State Puppet Theatre of Fairy Tales

The Saint Petersburg State Puppet Theatre of Fairy Tales[1][2][3] also known as the "Fairy Tale Theater" Russian: (Санкт-Петербургский государственный кукольный театр сказки) is an all-ages, Russian puppet theatre focused on imaginative, morallic performances based around personifying the world through quixotic fantasy and peaceful conditions. The theater currently has a repertoire comprised on 28 fairy tales, including "Aladdin and the magic lamp," "Aybolit," "The Wizard of Oz," and "Little Longnose." They are also recognized as one of the best puppet theaters in Russia.[4] In 2017, the theater began offering educational classes as part of the project "Theater Time," launched for students in primary school all the way to grades 5-11 as a way to educate them on the profession of puppetry. They mostly cater to children due to the playful and charming nature of the puppet designs and performance themes, along with absence of harsh language or overly heavy subject matter.

State Puppet Theatre of Fairy Tales
St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution of Culture "Fairy Tale Puppet Theater"
FormationDecember 31, 1944 (1944-12-31)
FounderCommittee for Culture of St. Petersburg
Founded atLeningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia
Legal statusTheater
PurposeRussian Puppetry
Official language
Russian
Main Director
Dorozhko Svetlana Leontievna
Director
Lavrov Nikolay Alexandrovich
Chief Artist
Philip Igorevich Ignatiev
Award(s)All-Russian Theater Award "Golden Mask", Highest Theater Award of St. Petersburg "Golden Sofit," State Prize of Russia.
Websitehttps://teatrskazki.spb.ru/

History

Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and near the end of WW2, the "Fairy Tale Theater" had its first performance on December 31, 1944, as a way to help the children of Leningrad alleviate their stress and fear from the war around them.[1][5]

In the beginning of the 1970s, then lead Creative Director and Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation Yuri Eliseev invited Theatrical Production Designer Nelly Polyakova, another Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation, and Director/Playwright, yet another Honored Worker of Arts of Russia, Nikolai Borovkov to collaborate.[2]

Currently, there are 20 actors and actresses working as part of the Fairy Tale Theater, all of them award-winning performers, with two acting as the principle figures, Emilia Kulikova [born Emilia Sergeevna] and Valentin Morozov. The company tours regularly throughout Europe and has been to the United States.[1]

Repertoire

The composer Boris Kravchenko wrote music for many of the company's productions, following the simple and expressive style of Russian folk songs.

The current repertoire consists of 33 fairy-tales of Russian, European, and American orientation.[6]

  1. African Forest Tales
  2. Aibolit
  3. Aladdin and the magic lamp
  4. The Wizard of Oz
  5. Wild Swans
  6. Butterfly Story
  7. How Teryoshechka defeated the witch!
  8. The Little Humpbacked Horse
  9. Cat and Mouse
  10. Who will wake up the sun?
  11. Three Pigs
  12. Pinocchio against Karabas or "Long live Santa Claus!"
  13. The Adventures of an Unlucky Dragon
  14. Fox-Cork
  15. A Tale of King Sultan
  16. Really, we will always be?
  17. Mermaid
  18. The tale of the dead princess and seven heros
  19. The tale of the capricious princess and King of the frogs
  20. Lyushin's Fairy Tales
  21. Santa Claus and Aliens
  22. Once upon Thumbelina
  23. Little Longnose
  24. Chu-ko-ko
  25. Binky's Curious Cub
  26. Masha and the Bear
  27. Blue Beard
  28. Snoggle (Green Blood)
  29. Black Chicken
  30. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
  31. The Snow Queen
  32. Elion v.2
  33. Little Muck

See also

References
  1. "Санкт-Петербургский Государственный "Кукольный Театр Сказки"". Театр Сказки (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  2. "Teatr Skazki". World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts. 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  3. "Puppet fairy tale theatre". ruspuppetry.art (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  4. "Санкт-Петербургский кукольный театр сказки у Московских ворот". Куда сходить в С.-Петербурге (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  5. Davis, Peter G. (2002). Goldovsky, Boris (opera). Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press.
  6. "Репертуар театра". Театр Сказки (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-05.

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