Murmansk Regional Puppet Theatre

Murmansk Puppet Theatre has a rich history, because its age is eight decades. It was founded in 1933 in the city of Khibinogorsk (as Kirovsk used to be) by a group of young actors from Leningrad. During the first year of operation, the troupe staged three plays and more than 60 performances, and soon the theater became known as the Polar Puppet Theater. Five years after its foundation, the theater acquired the status of a regional theater, and immediately after the end of the war moved to Murmansk.

Over the years of the theater’s work, many honored artists, famous theater figures collaborated with it. Actors-puppet artists from Murmansk toured in many cities of the North-Western region, as well as in Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Scandinavian countries. Every year, the theater team takes part in international festivals and forums of puppet theaters, in which the countries of the Barents Euro-Arctic region take part.

The repertoire of the puppet theater is based on performances on folk Russian fairy tales, works of modern playwrights and outstanding storytellers of the world. In their productions, directors and actors of the theater try to show adults and the youngest viewers all the most relevant, interesting and developing thought. They can be interesting for everyone, no matter how old you are – 5 or 95.