St. Petersburg is a worldwide prominent city also thank to the fact that it is the cradle of the Russian classical theatre. It is not by accident that St. Petersburg is called the Russian cultural capital. It is here where the Russian culture widely known for its traditions and forms was developing. It is here where these traditions were embodied by Pushkin, Chekhov, Dostoevsky…

The theatre emerged in St. Petersburg shortly after the new capital had been founded with the participation of Natalia Alekseevna a sister of young Peter the Great. The first theatre was located by patroness's palace

The Mariinsky theatre by right is considered to be a most well-known theatre of modern Russia. Most of St. Petersburg's quests appreciate it as its "the number one" tourist attraction. The public come here to see with their own eyes majesty a glory of Russian ballet and opera art.

There are more than 100 theatres today in St. Petersburg from Great Drama theatre (Bolshoi Dramaticheskiy   theatre) to the exotic ones: for example the "Theatre of the rain" where Chekhov's plays are staged and performed by young experimentalists. More than 20 festivals of arts are held at St Petersburg annually. The most famous ones are "The golden mask", "The dance festival", and "The white nights' stars". Above all cultural agenda boasts about 60 musical and theatrical festivals every year. Only for last year alone more than 60 new theatricals were presented and overall 5000 performances became available to the public.

We invite you on the fascinating trip around the theatrical world of St Petersburg to immerse yourself in a centre of the World cultural events.

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THEATRES

	MARIINSKY THEARTE 1 Teatralnaya Ploshad, St. Petersburg tel. +7 812 336 41 41		ALEXANDRINSKY THEATRE 6 Ploshad Ostrovskogo St. Petersberg tel. +7 812 380 80 50
	BOLSHOY DRAMA THEATRE n.a. TOVSTONOGOV 65 Fontanki r. nab, St. Petersburg tel. +7 812 310 92 42