The movie theater studio was created in 1980. The troupe of the theater, formed from the acting staff of the Belarusfilm film studio, was subsequently replenished with graduates of the Belarusian State Theater and Art Institute, graduates of the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (Belarusian set), and actors of other theaters. The main director is Valery Anisenko (1980 - 1982).
The first test of the organization of a film actor’s theater was made in 1979, when, on the initiative of film studio actors and actors of Minsk theaters, the play “Duck Hunt” by A. Vampilov (directed by V. Anisenko) was created and shown in the republican House of Cinema. The theater opened on March 30, 1982 with the play “His whole life” based on the film novel “The Communist” by E. Gabrilovich.
In the 80s and early 90s, the theater’s repertoire was dominated by modern drama, which raises acute moral, ethical and social problems. At this time, the theater was headed by Boris Lutsenko (1982 - 1991), the main artist Dmitry Mokhov (1983 - 1994). The theater is at the forefront of public searches for moral values, performances enjoy special spectator interest and attention (“Look who came” by V. Arro, “My Happiness” by A. Chervinsky, “I'm Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf” by E. Olby and others).
At the same time, a search is being made for an organic combination of the art of theater and cinema, new means of expressiveness: the inclusion of film fragments in the stage action (“Forties ...”, “The Eccentric from Potter Street” by I. Chigrinov), “the reception of the set” on stage (“Comedy about Lysistrata” by Aristophanes), "close-up", the need for organic play with direct contact with the audience in a small room.
The second half of the 90s - beginning of the 2000s is characterized by the inclusion of classics in the repertoire: “Talents and fans” of A. Ostrovsky, “Filumen Marturano” E.de Filippo, “Pygmalion” B. Show, “Cute Liar” D. Kilti, as well as plays by young Belarusian authors: The Nutcracker by E. Poleschenkova, The Battlefield by S. Bartokhova.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Great Victory, the cinema performance “Forever in Memory” is staged at the theater (staged and staged by A. Bespaly and V. Gritsevsky). The scenic action of the cinema performance includes fragments from the best feature films about the Great Patriotic War produced by the Belarusfilm film studio, in which the actors of the theater were shot: “State Border”, “Sons Go to Battle”, “Alpine Ballad”, “Last Step”, “Wreath sonnets ”,“ The clock stopped at midnight ”; Newsreel of the Great Patriotic War. The film performance made a great contribution to the military-patriotic education of youth, was awarded prizes and diplomas of international theater and film festivals, and a prize of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus.
In recent years, the theater’s creative team has included in its repertoire both classical works and plays by contemporary authors: “How People Come Out, or Every Wise Man Is Pretty Simplicity” by A. Ostrovsky, “A Very Simple Story” by M. Lado, “... Forget Herostratus! ”G. Gorin,“ Mechanical Man ”by M. Vorfolomeyev,“ No. 13 ”by R. Cooney and others.
For 30 years, the theater has become one of the most interesting and visited stage venues in the country with its repertoire and its audience. It should be noted that this is the only theater of this type preserved in the post-Soviet space.
On the stage of the theater, more than 50 works of world and domestic classics, as well as contemporary authors of Belarusian and Russian drama, received creative life. The performances of the theater have good reviews from critics and professionals, loved by the audience, as evidenced by the demand for productions of the second and third decades: “Fantasies of Gogol” (1987), “Theater of the Merchant Epishkin” (1993), “We Go to Watch“ Chapaeva "(1993)," The Abduction of Elena ", solo performance" Isadora. Dance of Love ”(1995),“ sold out ”since the premiere of the play“ My Little Dear ”(1994) with the participation of Vladimir Gostyukhin.
The theater staff has a highly professional troupe, so the theater’s repertoire is distinguished by its talented performances and a high level of performing skills. At the theater work: People's Artist of Belarus Vladimir Gostyukhin; Honored Artists of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Bespaly, Vladimir Gritsevsky, Vladimir Mishchanchuk, Lyubov Rumyantseva, Svetlana Sukhovey, Anatoly Terpitsky, Alexander Timoshkin, Petr Yurchenkov Sr.; theater and cinema artists of the older and middle generation who have won fame and love of the audience far beyond the borders of our country: Tamara Muzhenko, Anatoly Kotenev, Lidiya Mordacheva, Anatoly Guryev, Angela Korableva, Alla Prolich, Irina Narbekova, Stanislav Vilkin, Victor Rybchinsky, Alexander Kashperov; talented young people whose fame and recognition live during the formation period: Valeria Arlanova, Olga Sizova, Vera Polyakova, Larisa Marshalova, Elena Odintsova, Julia Polubinskaya, Olesya Pukhovaya, Artem Davidovich, Konstantin Konyukhov, Georgy Sivokhin, Petr Yurchenkov Jr., etc.
Theater actors starred in almost all the leading film studios of the former Soviet Union in films, many of which are the pride of Soviet cinema. It is gratifying to note that even today our actors adequately represent the traditions of the Belarusian national film school on the set in film companies from near and far abroad.
Since 1991, the theater has been headed by the Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Belarus, People's Artist of Belarus, famous film and theater director Alexander Efremov.
In order to popularize theatrical art, in addition to showing performances, the theater holds concert and film programs, as well as author and creative evenings of stage and screen masters and famous cultural figures. A kind of creative report in front of the audience is creative evenings dedicated to the anniversary dates of theater artists. In the past ten years, the theater team has significantly intensified touring activities. The audience was applauded by the audience of Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Polotsk, Borisov, Mozyr, Zhodino, Bobruisk, Molodechno, Baranovichi, Gorodeya, Myadel, and agro-towns.
The film studio is a participant and winner of prestigious republican and international theater forums and film festivals: the V.I. Dunin-Martsinkevich National Drama Festival (Bobruisk), the Maladzecan Sakavitsa Republican Theater Festival (Molodechno), and the Republican Festival “Masters of art for rural workers”, the National Festival of Belarusian Films in Brest, the International Theater Festival “PANORAMA”, the International Theater Forum “GOLDEN VITYAZ” (Moscow), Between national war cinema festival named after Yu.N. Ozerov (Saransk), International Volkov Theater Festival (Yaroslavl), International Theater Festival "ReMarka" (Kharkov), International Festival of Drama Theaters "Compatriots" (Saransk) , Festival of German-language drama, International Festival of Arts “Slavic Bazaar in Vitebsk”, Minsk IFF “Listapad” (theater competition); multiple laureate of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, awarded with honorary diplomas of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, awarded diplomas of the Belarusian Union of Theater Workers and the Belarusian Union of Cinematographers. V. Gostyukhin and A. Efremov were awarded with special prizes and prizes of the President of the Republic of Belarus for their great contribution to the development of national cinema and theatrical art, and the active promotion of national culture; Lyubov Rumyantseva was awarded the Order of Francis Skorina, nine theater workers were awarded the Francis Skorina Medal.
The studio theater of the film actor of the National Film Studio Belarusfilm is one of the most popular in the republic and rightfully occupies a worthy place in the list of theater groups in the country. The theater has many years of experience in preparing creative youth, has received wide recognition in the republic and abroad. Today's theater’s creative positions are determined by the collective’s desire to keep up with the times. The theater is at a time of creative maturity when it can set the most complex tasks and successfully solve them.
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