.I. Borisov, revealed the bright talents of T.V. Doronina, E.A. Lebedeva, S.Yu. Yursky, E.Z. Kopelyan, P.B. Luspekayeva, P.P. Pankova, E.A. Popova,

V.I. Strzhelchika, V.P. Kovel, V.A. Medvedeva, M.V. Danilova, Yu.A. Demicha, I.Z. Zabludovsky, N.N. Trofimov, K.Yu. Lavrova,

A.Yu. Tolubeeva, L.I. Painted. A.B. is still playing in the BDT. Freindlikh, O.V. Basilashvili, Z.M. Sharko, V.M. Ivchenko, N.N. Usatova, E.K. Popova, L.V. Nevedomsky, G.P. Bogachev, G.A. Calm.

On May 23, 1989, returning from the theater, Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov died suddenly while driving his car.

In the days when the theater had not yet recovered from the shock, by secret vote of the team, People's Artist of the USSR, State Prize laureate K.Yu. Lavrov.

On April 27, 2007, the theater said goodbye to K.Yu. Lavrov. In June, by a unanimous decision of the troupe, the artistic director of the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after G.A. Tovstonogov, People's Artist of Russia and Georgia T.N. Chkheidze, who served in this post until March 2013.

The famous building of the Bolshoi Drama Theater, which is located on the Fontanka, was erected in 1877. Its customer was Count Anton Apraksin. It was originally conceived as a theater venue, and was supposed to become an auxiliary stage at Alexandrinka. For a long time, the building was rented by the Directorate of the Imperial Theaters. At the end of the 19th century, it came under the jurisdiction of the Literary and Artistic Society, founded by playwright Alexei Suvorin. In 1917, the building was confiscated by the Soviet government; in 1920, the Bolshoi Drama Theater was founded here.

Architect Ludwig Fontana, who built the building commissioned by Count Apraksin, chose an eclectic style. Its appearance combines the characteristic features of Baroque and Renaissance. Just 10 years after its construction, the building underwent a number of small changes, and at the beginning of the 20th century, a large-scale reconstruction was carried out, during which the stage space was greatly increased. The concept of lighting the building's interiors has completely changed. During the Soviet years, part of the spectator foyer was converted into a small stage.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the issue of major renovation of theater premises became acute. The last reconstruction of the famous theater was completed in 2014.

History of the troupe

The founders of the Petrograd Bolshoi Drama Theater can be considered Maxim Gorky and one of the oldest Moscow Art Theater actresses, Maria Andreeva, who held the position of Commissioner for Entertainment Institutions of the Soviet North. In 1918, she officially signed the decision to open the BDT. The troupe of the new theater group included the best actors of the Soviet era. Alexander Benois himself became the main artist of the theater.

Already in 1919, the theater played its first premiere. It was Schiller's play Don Carlos. The theater received a building on the Fontanka only in 1920, and before that, performances were held in the large hall of the Conservatory.

“The theater of great tears and great laughter” - this is how Alexander Blok defined the repertoire policy of the BDT. At the beginning of its journey, the theater, accepting the works of the best world and Russian playwrights for production, brought revolutionary ideas relevant to the public to the public. The main ideologist of the BDT during the first years was Maxim Gorky. Since 1932, the theater officially began to bear his name.

In the early 30s, Konstantin Tverskoy, a student of Vsevolod Meyerhold, became the main director of the theater. Under him, the repertoire was supplemented with productions of modern drama. Plays by such authors as Yuri Olesha made the theater closer to modern times.

In 1936, Tverskoy was arrested and later executed. After this, the time came for a constant change of artistic management of the theater. Many of its creative leaders were repressed and were replaced by others. This could not but affect the quality of the productions and the condition of the troupe. BDT began to lose its popularity and status as the leading theater in the city. During the Great Patriotic War, the troupe continued its activities in evacuation, and after breaking the blockade, it returned to Leningrad, where it began providing leisure activities for hospitals.

The creative stagnation of the theater lasted until Georgy Tovstonogov took over as artistic director in 1956. He completely reorganized the BDT, updated the troupe and attracted a new audience to the site. During the thirty-three years of his leadership, the theater troupe was replenished with such stars as Zinaida Sharko, Tatyana Doronina, Natalya Tenyakova, Alisa Freundlich. Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Pavel Luspekayev, Sergey Yursky, Oleg Basilashvili shone on the BDT stage.

After the death of the great master, the star troupe changed its main directors several times, among whom were Kirill Lavrov, Grigory Dityatkovsky, Temur Chkheidze.

In 2013, the BDT was headed by one of the most prominent directors of modern Russian theater - Andrei Moguchiy. His first performance, “Alice,” based on the works of Lewis Carroll, with Alice Freundlich in the title role, immediately won the most prestigious theater awards in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

In 2014, a large-scale reconstruction of the BDT building was completed - thus the theater was updated not only artistically, but also architecturally. While preserving its historical appearance, it significantly modernized its technical base.

Currently, the theater has three operating stages - the large and small stages in the main building on Fontanka, as well as the Kamennoostrovsky Theater, known as the “second stage of the BDT”.

During the last three-year reconstruction of the BDT, unique bas-reliefs, drawings and stucco moldings, the existence of which was previously unknown, were discovered inside the building under several layers of plaster and paint.

Having carried out a major renovation of the building, the builders preserved intact such memorable objects as the office of Georgy Tovstonogov, as well as the interiors in the dressing rooms, where the great theater figures of our time left their autographs on the walls and ceiling.

One of the most famous Russian drama theaters in 2015 was awarded the National Theater Award “Golden Mask” in the “Puppet Theater” category, since one of the last premieres of the BDT was classified by experts not as a drama genre, but as a puppet genre. The play “When I become little again” based on the works of Janusz Korczak was staged on the stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theater by the outstanding Russian puppeteer director Evgeniy Ibragimov.

The Tovstonogov Drama Theater opened in February 1919. His repertoire today includes mainly classical works. Most of them are productions with a unique interpretation.

Story

The theater's first performance was F. Schiller's tragedy "Don Carlos".

Initially, the BDT was located in the building of the conservatory. In 1920 it received a new building, where it is still located. A photo of the BDT Tovstonogov is presented in this article.

The first name of the theater is “Special Drama Troupe”. The formation of the troupe was carried out by the famous actor N.F. Monakhov. The first artistic director of the BDT was A.A. Block. The ideological inspirer was M. Gorky. The repertoire of that time included works by V. Hugo, F. Schiller, W. Shakespeare, etc.

The twenties of the 20th century were difficult for the theater. The era was changing. M. Gorky left the country. A.A. died Block. The main director A.N. left the theater. Lavrentyev and the artist New people came to take their place, but did not stay long.

A great contribution to the development of the BDT was made by director K.K., who came in 1929. Tverskoy - student of V.E. Meyerhold. He served in the theater until 1934. Thanks to him, the BDT’s repertoire included performances based on plays by contemporary playwrights at that time.

Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov came to the theater in 1956. He was already the eleventh leader in a row. With his arrival a new era began. It was he who created the theater, which has been among the leaders for many decades. Georgy Alexandrovich assembled a unique troupe, which became the best in the country. It included such actors as T.V. Doronina, O.V. Basilashvili, S.Yu. Yursky, L.I. Malevannaya, A.B. Freundlikh, I.M. Smoktunovsky, V.I. Strzhelchik, L.I. Makarova, O.I. Borisov, E.Z. Kopelyan, P.B. Luspekayev, N.N. Usatova and others. Many of these artists still serve in the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.

In 1964 the theater received the title of Academic.

In 1989, Georgy Alexandrovich Tovstonogov died. This tragic event came as a shock. Almost immediately after the death of the genius, his place was taken by People's Artist of the USSR Kirill Lavrov. He was chosen by team vote. Kirill Yuryevich put all his will, soul, authority and energy into preserving what was laid down by G.A. Tovstonogov. He invited talented directors to collaborate. The first production created after the death of Georgy Alexandrovich was the play “Cunning and Love” by F. Schiller.

In 1992, the BDT was named after G.A. Tovstonogov.

In 2007, T.N. was chosen for the position of artistic director. Chkheidze.

Since 2013, the artistic director has been A.A. Mighty.

Performances

BDT Tovstonogov offers its viewers the following repertoire:

  • “Man” (notes of a psychologist who survived a concentration camp);
  • "Tolstoy's War and Peace";
  • "Gronholm Method";
  • "Uncle's Dream";
  • "Baptized with Crosses";
  • “Theatre from the Inside” (interactive production);
  • "Measure for measure";
  • "Mary Stuart";
  • “The Soldier and the Devil” (musical drama);
  • "What to do?";
  • “Three texts about the war”;
  • "The Cripple of Inishmaan";
  • "Quartet";
  • “From the life of puppets”;
  • "Languor";
  • "When I'm Little Again";
  • "One Year's Summer";
  • "The Innkeeper";
  • "Player";
  • "Women's Time";
  • “Zholdak dreams: thieves of feelings”;
  • "The House of Bernarda Alba";
  • "Vassa Zheleznova";
  • "Lady with a Dog";
  • "Alice";
  • "The Visible Side of Life";
  • "Erendira";
  • "Drunk."

Premieres of the 2015-2016 season.

The Tovstonogov Drama Theater has prepared several premieres this season. These are Tolstoy's War and Peace, Baptized with Crosses and The Gambler. All three productions are unique and original in their interpretation.

"Tolstoy's War and Peace" is not an ordinary stage version of the work. The play is a guide to the novel. This is a kind of excursion through some of the chapters. The performance gives the audience the opportunity to look at the novel in a new way and move away from the perception that developed during their school years. The director and actors will try to break stereotypes. The role of the guide is played by Alisa Freindlich.

The play “The Player” is a free interpretation of the novel by F.M. Dostoevsky. This is the director's fantasy. Several roles are played in this performance. The production is full of choreographic and musical numbers. Svetlana Kryuchkova’s artistic temperament is very close in spirit to the novel, which is why it was decided to entrust her with several roles at once.

“Baptized with crosses” - this is how the prisoners of cross prisons called themselves. These were completely different people. Thieves in law, political prisoners and their children who were in children's prisons or in reception centers. The performance is based on the book by Eduard Kochergin, an artist at the Bolshoi Drama Theater. This is an autobiographical work. Eduard Stepanovich talks about his childhood. He was the son of “enemies of the people” and spent several years in the NKVD children’s detention center.

Troupe

The actors of the Bolshoi Drama Theater are famous for their eccentricity, originality, talent and professionalism. Tovstonogov. List of artists:

  • N. Usatova;
  • G. Bogachev;
  • D. Vorobyov;
  • A. Freundlich;
  • E. Yarema;
  • O. Basilashvili;
  • G. Shtil;
  • S. Kryuchkova;
  • N. Alexandrova;
  • T. Bedova;
  • V. Reutov;
  • I. Botvin;
  • M. Ignatova;
  • Z. Sharko;
  • M. Sandler;
  • A. Petrovskaya;
  • E. Shvareva;
  • V. Degtyar;
  • M. Adashevskaya;
  • R. Barabanov;
  • M. Starykh;
  • I. Patrakova;
  • S. Stukalov;
  • A. Schwartz;
  • L. Sapozhnikova;
  • S. Mendelson;
  • K. Razumovskaya;
  • I. Vengalite and many others.

Nina Usatova

Many actors of the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after. Tovstonogov is known to a wide audience for his numerous roles in films. One of these actresses is the magnificent Nina Nikolaevna Usatova. She graduated from the legendary Shchukin Theater School. She came to work at the BDT in 1989. Nina Nikolaevna is a laureate of various theater awards, she was awarded medals, including “For Services to the Fatherland,” and was awarded the title of People’s Artist of Russia.

N. Usatova starred in the following films and TV series:

  • "Feat of Odessa";
  • "Window to Paris";
  • "Fire Shooter";
  • "Muslim";
  • Next;
  • "The Ballad of the Bomber";
  • “The cold summer of '53...”;
  • “See Paris and Die”;
  • “The Case of Dead Souls”;
  • “Quadrille (dance with exchange of partners)”;
  • Next 2;
  • "Poor Nastya";
  • "The Master and Margarita";
  • Next 3;
  • “Features of national policy”;
  • "Mothers and Daughters";
  • "The Widow's Ship"
  • "Legend No. 17";
  • “Furtseva. The Legend of Catherine".

And many other films were released with her participation.

Artistic director

Tovstonogov took the position of artistic director of the BDT in 2013. He was born in Leningrad on November 23, 1961. In 1984, he graduated from the Faculty of Radio Engineering of the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation. Another 5 years later there was a department of acting and directing at the Institute of Culture. In 1990, Andrei founded his own independent troupe, called Formal Theatre, which won Grand Prix at festivals in Edinburgh and Belgrade. From 2003 to 2014 A. Moguchiy was a production director

Where is it and how to get there

In the center of the historical part of St. Petersburg is the main building of the Tovstonogov Drama Theater. Its address is the embankment of the Fontanka River, No. 65. The most convenient way to get to the theater is by metro. The nearest stations to it are Sadovaya and Spasskaya.