Baltic House Theatre

Take in a Performance at the Baltic House Theatre

The Baltic House Theatre is officially known as the St Petersburg State Theatre The Baltic House. The name and State Theatre status was only awarded to the theatre in 1991. The beginnings of this theatre started in 1936, as a Leningrad State Theatre, which was named after Leninsky Komosomol. Two groups that played a significant role in regard to theatre in the mid 1920's and in the 1930’s were the Working Youth Theatre and the Red Theatre. It was due to their influence that the Leninsky Komosomol Theatre was operational by 1939 in the new building that was situated in Petrogradskaya Side.

The Baltic House Theatre was created with the aim of becoming the centre of theatrical culture. All the most modern plays, and works from modern authors, were produced by the stage directors. Remaining true to artistic trends and popular demand, the theatre did stage world classics to highlight creative awareness. Ingenious works of art were brought to life by the St Petersburg State Theatre The Baltic House by playwrights such as K. Ginkas, R. Bykov, G. Oporkov and V. Kozhin. The masterpieces that were staged by the theatre also attracted many brilliant, talented and famous actors, namely V. Chestnokov, T. Doronina, Y. Tolubeev, Y. Panich and A. Balter, to name just a few.

As previously mentioned, the Keninsky Komosomol Theatre was renamed in 1991 . The task to keep close bonds and ties during a time when ties between Russia and the former USSR Republics were being severed, became a strained and immense undertaking. The importance of these ties caused approximately a hundred theatres from sixteen different countries to take part in the renowned Baltic House Festival.

Today, Vladimir Tykke is the director of the Baltic House Theatre, which is rather appropriate as Tykke, who is a merited artist in Russia, was tied to the Leninsky Komosomol Theatre for most of his creative career. Vladimir Tykke took up his position in 1997.