Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater

Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater (also referred to as Lesya Ukrainka Theater) is a theater in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is located in a building known as Bourgogne Theatre.

"Bourgogne Theatre" redirects here. For the former theatre in Paris, see Hôtel de Bourgogne (theatre).
Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Drama
Bourgogne Theatre
AddressKyiv
Ukraine
Coordinates50.445°N 30.518611°E / 50.445; 30.518611
OperatorLesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Drama
Construction
Opened1875
ArchitectVladimir Nikolayev
Tenants
  • 1875-1891 Kyiv city circus
  • 1891-1898 Solovtsov Theater
  • 1896-1914 Cinema theater
Website
https://lesyatheatre.com.ua/

Founded in 1926, the theater produces many important plays of Russian and Ukrainian dramatic art. Its repertoire consists of plays by famous playwrights such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Mikhail Bulgakov and others. Many current movie actors have started their career in the theater.[1]

The theatre traces its roots to the Solovtsov theatric troupe that existed in Kyiv since 1891 and also performed in the Bourgogne Theatre. Later the troupe was named as the Russian Drama Theatre.[2]

Bourgogne Theatre

The building was originally designed in 1875 by Vladimir Nikolayev and sponsored by a French entrepreneur Augustin Bourgogne.[3] At first it housed the Kyiv city circus. From 1891 to 1898 the building was leased to the first drama company in Kyiv, Solovtsov Theater.[4] In 1896 the theater put on its first cinema showing. The present company has been in the building since 1929, and named after Lesya Ukrainka in 1941.[5]

In 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine was renamed from Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama to Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater.[6]

See also

References
  1. "НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ АКАДЕМІЧНИЙ ТЕАТР РОСІЙСЬКОЇ ДРАМИ ІМЕНІ ЛЕСІ УКРАЇНКИ". resource.history.org.ua. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  2. "Театр имени Леси Украинки | Київ від минулого до майбутнього" (in Russian). 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. "История драматического театра имени Леси Украинки в Киеве, - ФОТО, ВИДЕО". 44.ua - Сайт города Киева (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  4. "Национальный академический театр русской драмы имени Леси Украинки". infoportal.kiev.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  5. "Історія". Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. "Звернення працівників театру Лесі Українки".
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