Interyerny (Interior) Theatre

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INTERYERNY (INTERIOR) THEATRE, State theatre, St. Petersburg, located at 104 Nevsky Prospect, established on 8 June 1988 as a theatre-studio based on a collective contract. Its founder and artistic director was N.V. Belyak, its main designer M.I. Bornstein. At various times, actors V.I. Galperin, Y.A. Demich, E.Y. Ioffe, V.P. Kushnarev, L.Z. Mikhailovsky, V.V. Osipchuk, N.V. Rudik, A.Y. Tolubeev, G.L.Vasilyev, and K.L.Dateshidze worked at the theatre. Productions staged at the theatre include Scenes from Faust, The Stone Guest, Mozart and Salieri, and A Feast During the Plague by Alexander Pushkin; Autumn Boredom by N.A. Nekrasov; Requiem by L.N. Andreev; and Bewitched Town, a performance-excursion for children. The theatre has undertaken several cultural projects such as The House of Delwig (1986), The Day of A Citizen (1988), Izvara (1989), The House of Derzhavin (1990-95), Cosmos - Man - Culture (1990), the opening ceremony of Days of India in St. Petersburg (1994), the Goodwill Games closing ceremony (1994), The Petersburg Carnival (1997), and the opening ceremony of the restored Mikhailovsky Castle (2003). In 1995-2003 an exhibition of theatrical projects devoted to "the Petersburg myth" was opened in the theatre quarters on the upper floor of this former apartment house (1903, architect N.A. Melnikov). The hall features 100 seats.

References: Виролайнен М. Н. Пушкин и театральный авангард: Опыт Интерьерного театра // Современность классики: Сб. науч. тр. Л., 1989. С. 204-223; Базанов В. В. Театры в нетеатральных помещениях // Базанов В. В. Сцена XX века. Л., 1990. С. 157-170.

A. D. Margolis. Andreev Leonid Nikolaevich
Belyak Nikolay Vladimirovich
Bornstein Mark Iosifovich
Dateshidze Kirill Leonidovich
Demich Yury Alexandrovich
Galperin V.I.
Ioffe E.Y.
Kushnarev V.P.
Melnikov Nikolay Alexeevich
Mikhaylovsky L.Z.
Nekrasov Nikolay Alexeevich
Osipchuk V.V.
Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich
Rudik N.V.
Tolubeev Andrey Yurievich
Vasilyev G.L.
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 104
Виролайнен М. Н. Пушкин и театральный авангард: Опыт Интерьер. театра // Современность классики: Сб. науч. тр. Л., 1989
Базанов В. В. Театры в нетеатральных помещениях // Базанов В. В. Сцена XX века. Л., 1990 Mikhailovsky Castle
1988