Theater-Festival "Baltic House"

The theater is located in the building of the People’s House of Emperor Nicholas II on Kronverksky Prospekt. Its construction began in 1899, the building was based on the art pavilion of the All-Russian Exhibition of 1896, the central part of the architectural composition. In the left wing there was a theater hall for fifteen thousand seats with stalls, lodges, balcony and choirs. After the revolution, the complex was renamed Gosnard, the theater was called the Theater of the People's House, then after the merger of several theaters it became known as the Red Theater of the People's House In 1936, after the next merger of several theaters of the youth direction, the theater became known as the Leningrad State Theater. In 1991 it was renamed the St. Petersburg State Theatre Baltic House. In 2000, the theater received the status of "theater-festival"