Novosibirsk Puppet Theatre
Russia, Novosibirsk, Lenin Street, 22.
About the company:
The Novosibirsk Puppet Theatre was founded in Novosibirsk at the Youth Theatre in 1933, originally it was a puppetry studio. May 1, 1934 - a significant date for the puppet theater, on this day the play "Petrushka visiting schoolchildren" was opened the first season.
The first director in the early existence of the studio was V. Vinogradov. During the war years, from 1942 to August 1945, the theater became a branch of the Moscow Puppet Theater evacuated to Novosibirsk under the leadership of S. Obraztsov.
Among the staff of the theater were such honored artists of the Russian Federation as S. Gorbushin, G. Kudryavtsev, N. Leontieva, A. Sviridenko, A. Panin and many others.
Today, the repertoire of the theater has more than 25 performances. The Novosibirsk Puppet Theatre often goes on tour in Russia and abroad.