Theatres

It is known that a student's life is full of educational routine: writing abstracts, reading textbooks, memorizing difficult terms. Sometimes one would wish to have a proper rest!

Using free university WiFi you may explore these and other websites but let’s not get stuck online: Nizhny Novgorod is a theater city with rich repertoire of performances.

First of all let's learn about the city events. The following websites may help:

”KudaGo”. Here you will be able to find all events of city life by dates and time of performance. All addresses, cost of tickets and summaries of "performances" are also provided.
”Afisha Yandex” describes in detail the most interesting events, cost is highlighted in yellow there, it is possible to buy tickets (you will be able to choose suitable seats at the best price online).
”Gorodzovet” will be helpful for those who want to visit an event, but haven’t not booked a seat or haven’t bought the tickets yet. On the website you can find a huge number of non-standard entertainments (an IT festival, meditation for beginners, car quests and many other things). There is also information on the budget options of leisure that, of course, will suit any student.
“Free events”. This community of the "VK.com" social network should be visited by each student. There is what all of us love so much – free entertainment: workshops, tours and city sights — everything for pleasant pastime.

Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Drama Theater named after Gorky

Address:

Bolshaya Pokrovskaya St., 13

Directions:

The theater is located near Minin University and the Kremlin.

Notes:

Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Drama Theater named after Gorky – a city theatre striking the visitor with its magnificent interior and rich historical past. This place should be visited by those who is interested in city architecture, in order to get acquainted with classics of the Russian literature, to see the ‘real’ Russian theater. This theater has been performing in Nizhny Novgorod since 1798. The stage hosts the M. Gorky theater festival. The repertoire of theater includes plays by Gorky, Ostrovsky, Bulgakov, Saltykov-Shchedrin, performances based on novels by Kuprin. The modern dramatic art is presented by Galceran, Camoletti or Kishon. The repertoire also provides an opportunity to see the plays of Molière, Shakespeare and Wilde.

Please find more information on the website (RUS).

If you walk along Bolshaya Pokrovskaya St., approach the theater building to learn that here, on the opening day of the National Exhibition (1896) the great Russian bass Fedor Shalyapin sang. The friendly shining show-windows exhibit the repertoire plan for two months ahead.

Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet theater named after Pushkin

Address:

Belinskogo St., 59

Directions:

It is located near Svobody Square, one of the main squares of the city. You will be able to reach it easily (by the way, the name of the bus stop is "Opera and Ballet theater").

Notes:

The theater has been performing since 1935. Before that, there was “the Folk's House" – the center of culture and education in Nizhny Novgorod in the beginning of the 20th century. Gorky and Shalyapin provided financial aid in construction. The theater annually hosts the National Opera and Ballet Art Festival called "The Boldino Autumn'.

We advise to learn about actors and other performances, novels which formed the libretto basis. Then you will be able to enjoy the classical opera, the operetta or to note all details of performing art of the ballet troupe.

Theatre website: http://operann.ru/ (RUS).

Comedy Theatre

Address:

Gruzinskaya Street, 23

Directions:

This street crosses Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street. Walking from the Kremlin, turn left right when you see the National Bank building in style of the Russian tower.

Notes:

Comedy Theatre – the modern theatrical building on Gruzinskaya Street, 23.

The repertoire includes classical comedies, plays by Shakespeare, musicals, farcical and satirical plays. You will see Gelman, Chekhov, Bunin, Edlis, Beaumarchais, Kuni, Grau names on the poster.

This theater is constantly making something new.

Theatre website http://comedy.nnov.ru (RUS).

Yevstigneyev Educational Theater

Address:

Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street, 4a

Notes:

Is a small theater where students of the Nizhny Novgorod theatrical school participate in plays. Here young actors do not just play in a performance, they also take examinations. You will be able to get acquainted with new forms of theater and see future stars of the Russian stage. Don't be surprised when Molière plays, that you have always loved, would suddenly turn into performance of horror.

Here all feelings are genuine, acting of young actors is sincere and free from stereotypes.

The theater is named after the Great Russian actor Evgeniy Yevstigneyev who studied in the Nizhny Novgorod theatrical school. You can learn more about him here.

The Center for Theatrical Skills (CTS)

Address:

Varvarskaya Street, 32d

Notes:

Is the youth theater providing an experimental view of art. This place is for those who want to be surprised. Eternal subjects, dialogue with the viewer without mask and "a glass wall": you can find all this at CTS. All performances are created by different directors who can make their ideas come true on the "independent" stage. One more advantage of this place is an opportunity to debate after the performance. This experimental theater is situated in Varvarskaya Street, 32d.

Of course, it is not the complete list of theaters of Nizhny Novgorod, there is also a theater of a pantomime, a puppet theater, etc.