Taganrog Drama Theatre named after A. P. Chekhov

The Taganrog Theatre was founded in 1827. Initially, it featured serf actors and musicians, vaudevilles, plays by Shakespeare and Gogol. In this theater, one of the first performances of Griboyedov’s “Woe from Wit” took place. Later, from 1866 to 1886, the Taganrog Theatre had two scenes: the Italian opera and the Russian drama.

In the 20th century, both local talents and artists of the capital scenes performed here. The name of A.P. Chekhov was given to the theater in 1944. Taganrog Theatre is a winner of numerous awards, a permanent participant of the festival movement. The artists of the troupe constantly go on tour both in the cities of Russia and abroad.

Since 1980, Taganrog has hosted traditional International Theatre Festivals “In the Homeland of A.P. Chekhov”.

In the repertoire of the Chekhov Theatre there are both productions for adults and children's performances, here they stage not only works of classical drama, but also plays by modern authors.

The theater building was built in 1866. In the style of the Italian theater "La Scala" finished with his own money one of the local merchants.