Where to go with a child in Ulyanovsk? This question interests many parents who live in this city and come here with their children. In fact, there are many such places. But still, the puppet theater has always been and remains the most beloved among children. After all, this is a magical world where toys come to life. In Ulyanovsk there is a wonderful puppet theater named after V. Leontyeva, which will be discussed in this article.
About the theater
Ulyanovsk Regional Puppet Theater named after People's Artist of the USSR V.M. Leontyeva opened its doors in 1944. Its founders were operetta artists who came from Moscow - Marina and Nikolai Misyura.
Since 2007, the theater bears the name of V. Leontyeva (People's Artist of the USSR), who was born in the Ulyanovsk Region. Valentina Mikhailovna was a TV presenter of various broadcasts, including the children's one, Good Night, Kids. And the puppets for this program - the dog Filia, the bunny Stepashka, the raven Karkush and the piglet Khryusha - were made in the workshop of the Ulyanovsk Theater.
The puppeteers' repertoire consists of more than thirty productions. They have different themes, genres, and are selected for different ages. There are tales for three-year-olds, performances for primary school students, as well as for adolescents and adults.
Basically, the repertoire consists of classical works, from the plays of modern authors and Russian folk tales. Its basis is the work of A. S. Pushkin, K. Chukovsky, P. P. Bazhov, S. T. Aksakov, S. Ya. Marshak. In addition to performances, actors spend New Year's holidays, as well as interactive games with or without dolls.
Today the Ulyanovsk Theater takes an active part in various festivals of both the all-Russian and international levels. He also implements a variety of projects. For example, one of the most striking was a creative laboratory called "Young Directors - for Children." It was held in 2012. It was a very successful, loud, significant project. In 2013, another laboratory was organized together with the Goethe Institute. She was not only creative, but also businesslike. It was called Theater Class. It was a Russian-Garman project.
Among other things, the theater is actively collaborating with talented foreign directors. They often stage performances here. This is for the theater, for actors, first of all, a colossal experience. In this collaboration, artists and directors have the opportunity to learn something new.
The director of the Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater is Alexander Kolotun. The post of artistic director is Vladimir Biryukov.
Repertoire
The Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater offers viewers a diverse repertoire that is designed for different age categories. It is based on fairy tales for children, but there are also works for adults.
Here you can see the following settings:
- "Teremok".
- "Froken Julie."
- "How the Kolobok of mind-mind was gaining."
- "Terkin in the next world."
- "The beautiful princess and happy carla."
- The Magic Well.
- "Umka."
- The Queen of Spades.
- Enchanted Boar.
- "Three snowflakes: blue, gold, silver."
- "The Adventures of Pinocchio".
- "Mr. Bello and the magic elixir."
- "Cuckoo Clock" (a puppet show for preschool children).
- "Vakula, the devil and the little animals."
- "The Scarlet Flower".
Other.
Troupe
The Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater gathered wonderful artists on its stage.
Troupe:
- Vyacheslav Vishenin.
- Pavel Lukyanov.
- Ilya Falyushin.
- Alexandra Filippova.
- Maxim Bizyaev.
- Alexey Vasiliev.
- Julia Gorevanova.
- Elena Kondrashina.
- Natalya Lyakhova.
- Lyudmila Doronina.
- Anna Kutuzova.
- Andrey Kozlov.
- Olga Leontieva.
Other.
Family club
The Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater in 2013 organized the Family Club. He is visited by children aged three to ten years and their parents. Club classes are held every week on Sundays. Children are divided into two groups - younger and older. Club meetings are held in the form of joint creativity of children and their parents. Theater staff reveal their secrets in class. In the classroom, children and parents take part in quizzes and games, learn to make dolls and show small home performances. Each child, visiting the Family Club, gets the opportunity to stay in the role of make-up artist, director, puppeteer, artist.
This season, the theater offers developing activities and work with make-up for boys and girls of the younger group. For older children, master classes are held with the participation of artists, artists and theater directors.
Each lesson in the Family Club costs 60 rubles per person.
"The Snow Queen"
The play "The Snow Queen" was staged at the Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater in 2002. This is a New Year's fairy tale, and it goes on holidays.
This is a very instructive story that is known and loved throughout the world. The plot is based on the tale of H. H. Andersen.
The main characters of the play are the brave girl Gerda, who is ready for any test to save her brother; Kai, whose heart was bewitched and turned into ice, but he himself became angry and soulless; and the Snow Queen - beautiful, cold, dreaming of eternal winter.
Surely all children and adults know what this tale is about. Girl Gerda and her brother Kai live in a small town with their grandmother. Once the Snow Queen enchants a boy and takes him to his castle. Gerda sets off in search of her brother.
The play "The Snow Queen" is full of all kinds of adventures that the brave girl will have to endure. Gerda will bypass almost half the world to find the ice queen of the Snow Queen and take Kai from her.
The performance is very interesting, exciting and fascinating.
And, of course, what is New Year without Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, Christmas tree and gifts?
Address
Ulyanovsk Puppet Theater is located in the city center. His address is Goncharova street, house number 10. Next to it are the A. Plastov Museum, the gymnasium and the Matrosov Park. Also nearby are such streets as Descent of Stepan Razin, Minaev, Kuznetsov, Alexander Matrosov and Leo Tolstoy.
If you are interested in the question “Where to go with a child in Ulyanovsk?”, Then the answer to it is obvious - to the V. Leontyeva Puppet Theater.