Moscow Theatre "Contemporary"

The Moscow Theater "Sovremennik" is located in the Basmanny district of Moscow. Until 1974, the theater was located on Mayakovsky Square in the former building of the Moscow Estrada Theater, which at one time was the Alcazar restaurant. Later the building was demolished and now there is a parking lot for cars.

Today, the theater "Contemporary" is located on Chistoprudny Boulevard. The building was built in the early XIX century with the participation of the architect Klein. Before moving here the theater was the cinema "Colosseum".

In 2003, the cultural complex "Boulevard Ring" of eight floors was added. On the first floors of the extension was created "Another scene", numbering two hundred seats. The designer of the interior and exterior of “Another Scene” was the artist Borovsky.

The initiators of the creation of the theater “Contemporary” were young actors. The group became the first, after the death of Stalin, during the so-called thaw (1956), positioned itself as an artistic collective and defended its creative interests.

The first members of the theater troupe were Oleg Efremov, Igor Kvasha, Galina Volchek, Evgeny Evstigneev, Viktor Sergachev and others. The first performance, which was shown to the audience on April 15, 1956, was called “Forever Living”. This day was considered the birthday of the theater “Contemporary”. Later, on the basis of the play, the film “Cranes Fly” was shot, which received a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.