Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, Russia
The theatre was found in April 1920 in Odessa by the group of young actors headed by the director Vladimir Constantinovich Tatishev. «Red Torch» has been working as a mobile theatre for 11 years and in the year 1932 it becomes the first permanent theatre in Novosibirsk.
It’s was the first theatre in the city. It played an important role adding to the capital of Siberia’ cultural outlook. It also made up high esthetical level for other artistic centers’ formation. Such outstanding personalities of the country as People’s Actress of Russia Vera Redlikh, People’s Actor of USSR Evgeny Matveev, People’s Actor of Russia Vladlen Birukov, Honorary Actors of Russia Anatoly Solonitsin, Andrey Boltnev, Anatoly Losev etc. are connected with the «Red Torch».
«Red Torch» was created as a group open for any scenic ideas of the time — Meyerhold, Stanislavski, Tayrov. Today it is still faithful to Russian drama art traditions at the same time it’s always open for the search and experiment.
There are 38 actors in the troupe — People’s Actress of USSR Anna Pokidchenko, two People’s Actors of Russia and 13 Honorary Actors of Russia are among them.
There are two halls in the theatre: The Big one (for 510 seats) and Small one (for 120 seats), both halls are equipped with modern technical devices. The big-scaled reconstruction conducted in 2004—2008 made the theatre back to the way it looked before (as detached house of the last century).
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