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Ostashkovtsy always been an interest in culture and art, they are not bypassed the attention and the art of the stage, so it is not surprising that in Ostashkov appeared one of the first serious drama theaters in the neighborhood.

Background

An original forefather of the Ostashkov People's Theater was the Children's School Theater, established by an ordinary teacher in the early 19th century, to put on plays on religious topics. After some time, a public theater appeared in the city, on the stage of which not only merchants came out, but also peasants - in a word, people of different social groups. This theater lasted until 1825, then it was replaced again by the Children's Theater, and three years later the Ostashkovsky cultural source returned to its viewers.

Ostashkovtsy always had an interest in culture and art, they did not ignore the stage art either which is not surprising that Ostashkov had one of the first serious drama theaters in the district.

In those years only amateurs performed on his stage, but all the other components: interior interiors, auditorium, stage - were quite professional nym level. The repertoire of that time included performances based on plays by German playwright Otto Kotzebue and Russian writer Denis Fonvizin. The next few years Ostashkovskaya theatrical history - is a series of closed and open, but after returning to activity in 1836 the theater was not closed more than

Incidentally, it was on the stage Ostashkovsky folk theater play "Woe from Wit" was first presented to the audience without censorship bills. .

At the end of the 19th century, the Ostashkov Theater celebrated a housewarming party, the grand opening of a new stage in a specially built for the theater building took place in the city. After the events of 1917, the theater became a state theater and, up to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, existed at the expense of the local budget. The war years inflicted significant damage on the Ostashkovsky Melpomene temple: the building was destroyed, all the scenery was lost. The actors were able to return to work only in 1948, now it was an amateur theater at the House of Culture

In 1961 Ostashkovsky Theater received the title of People's Theater

Contemporary History of the Theater

Glorious theatrical traditions have been preserved in Ostashkov to this day . Every year, the festival "Theater Autumn in Ostashkov" is held here, in which troupes from different districts of the Tver Province, as well as other regions take part. Ostashkovsky Theater regularly takes prizes at many regional and all-Russian competitions, and in 1995 the play "Cage", shown at the festival of professional theaters "Tver gold ring", deserved the most flattering criticism.

How to get here

Address: Ostashkov, Sovetskiy pereulok, 6.

The Ostashkovsky Theater building is located behind Victory Park, you can get to it by bus number 3 (stop "River Station" or "Oktyabr" Cinema).