Moscow Academic Theater of Satire
Theater of Satire is one of the most popular Moscow theaters, where both residents and guests of the capital strive to get to. It is loved for good humor and the opportunity to relax from the daily hustle and bustle. The performances that can be seen here allow viewers to relax, laugh at worldly problems and immerse themselves in a bright world of theatrical images.
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The Moscow Academic Theater of Satire occupies a large gray building near the intersection of Tverskaya and Bolshaya Sadovaya Streets. Nearby, on the square stands a monument to Vladimir Mayakovsky, whose plays were once brilliantly staged by the famous Russian director Valentin Pluchek.
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On the stage of the theater for many years played famous actors who made the glory of Russian theater art. Good traditions continue today. Theater of Satire is popular with the domestic audience, and during foreign tours its performances are always warmly received by residents of different countries.
History of the Theater of Satire
The new theater appeared in 1924 with the premiere production of “Moscow from a point of view”. At the very beginning, it did not stage classical plays – the theater repertoire consisted of parody reviews, as well as productions on political and everyday topics, which had a comedic form. The first four years the artistic director of the theater was Alexei Grigorievich Alekseev. The audience loved the plays “Calmly, I take off”, “Zaholustye”, “Mishka, Verti” and “Nationalization of Women”, because they touched on topics that worried everyone.
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In the early 30s of the last century in the repertoire of the theater group began to prevail comedies on everyday themes. And in the 1950s a stage in the development of the theater was the staging of several plays by Vladimir Mayakovsky – “Klop”, “Bath” and “Mystery Buff”. There was a lot of humor and irony in these plays.
.Since 1957, the head of the theater company was Valentin Pluchek. Before that, he had already worked for 7 years in the theater of satire as a director and staged several popular performances. The new artistic director was able to gather within the walls of the theater talented actors – Tatiana Peltzer, Vera Vasilieva, Olga Aroseva, Georgy Menglet and Anatoly Papanov. In the years when Pluchek led the theater, revealed the extraordinary talents of Andrei Mironov, Alexander Shirvindt, Mikhail Derzhavin, Boris Novikov and Roman Tkachuk.
.In addition to Pluchek himself, the directors of the Theater of Satire were Evgeny Radomyslensky and Mark Zakharov. They took as a basis both modern plays and works written many years ago, such as plays by Beaumarchais, Gogol, Ostrovsky and Brecht.
In 2000, Alexander Anatolievich Shirvindt took over the management of the theater group. Since 2002, there has been a museum in the theater building, where old playbills, advertising booklets and photographs of the most popular theatrical performances are kept.
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Features of theater productions
Nowadays, the repertoire of the theater of satire includes works of domestic and foreign classics, as well as modern comedies. Viewers can see “Dog in the Hay” by Lope de Vega, “Homo Erectus” and “Suitcase” by Yuli Polyakov, “Too Married Taxi Driver” by Ray Cooney, “Nightmare on the Rue Lursine” by Eugène Labiche and many other performances, viewing which cause sincere sympathy, genuine laughter and leads to a good emotional release.
How to get there
The Theater of Satire is located in the center of Moscow, on Triumfalnaya Square, 2. It takes a few minutes to walk to the theater building from the metro stations “Mayakovskaya” or “Pushkinskaya” – exit to Bolshaya Sadovaya Street.
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