Obraztsov Puppet Theater

Obraztsov was born in Moscow in 1901. He became an actor and worked at the famous Nemirovich- Danchenko Music Theatre 1922- 1930.

Throughout his acting career he pursued a personal interest in puppetry and gave regular independent puppet shows. In 1931 he was chosen by the Soviet government to be the first director of the State Central Puppet Theatre in Moscow and developed the theater's productions and performances over a period of 60 years. Sergei Vladimirovich Obraztsov was a great Russian puppet master who established puppetry as an art form in the Soviet Union. He is considered to be one of the greatest puppeteers of the 20th century.

Puppetry has been a popular form of entertainment during the 16th and 17th centuries. These were very popular amongst the European aristocracy and puppets were used extensively for caricature and satire. The Obraztsov Theatre is the largest puppet theater and puppetry teaching center in Russia. The center houses over 3,000 puppets from over 50 countries, making it one of the largest puppet museums in the world, a library entirely devoted to the art of puppetry and various manuscripts and documents related to puppetry.

The theater's repertoire consists of more than 10 productions for children and 5 for adults. It includes Aladdin's Magic Lamp and Mowgli based on Kipling's magical The Jungle Book.

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Contact Information

Obraztsov Puppet Theater
3 Sadovaya-Samotechnaya Ulitsa
117296 Moscow

Tel. +7952993310
gacik@cityline.ru
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